Harvest Storm
# Harvest Storm

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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.

## 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.

## 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
