''Distant Shore'' is the second solo album by Irish singer
Órla Fallon
Órlagh Fallon (born 24 August 1974), professionally known as Órla Fallon, is an Irish singer, songwriter and former member of the group Celtic Woman and the chamber choir Anúna.
Early life and education
Fallon was born in Knockananna, Irelan ...
. It was released in September 2009 under label
Spring Hill Music Group
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. It was also released in 2010 under the label Green Hill Music on 20 April 2010.
The album was produced by
Dan Shea and Eoghan O'Neill. It was recorded at
Windmill Lane Studios
Windmill Lane Recording Studios (earlier Windmill Lane Studios) is a recording studio in Dublin, Ireland. It was originally opened in 1978 by Brian Masterson and James Morris in premises at 22 Windmill Lane, and it subsequently relocated to its cu ...
in
Dublin
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, Ireland and at Dark Horse Studios in
Nashville
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, Tennessee.
The album "mixes traditional, contemporary, and original compositions."
Track listing
Note: Track 5 is a song that was originally written earlier for the 2005/2006
Celtic Woman
Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show ''Riverdance.'' In 2004, Downes recruited five Irish female music ...
world tours.
Personnel
*
Shannon Forrest
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- drums
* Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*
Dan Shea - acoustic guitar, mandolin, piano, keyboards
* Des Moore - acoustic guitar
* Noel Eccles - percussion
*
Jim Brickman
James Merrill Brickman (born November 20, 1961) is an American pop songwriter, pianist and radio host. Brickman has earned two Grammy nominations for his albums ''Peace'' (2003) for Best Instrumental, and ''Faith'' (2009) for Best New Age Album ...
- piano
*
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays left-handed guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin, Mozai ...
- bouzouki
* Liam Bradley
*
Orla Fallon
Orla may refer to:
Places
* Orla, Missouri, USA
* Orla, Texas, USA
*Orla, Jharkhand, India
*Orla, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Orla ( be, Орля, Podlachian: ''Vôrla'', uk, Вірля ''Virlia'') is a village in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodesh ...
- vocals, harp, background vocals
* Feargal Murray
*
Máíire Breatnach - fiddle, viola
* Robbie Harris - bodhran
* Alan Smale - strings
* Beth "Diva" Davis
* David James, Jr.
* Missi Hale - background vocals
* Todd Denman - whistling, pipe
References
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2009 albums