Harvest Storm
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{{Infobox album
| name = Harvest Storm
| type = Album
| artist = Altan
| cover = Harvest Storm.jpg
| alt =
| released = 15 April 1992
| recorded = September – October 1991
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| studio =
| genre = Celtic
| length = 45:42
| label = Green Linnet
| producer = P.J. Curtis
| prev_title = The Red Crow
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Island Angel
| next_year = 1993
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r102822|first=Rick|last=Anderson}}
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Harvest Storm is the third studio album by Altan, released in April 1992 on the Green Linnet label.
Track listing
All titles arranged by Altan.
- "Pretty Peg/New Ships A-Sailing/The Bird's Nest/The Man From Bundoran" (reels) – 3:37
- "Dónal Agus Mórag/The New-Rigged Ship" (song and reel) – 4:27
- "King of the Pipers" (jig) – 3:08
- "Séamus O'Shanahan's/Walking in Liffey Street" (jigs) – 2:33
- "Mo Choill" (song) – 4:10
- "The Snowy Path" (slip jig) – 2:12
- "Drowsy Maggie/Rakish Paddy/Harvest Storm" (reels) – 2:57
- "Sí Do Mhaimeo Í" (song) – 2:50
- "McFarley's/Mill Na Máidí" (reels) – 2:25
- "The Rosses Highlands" (highlands) – 2:58
- "A Nobleman's Wedding" (song) – 6:35
- "Bog An Lochain/Margaree Reel/The Humours of Westport" (strathspey and reels) – 3:34
- "Dobbin's Flowery Vale" (slow air and reel) – 4:20
All titles are traditional except the following:
- "Séamus O'Shanahan's/Walking in Liffey Street" composed by Paul O'Shaughnessy
- "The Snowy Path" composed by Mark Kelly
- "Harvest Storm" composed by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
"Mo Choill" ("My Love") is a song from a lady called "Rose of the songs" who had so many songs that she was known all over Ireland by a lot of people. It's a sad song about a man who goes off to sea and leaves his beloved one behind.According to Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh on stage during the Summer 2012 European tour
Live recordings
A live recording of the medley "Drowsie Maggie" performed by Altan in 1999 at the Cambridge Folk Festival is available on the Cambridge Folk Festival - A Celebration of Roots Music 1998-99 1-CD collective album. Released in 2000, this compilation includes a total of 17 live recordings from the Cambridge Folk Festivals 1998 & 1999.[http://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/records/cambridgefolkfestival.html mainlynorfolk.info > Cool As Folk]
Personnel
=Altan=
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, vocals
- Frankie Kennedy – Flute, whistle, backing vocals
- Ciarán Tourish – Fiddle, whistle, backing vocals
- Paul O'Shaughnessy – Fiddle
- Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki, bouzouki-guitar
- Mark Kelly – Guitar, backing vocals
- Dáithí Sproule – Guitar on "The Rosses Highlands", backing vocals
=Guest musicians=
- Frieda Gray – Dancing on "Mill na Máidí"
- Tommy Hayes – Bodhrán, bass bodhrán, percussion, jaw harp
- Dónal Lunny – Keyboards, bass bodhrán on "Dónal Agus Mórag"
- Liam Ó Maonlaí – Didgeridoo on "Sí Do Mhaimeo Í"
Production
- P.J. Curtis – Producer
- Brian Masterson – Engineer
- Aidan McGovern – Assistant Engineer
- Ciaran Byrne – Assistant Engineer
- Greenberg Kingsley – Design
- Ross Wilson – Artwork
- Colm Henry – Photography