Altan - The Blue Idol
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Artist: AltanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-02-26
Music Label: Narada
Soundtracks:
- Daily Growing
- Uncle Rat
- Roaring Water
- The Pretty Young Girl
- The Blue Idol/The Butcher's March
- The Gatehouse Maid/The Ashplant/The Trip To Cullenstown
- Cuach mo Lon Dubh Bui
- Mother's Delight/Ormond Sound
- The Low Highland/Moneymusk/Duncan Davidson Highlands/The Wild Irishman
- The Sea-Apprentice Boy
- Slainte Theilinn
- An Cailin Deas Og
- Comb Your Hair And Curl It/Gweebarra Bridge
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Free Music Review: Great Example of High-Spirited Celtic Tradional Music
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this CD because of it's range of sounds and tracks - it goes from reels to jigs and to songs sung in Gaelic. Overall the band is very tight - Altan's best CD yet!
The Blue Idol Poster
On The Blue Idol, Irish music superstars Altan have come up with an elegant solution to the problem of how to play music that satisfies both the traditional purist and the fan who wants a contemporary edge in his or her music. When the band members play instrumental sets of dance tunes, they never stray far from their Donegal roots, and when they sing songs they stretch the boundaries by performing with guest artists like Paul Brady and Dolly Parton while adding unexpected instruments like didgeridoo and saxophone. On songs such as "Daily Growing" and "Uncle Rat"--which feature the exquisite voice of Mair?d N? Mhaonaigh--the band creates a mood of jazzy medievalism that reveals hints of Pentangle's early recordings. And when they hunker down for a set of jigs or reels, they play with the sort of passionate abandon you only hear at the finest sessions. The contemporary and traditional strains of music on The Blue Idol are like two streams that join together to form a river that flows further and with more power than either could alone. --Michael SimmonsFolk Music CDs
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