Altan - Altan

(1987) 13 tracks: The Highlandman / The Cliffs of Glencolumbkille / Old Cuffe Street * Ant Seanchailleach Gallda / Dermot Byrne's * Ta Mo Chleamhnas A Dheanamh * The Cat That Ate The Candle / Over The Water To Bessie * Ceol A Phiobaire * Tommy Peoples' / Loch Altan / Danny Meehan's * Rogha An Ghabha / Charlie O'Donnell's * The Sunset * Thug Me Ruide * Humours of Whiskey / The Fairy Jig / Humours of Whiskey * Jimmy Lyons' / Leslie's Reel * Citi Na gCumann * Con Cassidy's Highland / Neilly O'Boyle's Highland and Reel.

This album marks the beginning of Altan and is a forerunner of Horse With A Heart and The Red Crow. It is music from the North of Ireland at its most incandescent.

Donegal fiddler Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh and Belfast-born Frankie Kennedy blaze through highlands, reels and slip jigs with the superb accompaniment of bouzouki virtuouso Ciaran Curran and guitarist Mark Kelly. Produced by Donal Lunny.