Rita Connolly (album)
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Rita Connolly is the first solo recording by Rita Connolly
Rita Connolly
Rita Connolly is a Dublin-born singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called 'Granuaile' based on the 16th century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as including her in other of his...

. It features guest appearances by Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane is a songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle.early yearsDavy was born in Dublin in 1959 . At the age of 12 he started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him and inspired him with his love of all music genres...

, Liam O'Flynn
Liam O'Flynn
Liam 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,...

, The Voice Squad, Máirtín O'Connor
Máirtín O'Connor
Máirtín O'Connor is an Irish button accordionist who began playing the accordion at the age of nine, and his career has seen him as a member of many traditional music groups including, Midnight Well, De Dannan, The Boys of the Lough, and Skylark....

, Palle Mikkelborg
Palle Mikkelborg
Palle Mikkelborg , is a Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and record producer. He started playing professionally in 1960, and has since been a dominant figure on the Danish and international progressive jazz scene...

, Ray Lynam, amidst others. The album includes a number of Connolly's own compositions.

Track listing

  1. "Venezuela" – 4:49 (Trad Arr. R Connolly/S Davey)
  2. "Miracles" – 4:21 (Shaun Davey)
  3. "Factory Girl / Same Old Man" – 4:21 (Trad Arr. R Connolly/S Davey)
  4. "Stormy Weather" – 4:35 (Harold Arian & Ted Koehler)
  5. "Alice In Jericho" – 4:26 (Thom Moore)
  6. "Fanny Hawke" – 3:41 (Words: Sebastian Barry–Music: Shaun Davey)
  7. "It's Really Pouring" – 4:45 (Rita Connolly)
  8. "Two Of Us" – 4:14 (Lennon/McCartney Northern Songs)
  9. "Amiens" – 3:01 (Shaun Davey)
  10. "Red Dust" – 5:31 (Rita Connolly)
  11. "Dreams In The Morning" – 6:02 (Shaun Davey)
  12. "Close Your Eyes" – 3:31 (Rita Connolly)

Personnel

  • Rita Connolly
    Rita Connolly
    Rita Connolly is a Dublin-born singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called 'Granuaile' based on the 16th century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as including her in other of his...

     - Vocals
  • Shaun Davey
    Shaun Davey
    - Early years :Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In the late 1970s, he made his first recording, "Davey and Morris," with Donal Lunny and others...

     - Keyboards, vocals.
  • Davy Spillane
    Davy Spillane
    Davy Spillane is a songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle.early yearsDavy was born in Dublin in 1959 . At the age of 12 he started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him and inspired him with his love of all music genres...

     - Low whistle
  • Palle Mikkelborg
    Palle Mikkelborg
    Palle Mikkelborg , is a Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and record producer. He started playing professionally in 1960, and has since been a dominant figure on the Danish and international progressive jazz scene...

     - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
  • Helen Davies - Harp
  • Máirtín O'Connor
    Máirtín O'Connor
    Máirtín O'Connor is an Irish button accordionist who began playing the accordion at the age of nine, and his career has seen him as a member of many traditional music groups including, Midnight Well, De Dannan, The Boys of the Lough, and Skylark....

     - Button Accordion
  • Liam O'Flynn
    Liam O'Flynn
    Liam 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 Pipes
  • Ray Lynam - Vocals
  • The Voice Squad - Vocals
  • The Wind Machine - Brass
  • Paul Mc Ateer / Paul Moran , Drums
  • Eoghan O'Neill / John Drummond / Tony Molloy - Bass
  • Des Moore / Greg Boland / Gerry O'Beirne / Philip Donnelly / Anthony Drennan - Guitars
  • James Delaney - Keyboards
  • Jack Bayle / Sean Fleming -Trombone
  • William Dowdal - Flute
  • Inez Connolly / Ursula Connolly / Peter Connolly - Vocals
  • Members Of The National Philharmonic Choir.

Production

  • Produced by : Shaun Davey & Rita Connolly.
  • Engineered & Mixed by : Bill Somerville Large.
  • Additional Engineering : John Grimes, Brian Masterson.
  • Engineering Assistants : Sarah McCann , Lorcan Roche, Stephen Rushe.
  • Recorded at : Westland Studios, Dublin and Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin.

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