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The word Altan means a "stream", but "raging river" might better describe the career of this band. Harvest Storm was a watershed album, offering a solid mix of forward-looking idealism while holding fast to tradition. It earned the group numerous awards, and paired with Island Angel, may be the best work they'll ever produce. They pay close attention to their Northern roots here. Songs like the title track and "Pretty Peg" attain high energy while the closing track, "Dobbin's Flowery Vale", remembers the power of the sad, subtle ballad. There's no lack of history to their vision, and no lack of interest in the new sounds of Celtic music, but Altan was still staying above the coming tide of synthesised swoosh that defines Celtic music in the 1990s.
Track listing:
1. Pretty Peg/New Ships A Sailing/The Bird's Nest/The Man From Bundoran
2. Donal Agus Morag
3. King Of The Pipers
4. Seamus O'Shanahan's/Walking In Liffey Street
5. Mo Choill
6. The Snowy Path
7. Drowsy Maggie/Rakish Paddy/Harvest Storm
8. 'Si Do Mhaimeo I
9. McFarley's/Mill Na Maidi
10. The Rosses Highlands
11. A Nobelman's Wedding
12. Bog An Lochain/Margaree Reel/The Humours Of Westport
13. Dobbin's Flowery Vale
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