''The Morrigan's Call'' is the fifth studio album by Irish
folk metal
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band
Cruachan released in 2006.
Track listing
Personnel
*Keith Fay - guitars, vocals, keyboards,
bouzouki,
mandolin
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,
banjo
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,
bodhrán, percussion
*Karen Gilligan - vocals
*Joe Farrell - drums, percussion
*John Ryan -
fiddle
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,
violin
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,
mandocello, bowed bass, banjo, death grunts
*John Clohessy - bass, aldotrube
Additional personnel
*
Aine O'Dwyer -
Irish harp
*John O'Fathaigh -
Irish flute
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,
tin whistle,
low whistle,
recorder
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* ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...
, cover art
*Gail Liebling - producer, recording, mixing
*Matthias Zimmer - layout
Cruachan (band) albums
2006 albums
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