''Horse with a Heart'' is the first studio album by Altan, released in May 1989 on the Green Linnet Records label.

Track listing

All titles arranged by Altan. # "The Curlew/McDermott's/Three Scones of Boxty/Unnamed Reel " – 4:11 # "The Lass of Glenshee" – 4:38 # "Con Cassidy's & Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll and Tiarna/Mcsweeney's Reels" – 4:27 # "The Road to Durham" – 3:21 # "An t-Oileán Úr" – 2:33 # "An Grianán/Horse With a Heart" – 3:01 # "A Bhean Udaí Thall" – 3:28 # "Welcome Home Gráinne/Con McGinley's" – 3:18 # "Tuirse Mo Chroí" – 4:06 # "Come Ye by Atholl/Kitty O'Connor" – 3:11 # "An Feochán" – 4:45 # "Paddy's Trip to Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler" – 4:47 All titles are traditional, except the following: *"An Grianán" and "Horse with a Heart" – composed by

Frankie Kennedy Frankie Kennedy (30 September 1955 – 19 September 1994) was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was also the co-founder of the band Altan, formed with his wife Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. The popular ''Frankie Ken ...

*"The Curlew" – composed by Josephine Keegan *"McDermott's" – composed by Josie McDermott *"An Feochán" – composed by

Tommy Peoples Tommy Peoples (20 September 1948 – 4 August 2018) was an Irish fiddler who played in the Donegal fiddle tradition. Biography Peoples was born near St. Johnston, County Donegal, Ireland. He was a member of traditional Irish music groups, i ...

*"The Road to Durham" – composed by Armin Barnett and David Molk Se
tune identifications for this album at irishtune.info

Personnel

Altan

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (; born 26 July 1959) is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish folk music band Altan, which she co-founded with her late husband Frankie Kennedy in 1987. Today, Mairéad is recognised as a leading exponent ...

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Fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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Flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

* Paul O'Shaughnessy —

*Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki *Mark Kelly –

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

Guest musicians

*Marie Askin –

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

on "The Lass of Glenshee" * Phil Cunningham –

Keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, Whistle * Dónal Lunny – Bass Bodhrán on "A Bhean Udaí Thall" *Colm Murphy – Bodhrán *Steve White –

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

on "A Bhean Udaí Thall"

Production

* Phil Cunningham – Producer *Dan Fitzgerald – Engineer *John W. Davis – Assistant Engineer *Stephen Byram – Design * Ross Wilson – Artwork *Dave Harrold - Back cover photograph

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horse With A Heart Altan (band) albums 1989 albums