Voices & Harps | ||||
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Released | 28 June 2011 | |||
Recorded | 2010, John Bradshaw & Lochlainn Harte | |||
Genre | Irish traditional Folk Celtic | |||
Language | Irish English | |||
Label | BEO Records Distribution 13 | |||
Producer | Moya Brennan Cormac De Barra John Reynolds | |||
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Voices &Harps is a music album by Irish musicians Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra. It was released on 28 June 2011 in the United States. The album is a remastered and remixed version of the 2010 album My Match Is a Makin' .
Voices &Harps was released during Brennan and de Barra's United States tour in the Summer of 2011,although was available from the duo's website in the months before.
The album's track listing differs slightly from that of My Match Is A Makin'.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "My Match Is a Makin' (TáMo Chleamhnas áDhéanamh)*" | Traditional;arranged by Brennan and De Barra | 03:50 |
2. | "She Moved Through the Fair" | Traditional;arranged by Brennan and De Barra | 04:52 |
3. | "An Seanduine Dóite" | Traditional;arranged by Brennan and De Barra | 03:35 |
4. | "Casadh Mo Chroí**" | M. Brennan | 02:34 |
5. | "Crann Úll" | Traditional;arranged by Brennan and De Barra | 04:06 |
6. | "Carolan's Concerto" | Traditional;arranged by Brennan and De Barra | 02:25 |
7. | "Longing To See You" | M. Brennan | 03:49 |
8. | "Bean Dubh a' Ghleanna" | Traditional;arranged by De Barra | 02:09 |
9. | "Táim Breoite Go Leor" | Traditional;arranged by Brennan and De Barra | 05:33 |
10. | "Go Brách***" | M. Brennan | 03:08 |
11. | "The Streets of Derry" | Traditional;arranged by Brennan and De Barra | 04:41 |
12. | "Hobnobs****" (iTunes Bonus Track) | Traditional;arranged by Brennan and De Barra | 03:37 |
* Renamed,released on "My Match Is a Makin'" under the Gaelic title,"TáMo Chleamhnas a Dhéanamh"
** New track
*** Renamed,released on "My Match Is a Makin'" as 'Mo Mhian'
**** released exclusively through iTunes as bonus track
Country | Release Date |
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United States (June 2011) | 28 June 2011 |
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