Recordings by Altan

Local Ground is Altan’s 10th studio album in the 20 years since they first came together as a band. Their musical friendships have been forged and proven in innumerable kitchen and pub sessions in Ireland and subsequently on folk club and concert hall stages throughout the world. They retain the energy and enthusiasm that originally [...]

2000 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, fiddle, vocals · Ciaran Tourish, fiddle, whistle, backing vocals · Dermot Byrne, accordion · Ciarán Curran, bouzouki · Mark Kelly, guitar, backing vocals  · Dáithí Sproule, guitar, backing vocals. With: Bill Butt, Steve Cooney, Jerry Douglas, Jimmy Higgins, James ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson, Mick Kinsella, Dónal Lunny, Neil Martin, Niamh Nelson, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Mick O’Brien, Bonnie Raitt, Alan [...]

1996 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, fiddle, vocals · Ciaran Tourish, fiddle, whistle, backing vocals · Dermot Byrne, accordion, single row melodeon · Ciarán Curran, bouzouki, guitar-bouzouki · Mark Kelly, guitar, backing vocals · Dáithí Sproule, guitar, vocals. With: Máire Bhreathnach, Annette Cleary, Steve Cooney, Conan Doyle, Jimmy Higgins, David James, Tommy Kane, Dónal Lunny, Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Anna Ní Mhaonaigh, [...]

1992 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, fiddle, vocals · Frankie Kennedy, flute, whistle, backing vocals · Ciaran Tourish, fiddle, whistle, backing vocals · Paul O’Shaughnessy, Fiddle · Ciarán Curran, Bouzouki, Bouzouki-Guitar · Mark Kelly, guitar, backing vocals · Dáithí Sproule, guitar, backing vocals. With: Frieda Gray, Tommy Hayes, Dónal Lunny, Liam Ó Maonlaí Pretty Peg / New Ships A Sailing / The Bird’s Nest / The [...]

The Best of Altan: The Songs is an anthology of their non-instrumental work from their four records on the Virgin label. Each track features the heavenly voice of fiddler Maighread Ní Mhaonaigh and the lush instrumentation that has won the band international acclaim. Highlights include the rousing “Beidh Aonach Amárach” and the Robert Burns classic “Green [...]

1988