Ceol Aduaidh

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Ceol Aduaidh
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Studio album by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy
Released 1983
Studio Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Genre Celtic
Length36:54
Label

Gael-Linn (CEFCD32) (1983 & 2009)

Green Linnet (GLCD 3090) (1994) [1]

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy chronology
Ceol Aduaidh
(1983)		 Altan
(1987)
Remastered cover (2009)
Altan - Ceol Aduaidh - 2009.jpg
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
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Ceol Aduaidh (Irish Gaelic for "Music from the North") is the first studio album by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (who would go on to found the Irish band Altan), originally released in 1983 on the Gael-Linn Records label. It was reissued in 1994 by Green Linnet Records and a remastered edition was issued in 2009 by Gael-Linn. [1]

Irish language Goidelic (Gaelic) language spoken in Ireland and by Irish people

Irish is a Goidelic (Gaelic) language originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is spoken as a first language in substantial areas of counties Galway, Kerry, Cork and Donegal, smaller areas of Waterford, Mayo and Meath, and a few other locations, and as a second language by a larger group of non-habitual speakers across the country.

Frankie Kennedy Irish traditional musician

Frankie Kennedy was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was also the co-founder of the band Altan, formed with his wife Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. The popular Frankie Kennedy Winter Music School was founded in 1994 in his honour.

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh singer

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish folk music band Altan, which she co-founded with her late husband Frankie Kennedy in 1987. Today, Mairéad is recognised as a leading exponent in the Donegal fiddle style, and she is often considered as one of the foremost singers in the Irish language, her native tongue. She was part of the Irish supergroup T with the Maggies who performed in January 2009 at Temple Bar TradFest in Dublin their first ever two concerts under that name and who released in October 2010 their debut album. After nearly 22 years with Altan, Mairéad released in February 2009 her debut solo album Imeall. After 29 years with Altan, Mairéad released in October 2016 her alternate band Na Mooneys' debut album Na Mooneys.

Contents

Critical reception

In the January–February 2010 issue of (French magazine) Trad' Mag, on the occasion of the album re-release by the Gael-Linn label, folk critic Philippe Cousin awarded Ceol Aduaidh full marks (giving the album a "Bravo!!!" award), calling it a «recording that is a historical milestone in the early 1980s presaging the beginnings of Altan» and stating: «On fully remastered Ceol Aduaidh, fiddler and singer Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and flutist Frankie Kennedy perform some of the typical Donegal dances such as Mazurkas ("Shoe the Donkey"), Highlands and Germans along with the inevitable Jigs and Reels. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh put her superb soprano voice on four songs from the North such as "An Spealadóir" which evokes the hard seasonal work in Scotland to whom the Donegal people were compelled.»

Track listing

  1. "Rílleanna" – 1:59 [Reels]
  2. "Mazurkas Phroinsias Uí Mhaonaigh" – 2:12 [Mazurkas]
  3. "Iníon a' Bhaoghailligh" – 3:29 [Song/Amhran#1]
  4. "Poirt: Con Ó Casaide, Pilleadh Wellington" – 2:06 [Tune/Jig]
  5. "Méiltí Cheann Dubhrann (Fonn Mall) [Slow air] / Cloch na Ceithre Mhíle (Ril)" [Reel] – 4:15
  6. "Thíos i dTeach a' Tórraimh" – 3:02 [Song/Amhran#2]
  7. "An Cruach fraoch, Ríl Sheáin Mhosaí" – 1:48 [Reels]
  8. "Poirt: An Peata sa Chistineach, Poirt: An Fathach Éireannach, Poirt: Atholl Highlanders" – 4:08
  9. "Germans" – 3:59 [Germans]
  10. "An Spealadóir" – 1:52 [Song/Amhran#3]
  11. "Ríleanna Tommy Peoples" – 2:14 [Reels]
  12. "Shoe the Donkey" – 1:46 [Mazurka]
  13. "An Clár Bog Déil" – 3:42 [Song/Amhran#4]
  14. "The Brown-Sailed Boat (Strathspey) / The Maids of Tullyknockbrine (Ril)" [Reel] – 1:39

All tracks are traditionals arranged by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh.

Personnel

Personnel per Discogs. [1]

Fiddle musical instrument

Fiddling refers to the act of playing the fiddle, and fiddlers are musicians that play it. A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres including classical music. Although violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, the style of the music played may determine specific construction differences between fiddles and classical violins. For example, fiddles may optionally be set up with a bridge with a flatter arch to reduce the range of bow-arm motion needed for techniques such as the double shuffle, a form of bariolage involving rapid alternation between pairs of adjacent strings. To produce a "brighter" tone, compared to the deeper tones of gut or synthetic core strings, fiddlers often use steel strings. The fiddle is part of many traditional (folk) styles, which are typically aural traditions—taught 'by ear' rather than via written music.

Flute musical instrument of the woodwind family

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. According to the instrument classification of Hornbostel–Sachs, flutes are categorized as edge-blown aerophones. A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as a flute player, flautist, flutist or, less commonly, fluter or flutenist.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh / Frankie Kennedy – Ceol Aduaidh". discogs.com. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Winick, Steve. Ceol Aduaidh at AllMusic
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