The Song Of The Singing Horseman is the first album of Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 singer songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 Jimmy MacCarthy. The album was released in 1991 by Mulligan Records and it includes many of the popular songs MacCarthy wrote during the first ten years of his career including "Ride On", "Mystic Lipstick", "Bright Blue Rose" and "No Frontiers".

Reception

The Song of the Singing Horseman has been described as having a "masterly blend of pop melodies, trad fiddles, Spanish guitars, country-and-western rhythms and chamber-music strings."

Track listing

1. On My Enchanted Sight - 4:13
2. A Hard Man To Follow - 3:52
3. Mystic Lipstick - 4:47
4. Missing You - 3:35
5. Ride On - 4:23
6. No Frontiers - 3:56
7. The Mad Lady And Me - 3:18
8. The Grip Of Parallel - 4:06
9. The Bright Blue Rose - 4:45
10. Ancient Rain - 5:23
11. The Song Of The Singing Horseman - 6:12