Another Sky

Another Sky
Studio album by Altan
Released	29 February 2000
Genre	Irish Traditional Folk
Length	49:32
Label	Narada
Producer	Altan
Altan chronology
Runaway Sunday (1997) Another Sky (2000) The Blue Idol (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Another Sky is the seventh studio album by Irish traditional band Altan. It was released in February 2000 on the Narada Productions label.

The title derives from a line in Steve Cooney's song "Island Girl", which Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh sings on the album with Cooney himself as accompanist. This album is a slight departure from previous Altan albums, in that there is a Bob Dylan song. The album also features the Scots language song, "Green Grow The Rushes" by Robert Burns. A video was released for the Irish track Beidh Aonach Amárach.

Another Sky was also mixed by nine-time Grammy Award-winner Gary Paczosa.

Track listing

1. "Beidh Aonach Amárach (There's a Fair Tomorrow)" (Trad. Irish) – 4:20
2. "Green Grow the Rushes" (Trad. arr. Robert Burns) – 3:57
3. "The King of Meenasillagh/Lamey's/The High Fiddle Reel" (Trad./Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh) – 2:49
4. "Island Girl" (Steve Cooney) – 4:09
5. "Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin" (Trad. Irish) – 3:48
6. "Ten Thousand Miles" (Trad.) – 3:05
7. "Gusty's Frolics/Con's Slip Jig/The Pretty Young Girls of Carrick/The Humours of Whiskey" (Trad.) – 5:07
8. "Girl From The North Country" (Bob Dylan) – 3:28
9. "The Verdant Braes of Screen" (Trad.) – 3:25
10. "The Dispute at the Crossroads/Columba Ward's/ Siuns Reel" (Trad/Ciaran Tourish) – 3:18
11. "Tiocfaidh an Samhradh (Summer Will Come)" (Trad. Irish) – 3:36
12. "The Ookpik Waltz" (Trad.) – 4:47
13. "The Waves of Gola" (Mark Kelly) – 3:44

See tune identifications for this album at irishtune.info.

Album tracks performed live

Altan played live in concert the following tracks: "Green Grow the Rushes", "Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin", "Ten Thousand Miles", "Gusty's Frolics/Con's Slip Jig/The Pretty Young Girls of Carrick/The Humours of Whiskey", "The Dispute at the Crossroads/Columba Ward's/ Siuns Reel".

Personnel

Altan

• Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, Vocals
• Ciaran Tourish – Fiddle, whistle, backing vocals
• Dermot Byrne – Accordion
• Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki
• Mark Kelly – Guitar, backing vocals
• Dáithí Sproule – Guitar, backing vocals

Guest musicians

• Steve Cooney – Bass, guitar
• Jerry Douglas – Dobro
• Jimmy Higgins – Bodhrán
• James Hutchinson (musician) – Bass
• Mick Kinsella – Harmonica
• Dónal Lunny – keyboards
• Neil Martin – Cello, keyboards
• Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill – Piano
• Mick O'Brien – Uillean pipes
• Bonnie Raitt – Slide guitar
• String quartet:
  • Bill Butt
  • Niamh Nelson
  • Alan Smale
  • Gillian Williams

Production

• Altan – Producer
• Conal Markey – Engineer
• Gary Paczosa – Mixer
• Doug Sax – Mastering
• Dave McKean – Design, illustration
• Paul McCarthy – Band Photography
• Jan Voster – Landscape Photography

References

1. Widran, Jonathan. Another Sky at AllMusic

External links

• Beidh Aonach Amárach on YouTube - Official video
• Another Sky at AllMusic