''Out to an Other Side'' is the third solo album by master uilleann piper and prominent Irish traditional musician

Liam O'Flynn Liam Óg O'Flynn ( ga, Liam Ó Floinn, 15 September 1945 – 14 March 2018) was an Irish uilleann piper and Irish traditional musician. In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn recorded with: Christy Moore, Dónal Lun ...

. Produced by

Shaun Davey Shaun Davey (born 18 January 1948) is an Irish composer. Early years Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948 and attended Rockport School in County Down. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a ...

and 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, Ireland, the album was released on the

Tara Music Tara Music (formerly known as Tara Records) has been regarded for many years as one of the leading traditional Irish music recording companies. The label was set up by Jack Fitzgerald and John Cook in the early 1970s. Their first release was the ...

label in 1993. As with a number of Liam's other album titles, ''Out to an Other Side'' comes from the writing of Nobel Laureate

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

with whom Liam has performed live on numerous occasions.

Critical response

The ''Allmusic'' web site gave the album four and a half out of five stars, calling it O'Flynn's "most eclectic album" featuring "solo tracks as well as folk revival and orchestral arrangements".

Track listing

All songs are Traditional, except where noted. # "The Foxchase" – 9:5 # "The Wild Geese" – 5:51 # "The Dean's Pamphlet" – 3:55 # "Gynt at the Gate" (Shaun Davey) – 4:33 # "The Winter's End" (Shaun Davey) – 3:22 # "After Aughrim's Great Disaster" – 3:21 # "Blackwells" (Shaun Davey) – 4:08 # "Ar Bhruach na Laoi" – 6:11 # "Lady Dillon" – 4:13 # "Dollards and the Harlequin Hornpipes" – 3:10 # "Sean O Duibhir a Ghleanna – 3:59

Personnel

– uilleann piper (in D, C#, and C), whistle * Bill Dowdall – flute, piccolo * Matthew Manning – oboe,

Cor anglais The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto ...

* Carl Geraghty – saxophone * Fergus O'Carroll – French horn * Graham Hastings – trumpet, flugelhorn * Noel Eccles – percussion *

Arty McGlynn Arty McGlynn (7 August 1944 – 18 December 2019) was an Irish guitarist born in Omagh, County Tyrone. In addition to his solo work, he collaborated with different notable groups such as Patrick Street, Planxty, Four Men and a Dog, De Dannan and ...

– guitar * Des Moore – guitar * Helen Davies –

Irish harp The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as in Irish, in Scottish Gaelic, in Breton and in Welsh. In Ireland and Scotland, it was a wire-strung instrument requiring great ...

* Sean Keane – violin *

Nollaig Casey Nollaig Casey ( ga, Nollaig Ní Chathasaigh) is an Irish fiddle player, and has an international reputation as one of Ireland's finest fiddle players. By the time she was eleven years old she could play violin, piano, tin whistle and uilleann pipe ...

– violin, viola * Adele O'Dwyer – cello * Joe Czibi jnr. – double bass * Rod McVey – synthesizer * Peter Connolly – electric bass * Steve Cooney – electric bass * Paul McAteer – drums *

The Voice Squad The Voice Squad was a traditional Irish singing group from Ireland. The members included Gerry Cullen, Phil Callery and Fran McPhail. They recorded four albums and toured Ireland, the UK and the US. The Voice Squad had a repertoire of Irish ...

– vocals *

Rita Connolly Rita Connolly is a singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called ''Granuaile'' based on the 16th-century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as ...

– vocals *

Liam Ó Maonlaí Liam Ó Maonlaí (born 7 November 1964 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Monkstown, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland) is an Irish musician best known as a member of Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmat ...

– vocals

References

External links

Record Label Catalogue 2009

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