The Poet & The Piper
| The Poet & The Piper | |
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| Studio album by Seamus Heaney & Liam O'Flynn | |
| Released | 2003 |
| Recorded | 2003 |
| Genre |
Irish traditional Celtic Poetry |
| Length | 54:00 |
| Label | Claddagh Records |
The Poet & The Piper is a studio album by poet Seamus Heaney and piper Liam O'Flynn, recorded in 2003 and released in the same year. The album is made up of instrumental tracks and spoken poetry, both often mixed together. The recording features traditional and contemporary music, lyrics and poetry such as An Bonnán Buí, one of the oldest known Irish traditional songs. The album was used as a soundtrack for television programme Keeping Time broadcast on both RTÉ and the BBC.
Track listing
- The Given Note / Port na bPúcaí
- Digging
- Bogland
- Árdaí Chuain
- At the Wellhead
- The Otter
- The Rolling Wave / The Hag's Money
- The Yellow Bittern (An Bonnán Buí)
- The Yellow Bittern / The Broken Pledge
- The Glamoured (Gile na Gile)
- Aisling Gheal
- The Tollund Man
- Midterm Break
- Sliabh Gallon's Brae
- Clearances 3
- Clearances 5
- Cronán na Máthar
- Two Lorries
- The Humours of Castlebernard / The Bank of Turf
- A Call
- Seeing Things - Section 3
- Fáinne Geal an Lae
- St. Kevin and the Blackbird
- Open the Door for Three
- The Annals Say
- Postscript
- Garret Barry's Reel / Seán Reid's Favourite
Personnel
- Seamus Heaney – Spoken word
- Liam O'Flynn – uilleann pipes, tin whistle
- Stephen Cooney – guitar
- Rod McVey – harmonium
External links
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