Another Sky (2000)

About this title: The whole Celtic music craze turned many opportunistic American musicians into Irish Rovers, but this joyous mix of traditional jigs and folksy tunes by six natives is the real deal. The band features two fiddlers, an accordionist, a bouzzouki player, and two guitarists, with lead vocals by Maircad Ni Mhaonaigh, switching off in mood and tempo from track to track. The opening number "Bcidh Aonach Amarach" ("There's a Fair Tomorrow") sets the tone with a festive, skipping jam featuring textured guitars with vocals sung in Gaelic (the English lyrics are in the booklet) before the fiddlers take ... read more

Tracks:

1. Beidh Aonach Amárach (There's a Fair Tomorrow) [Traditional]
2. Green Grow the Rashes, O [Traditional]
3. The King of Meenasillagh/Lamey's/The High Fiddle Reel [Traditional]
4. Island Girl [Cooney]
5. Eoghainin O Ragadian [Traditional]
6. Ten Thousand Miles [Traditional]
7. Gusty's Frolicks/The Pretty Young Girls of Carrick/Con's Slip ... [Traditional]
8. Girl from the North Country [Dylan]
9. The Verdant Braces of Screen [Traditional]
10. The Dispute at the Crossroads/Columba Ward's/Siuns Reel (Ciaran Tourish) [Traditional]
11. Tiocfaidh an Samhradh (Summer Will Come) [Traditional]
12. The Ookpik Waltz [Traditional]
13. The Waves of Gola [Kelly]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.