- Rubicon (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Rubicon
Type = studio
Artist = The Duggans and Friends
Released = 2005
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Irish TraditionalJazz
World
Celtic
Length =
Label = MDM (MDMCD005)
Producer = Ian Vance Melrose
Last album =
This album = "Rubicon"
(2005)
Next album ="Rubicon" is the début studio album by The Duggan brothers (of
Clannad . It was released in 2005. [ [http://www.clannad.org.uk Northern Skyline: Fan site] ]From the press release:
On this, their first solo album, they have gathered together friends made over the years for a remarkable collaboration of talents. They have, perhaps, travelled full circle. [ [http://www.clannad.org.uk/about/ The Duggans biography] ]
In an official interview on Clannad's official website, Padraig Duggan explains the song Lisa/Liza which appeared on Clannad's debut album as well as on "Rubicon". The song is used internationally in schools and on Summer
Gaeltacht courses inBelfast ,Donegal and further afield:In the early 1970’s, Clannad won the Letterkenny Folk festival with that song. I actually wrote it up on the roof of Leo’s Tavern! I was up there for some reason with my guitar. It is an upbeat popsong, I suppose I was influenced by bands such as The Beatles. It was a unique song at the time a popsong in Gaeilge! It proved popular in the local schools the young people seemed to adopt it.
Track listing
# "Báidín Fheilimidh"
# "Memories"
# "The Bird"
# "Fanann na Cnoic"
# "Away"
# "Tá Mo Chleamhnas a Dhéanamh"
# "Nóinín / The Mucky Duck"
# "The Rubicon"
# "Hughie"
# "Oró Se Do Bheatha Abhaile!"
# "Lúrabóg"
# "The Silent Spring"
# "An Saighdiúir Tréigthe"
# "Liza"
# "The Blue Stack Mountains"Guest Artists
*
Eamonn deBarra
* Kerstin Blodig
*Máire Breatnach
*Brídín Brennan
* Deirdre Brennan
*Moya Brennan
*Ciaran Byrne
*Paul Byrne
* Orlagh Fallon
* Urs Fuchs
*Finbar Furey
* Peter Jack
* David James
* Ingolf Kurkowski
*Thomas Loefke
*Patsy Dan Rodgers (King of Tory Island)
*Ian Melrose
*Sean Moore
*Aidan O'Brien
*Ian Parker
* Andrew RobertsOther Credits
Recorded at:
# Cauldron Studios, Dublin
# A-Trane Studios, BerlinMixed By:
# Ciaran Byrne
#Ian (Vance) MelroseEngineered by:
#Jorg SurreyGraphic Design by:
#Carol WilsonSleeve Notes by:
#Sinéad DugganReferences
External Links
* [http://clannad.ie/rubicon.html Album Interview]
* [http://www.clannad.org.uk/ Clannad Fan site]
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