Altan, Local Ground - 46m 50s

Tracks & Durations

1. Éirigh 's Cuir Ort Do Chuid Éadaigh (Arise Now and Dress Yourself)	3:18
2. Tommy Peoples/The Road to Cashel/The Repeal of the Union/Richie's Reel	3:46
3. Is the Big Man Within?/Tilly Finn's Reel	3:48
4. Adieu, My Lovely Nancy	3:15
5. Bó Mhín Na Toitean/Con McGinley's Highland/Seanamhach Tube Station	4:01
6. Amhrán Pheadair Bhreathnaigh	3:54
7. Roseville	2:21
8. As I Roved Out	4:20
9. Sport	3:02
10. Humours of Castlefin/Nia's Dance/An Dúidín	3:26
11. Wind and Rain	4:03
12. Silver Slipper	3:32
13. Dún Do Shúil (Close Your Eyes)	3:56

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Review

For their 10th album, the veteran Irish ensemble has gathered 13 traditional and newly composed tunes. These are transformed via singer/fiddler Mairéad ní Mhaonaigh¹s Gaelic-speaking Donegal birthright and gussied up by the group¹s modern yet reassuringly earthy acoustic arrangements. The set list includes several of the jaunty dance tunes that are the soul of Irish music; Is the Big Man Within/Tilly Finn¹s Reel is an especially fine example. But Ní Mhaonaigh¹s fragile, girlish soprano creates many of the album¹s most memorable moments, Adieu My Lovely Nancy and a lullaby, Dun Do Shuil linger in the heart and ear. She and her husband, accordionist Dermot Byrne, own a pub in a small village called Teelin and it must be a great place for musicians to swap songs and tell tales. Indeed, the entire album has home-town warmth to it, a sense of achieved heritage that is at once soothing and invigorating. --Christina Roden

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Local Ground

Tracks: 13, Disk length: 50m 10s (+3m 20s)

Local Ground

Tracks: 14 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 14m (+27m 10s)

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