After the Break
Encyclopedia
After The Break is a studio album by the Irish
folk music
band
Planxty
released in 1979. Now available to download from most major online retailers as well as on CD.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
Planxty
Planxty
Planxty is an Irish folk music band formed in the 1970s, consisting initially of Christy Moore , Dónal Lunny , Andy Irvine , and Liam O'Flynn...
released in 1979. Now available to download from most major online retailers as well as on CD.
Track listing
- "The Good Ship Kangaroo"
- "East at Glendart / Brian O' Lynn / Pay the Reckoning" (double jigs)
- "You Rambling Boys of Pleasure"
- "The Blackberry Blossom / Lucky in Love / The Dairy Maid" (reels)
- "The Rambling Siuler"
- "The Lady On The Island / The Gatehouse Maid / The Virginia / Callaghan's" (reels)
- "The Pursuit of Farmer Michael Hayes"
- "Lord McDonald / The Chattering Magpie"
- "The Bonny Light Horseman"
- "Smeceno Horo"
Personnel
- Christy MooreChristy MooreChristopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
– Vocals, guitar, harmonium & bodhran. - Dónal LunnyDónal LunnyDónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
– blarge & guitar. - Andy IrvineAndy Irvine (musician)Andrew Kennedy 'Andy' Irvine is a folk musician, singer, and songwriter, and a founding member of the popular band Planxty. He is an accomplished player of the mandolin, bouzouki, mandola, guitar-bouzouki, harmonica and hurdy-gurdy....
– vocals, mandolin, mandola, hurdy gurdy & bouzouki. - Liam O'FlynnLiam O'FlynnLiam O'Flynn is a master uilleann piper and prominent Irish folk musician. In addition to an impressive solo career and his work with the Irish traditional group Planxty, O'Flynn has recorded with many prominent international musical artists, including Mark Knopfler, the Everly Brothers, Enya,...
– uilleann pipesUilleann pipesThe uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...
& whistle. - Matt MolloyMatt MolloyMatt Molloy is an Irish musician, from a region known for producing talented flautists. As a child, he began playing the flute and won the All-Ireland Flute Championship at only seventeen years old...
– flute & whistle.