Name: Lowlands
Brand: Green Linnet
SKU: 243494
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Lowlands

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Album: Lowlands
#	Song Title		Time
1)	An Nighean Dubh/The Dark Haired Girl	More Info...	0:04
2)	Johnny Coughlin	More Info...	0:05
3)	The Hare's Lament	More Info...	0:03
4)	Sian Agus Beannacht/Goodbye And Farewell	More Info...	0:02
5)	The Snows They Melt the Soonest	More Info...	0:04
6)	Nansai Og Ni Obarlain/Young Nancy Oberlin	More Info...	0:02
7)	Lord Baker	More Info...	0:08
8)	Dark Horse On the Wind	More Info...	0:04
9)	The Lowlands of Holland	More Info...	0:05
10)	Bonny Greenwoodside	More Info...	0:02
11)	To Fair London Town	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Moorlough Shore	More Info...	0:05

Album: Lowlands
#	Song Title		Time
1)	An Nighean Dubh/The Dark Haired Girl	More Info...	0:04
2)	Johnny Coughlin	More Info...	0:05
3)	The Hare's Lament	More Info...	0:03
4)	Sian Agus Beannacht/Goodbye And Farewell	More Info...	0:02
5)	The Snows They Melt the Soonest	More Info...	0:04
6)	Nansai Og Ni Obarlain/Young Nancy Oberlin	More Info...	0:02
7)	Lord Baker	More Info...	0:08
8)	Dark Horse On the Wind	More Info...	0:04
9)	The Lowlands of Holland	More Info...	0:05
10)	Bonny Greenwoodside	More Info...	0:02
11)	To Fair London Town	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Moorlough Shore	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Susan McKeown, Glen Moore, Johnny Cunningham, Lunasa, Joanie Madden, Matt Darriau, Samir Chatterjee, Wang Guowei, Mamadou Diabate.
Producers: Susan McKeown, Jamshied Sharifi, Donogh Hennessy.
Recorded at Mission Sound, Brooklyn, New York.
Personnel: Susan McKeown (finger cymbals); Joanie Madden, Kevin Crawford (whistling); Gerry Leonard , Aidan Brennan, Donogh Hennessy, Des Moore (guitar); Greg Anderson (bouzouki); Mamadou Diabate (kora); Johnny Cunningham, Sean Smyth (fiddle); Michelle Kinney (cello); Matt Darriau (gaita, kaval, clarinet, bass clarinet); Ole Mathisen (clarinet); Jamshied Sharifi (synthesizer); Glen Moore, Trevor Hutchinson (acoustic bass); Todd Schietroma (shaker, caxixi, hand claps); Samir Chatterjee (tabla); John Anthony (caxixi); Oliver Strauss (hand claps).
Audio Mixer: John Anthony.
Recording information: Burbland Studios, Montclair, NJ; Burland Studios, New York, NY; Mission Sound Studios, Brooklyn, NY; Missioon Sound, Brooklyn, NY; Pota Pota Studios, New York, NY; PotaPota Studios, New York, NY.
Photographer: John Francis Bourke.
Translators: Cathal Goan; Susan McKeown.
Arranger: Susan McKeown.
Susan McKeown is an Irish folk musician with an unusually diverse resume. She has made albums of original music and albums of traditional songs, including a stunning collection of seasonal tunes entitled Through the Bitter Frost and Snow, on which the primary instruments were McKeown's voice and Lindsey Horner's string bass. She has also collaborated with numerous musicians from traditions both within and without the Celtic the world, and her music has been used in TV commercials for products as diverse as facial cream and automobiles. At this point, the only really surprising thing she could have done would have been to make a primarily traditional Irish album, which is exactly what she's done with the beautiful Lowlands. Granted, the instrumentation is frequently unusual -- on the haunting "Dark Horse on the Wind" she's accompanied by banjo and erhu (a Chinese bowed instrument), and on "Bonny Greenwoodside" she plays finger cymbals while others play the tabla and caxixis. But the songs are very definitely from the Irish tradition, and her delivery is as hair-raising as ever. Highlights include the slightly flamenco-flavored "Slan agus Beannacht (Goodbye and Farewell)" and the anguished, a capella "Dark Horse on the Wind." Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson

Professional Reviews

CMJ (9/25/00, p.28) - "...Showcases her soaring, birdlike vocals in a half-traditional/half-modern Celtic setting....intriguing..."