''Ceol Aduaidh'' (Irish Gaelic for "''Music from the North''") is the first studio album 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 ...

and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (who would go on to found the Irish band Altan), originally released in

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on the Gael-Linn Records label. It was reissued in 1994 by Green Linnet Records and a remastered edition was issued in 2009 by Gael-Linn.

Critical reception

In the January–February 2010 issue of (French magazine) Trad' Mag, on the occasion of the album re-release by the Gael-Linn label, folk critic Philippe Cousin awarded ''Ceol Aduaidh'' full marks (giving the album a "Bravo!!!" award), calling it a «recording that is a historical milestone in the early 1980s presaging the beginnings of Altan» and stating: "On the fully remastered ''Ceol Aduaidh'', fiddler and singer Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and flutist Frankie Kennedy perform some of the typical Donegal dances such as Mazurkas ("Shoe the Donkey"), Highlands and Germans along with the inevitable Jigs and Reels. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh put her superb soprano voice on four songs from the North such as "An Spealadóir" which evokes the hard seasonal work in Scotland to whom the Donegal people were compelled."

Track listing

# "Rílleanna" – 1:59

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# "Mazurkas Phroinsias Uí Mhaonaigh" – 2:12 azurkas # "Iníon a' Bhaoghailligh" – 3:29 ong/Amhran#1# "Poirt: Con Ó Casaide, Pilleadh Wellington" – 2:06 une/Jig# "Méiltí Cheann Dubhrann (Fonn Mall) low air/ Cloch na Ceithre Mhíle (Ril)" eel– 4:15 # "Thíos i dTeach a' Tórraimh" – 3:02 ong/Amhran#2# "An Cruach fraoch, Ríl Sheáin Mhosaí" – 1:48

# "Poirt: An Peata sa Chistineach, Poirt: An Fathach Éireannach, Poirt: Atholl Highlanders" – 4:08 # "Germans" – 3:59 ermans # "An Spealadóir" – 1:52 ong/Amhran#3 # "Ríleanna Tommy Peoples" – 2:14

# "Shoe the Donkey" – 1:46 azurka # "An Clár Bog Déil" – 3:42 ong/Amhran#4 # "The Brown-Sailed Boat (Strathspey) / The Maids of Tullyknockbrine (Ril)" eel– 1:39 All tracks are traditionals arranged by

and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh.

Personnel

Personnel per Discogs. * Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh –

Fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

Vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

and arrangements *

–

Flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

and arrangements *Gearóid Ó Maonaigh (Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's brother) –

Guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Ciarán Curran – Cittern *Fintan McManus –

Bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', , from Greek , from Turkish ) is a musical instrument popular in West Asia (Syria, Iraq), Europe and Balkans (Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey). It is a member of the long-necked lute fam ...

* Eithne Ní Bhraonáin –

Synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

(Prophet 5) *Nicky Ryan – producer *Brian Masterson – engineer *Michael Ellis – mastering *Bill Doyle – photography

References

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