Personnel: M¡che l O Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Eamon McElholm, Aiofe Clancy (vocals, guitar); Manus Lunny (vocals, bouzouki); Mair‚ad N¡ Mhaonaigh, M ir¡n Fahy (vocals, fiddle); Nuala Kennedy, Claire Mann (vocals, flute); Tr¡ona N¡ Dhomhnaill (vocals, Clavinet, synthesizer); Benny Hayes (vocals, keyboards); Karen Matheson, Mary Dillon, Mick McAuley, Cathie Ryan (vocals); Marc Duff (whistling, bouzouki, recorder, bodhran); Ciar n Tourish (whistling, fiddle, background vocals); Siobhan Egan (whistling, fiddle); Frankie Kennedy (whistling, flute, background vocals); Deirdre Havlin (whistling, flute); Mary Rafferty (whistling, accordion); Shaun Craig (guitar, bouzouki); Eoghan O'Brien (guitar, harp); Da¡th¡ Sproule, Chris Kelly [Choir Practice], John Saich, Shane MacGowan, Mary Coogan (guitar); Claudine Langille (tenor banjo, mandolin); Zan McLeod (bouzouki, mandocello); Clodagh Warnock (bouzouki, fiddle, bodhran, chimes); Ciar n Curran (bouzouki); Kate OBrien (fiddle, flute); Paul O'Shaughnessy, Martin MacLeod, Johnny Cunningham, Winifred Horan, Charlie McKerron (fiddle); Natalie Haas (cello); Rosie Mulholland (flute, keyboards); Eilish Egan (accordion); Donna Long (piano); Julian Sutton (melodeon); Chico Huff (acoustic bass).
Arranger: Tr¡ona N¡ Dhomhnaill.
A splendid compilation drawn from the Green Linnet catalog, focusing on solo artists and bands with female vocalists. The track listing is fairly eclectic, but entertaining throughout -- uniformly good enough that nothing stands out from the entire collection. A good place to start looking for an example of the female voice in Celtic music. ~ Steven McDonald
