- Another Sky
Infobox Album
Name = Another Sky
Type =Album
Artist =Altan
Released =February 29 ,2000
Recorded =
Genre = Celtic folk
Length = 49:32
Label = Narada
Producer =Altan
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gr3zefbk1gf3 link]
Last album = "Runaway Sunday " (1997)
This album = "Another Sky" (2000)
Next album = "The Blue Idol " (2002)"Another Sky" is an album by Celtic folk group
Altan , released in2000 on theNarada Productions label (see2000 in music ).The title derives from a line in Steve Cooney's song "Island Girl", sung by Mairéad with Steve himself accomanying her and guesting on several tracks. This album is a slight departure from previous Altan albums, in that there is a Scots song, "Green Grow The Rushes", and a
Bob Dylan song.Track listing
#"Beidh Aonach Amárach (There's a Fair Tomorrow)" (Trad. Irish) – 4:20
#"Green Grow the Rushes" (Trad. arr.Robert Burns ) – 3:57
#"The King of Meenasillagh/Lamey's/The High Fiddle Reel" (Trad./Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh) – 2:49
#"Island Girl (Steve Cooney) – 4:09
#"Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin" (Trad. Irish) – 3:48
#"Ten Thousand Miles" (Trad.) – 3:05
#"Gusty's Frolics/Con's Slip Jig/The Pretty Young Girls of Carrick/The Humours of Whiskey" (Trad.) – 5:07
#"Girl From The North Country" (Bob Dylan ) – 3:28
#"The Verdant Braes of Screen" (Trad.) – 3:25
#"The Dispute at the Crossroads/Columba Ward's/ Siuns Reel" (Trad/Ciaran Tourish) – 3:18
#"Tiocfaidh an Samhradh (Summer Will Come)" (Trad. Irish) – 3:36
#"The Ookpik Waltz" (Trad.) – 4:47
#"The Waves of Gola" (Mark Kelly) – 3:44Personnel
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Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh –Fiddle ,Vocals
*Ciaran Tourish –Fiddle , Whistle,Vocals (backing)
*Dermot Byrne –Accordion
*Ciaran Curran –Bouzouki
*Mark Kelly –Guitar ,Vocals (backing)
*Dáithí Sproule –Guitar ,Vocals (backing)Guest Musicians
*Steve Cooney – Bass,
Guitar
*Jimmy Higgins –Bodhrán
*Mick Kinsella –Harmonica
*Dónal Lunny – Keyboards
*Alan Smale, Niamh Nelson, Gillian Williams, Bill Butt –String Quartet
*Jerry Douglas –Dobro
*James "Hutch" Hutchinson – Bass
*Bonnie Raitt –Slide guitar
*Neil Martin –Cello , Keyboards
*Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill –Piano
*Mick O'Brien –Uillean pipes Production
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Altan – Producer
*Conal Markey – Engineer
*Gary Paczosa – Mixer
*Doug Sax – Mastering
*Dave McKean – Design, Illustration
*Paul McCarthy – Band Photography
*Jan Voster – Landscape Photographyources and Links
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