My Match Is a Makin'
My Match Is A Makin' (English translation of opening track title) is a music album by Irish musicians Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra. This is Moya's eighth studio album to be released. It was released on 14 April 2010 exclusively to concertgoers on her Spring 2010 tour of the Netherlands. The album was re-released to a wider audience under the title Voices & Harps.[1]
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| Released | 14 April 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010, John Bradshaw & Lochlainn Harte | |||
| Genre | Irish traditional Folk Celtic | |||
| Language | Irish English | |||
| Label | BEO Records | |||
| Producer | Moya Brennan, Cormac de Barra | |||
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Release
My Match Is A Makin' was released during Moya Brennan's April 2010 tour. In January 2011, the album was discontinued and re-released under the new title Voices & Harps with a slightly different track list and remixed/remastered tracks.
Track listing
My Match Is A Makin' is the first mainly traditional album recorded by Moya since Clannad's early albums. While made up of folk songs, it also features two new songs; Mo Mhian (Moya originally wrote and recorded the song for the To End All Wars film) and Longing to See You. The album was later re-released in 2011 under the name "Voices & Harps" in collaboration with the Irish harp virtuoso Cormac de Barra. The tracklist suffered a rearrangement and includes one new song called "Casadh Mo Chroí". Also, the song "Mo Mhian" was renamed to "Go Brách".
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tá mo Chleamhnas á Dhéanamh" | Traditional, arrangement by Brennan / De Barra | |
| 2. | "The Streets of Derry" | Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra | |
| 3. | "Crann Úll" | Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra | |
| 4. | "Carolan's Concerto" | Carolan; Arr. De Barra | |
| 5. | "She Moved Through the Fair" | Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra | |
| 6. | "An Seanduine Dóite" | Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra | |
| 7. | "Bean Dubh a' Ghleanna" | Trad. Arr. De Barra | |
| 8. | "Longing to See You" | Moya Brennan | |
| 9. | "Táim Breoite Go Leor" | Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra | |
| 10. | "Mo Mhian" | Moya Brennan |
Personnel
- Moya Brennan – Vocals, Harps, Percussion, Keyboards
- Cormac de Barra – Harps, Vocals, Percussion, Keyboards
- Máire Breatnach – Fiddle, Viola
- Aisling Jarvis – Bouzouki
- Ian Parker – Keyboards
- Recorded and engineered – John Bradshaw & Lochlainn Harte
- Mixed – John Bradshaw & Tim Jarvis
- Photography & sleeve design – Mella Travers
- Photographic location – ArchitecturalSalvage
Release history
| Country | Release Date |
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| Netherlands Tour (April 2010) | 14 April 2010 |
References
External links
- Moya Brennan – Official website