''The Red Crow'' is the second studio album by Altan, released in November 1990 on the Green Linnet Records label. The title track, written by

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 ...

also features on her 2008 début album, ''

Imeall ''Imeall'' (Irish Gaelic for "''Edge''", "''Rim''", "''Threshold''") is Irish musician Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's debut (and to date only) solo album, self-produced on her own label "Moon" and released physically as a (numbered) limited edition in ...

''.

Critical reception

''The Red Crow'' is the first of three Altan records to win the prestigious "Celtic/British Isles Album of the Year Award" from the National Association of Independent Record Distributors and Manufacturers (NAIRD).

Track listing

All titles are arranged by Altan. # "Yellow Tinker/Lady Montgomery/The Merry Harriers" – 2:55 # "Con Cassidy's/Dusty Millar" – 3:01 # "The Flower of Magherally" – 4:19 # "Brenda Stubbert's/Breen's/The Red Box" – 4:51 # "Inis Dhún Rámha" – 3:46 # "Jimmy Lyon's/The Teelin/The Red Crow/The Broken Bridge" – 4:42 # "Moll Dubh A'ghleanna" – 3:31 # "The Wedding Jig/Hiudaí Gallagher's March/James Byrne's/Mickey Doherty's/Welcome Home Grainne" – 6:45 # "Mallaí Chroichshli" – 3:54 # "Tommy Bhetty's Waltz" – 5:07 # "The Emyvale/Ríl Gan Ainm/The Three Merry Sisters of Fate" – 3:05 All titles are traditional, except the following: *"The Red Crow" – composed by

*"Brenda Stubbert's" – composed by Jerry Holland *"The Red Box" – composed by Arty McGlynn Se
tune identifications for this album at irishtune.info

Personnel

Altan

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

(backing), Whistling *Paul O'Shaughnessy – Fiddle *Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki,

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 ...

*Mark Kelly –

(backing)

Guest musicians

*Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh *Marie Askin *Dermot Byrne *Séamus Quinn * Garvan Gallagher * Dónal Lunny *Máire Bhreathnach *

Niall Toner Niall Edward Toner (born 1944) is an Irish bluegrass musician, songwriter and radio broadcaster from Dublin, known nationwide for his programmes ''Country Heartland'' and ''Roots Freeway''. Musical career Toner organised his first acoustic band i ...

*P.J. Curtis

Production

*P.J. Curtis – Producer *Dan Fitzgerald – Engineer *Pete McGrath – Assistant Engineer *Mary McShane – Assistant Engineer *Greenberg Kingsley – Design * Ross Wilson – Artwork

References

External links

Artist's page for this recording

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's page for this recording
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