Voices & Harps

Voices & Harps is a music album by Irish musicians Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra. It was released on 28 June 2011 in the United States. The album is a remastered and remixed version of the 2010 album My Match Is A Makin'.

Voices & Harps
Studio album by
Released28 June 2011 (2011-06-28)
Recorded2010, John Bradshaw & Lochlainn Harte
GenreIrish traditional
Folk
Celtic
LanguageIrish
English
LabelBEO Records
Distribution 13
ProducerMoya Brennan
Cormac De Barra
John Reynolds
Moya Brennan chronology
T with the Maggies
(2010)
Voices & Harps'
(2011)
Affinity
(2013)
Cormac de Barra chronology
My Match Is A Makin'
(2010)
Voices & Harps'
(2011)
Affinity
(2013)

Release

Voices & Harps was released during Brennan and de Barra's United States tour in the Summer of 2011, although was available from the duo's website in the months before.

Track listing

The album's track listing differs slightly from that of My Match Is A Makin'.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Match Is A Makin' (Tá Mo Chleamhnas á Dhéanamh)*"Traditional, arrangement by Brennan / De Barra03:50
2."She Moved Through The Fair"Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra04:52
3."An Seanduine Dóite"Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra03:35
4."Casadh Mo Chroí**"M. Brennan02:34
5."Crann Úll"Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra04:06
6."Carolan's Concerto"Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra02:25
7."Longing To See You"M. Brennan03:49
8."Bean Dubh a' Ghleanna"Trad. Arr. De Barra02:09
9."Táim Breoite Go Leor"Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra05:33
10."Go Brách***"M. Brennan03:08
11."The Streets of Derry"Trad. Arr. Brennan / De Barra04:41
12."Hobnobs**** (iTunes Bonus Track)"Trad. Arr. by M.Brennan / De Barra03:37

* Renamed, released on "My Match Is A Makin'" under the Gaelic title, 'Tá Mo Chleamhnas a Dhéanamh'
** New track
*** Renamed, released on "My Match Is A Makin'" as 'Mo Mhian'

**** released exclusively through iTunes as bonus track

Personnel

  • Moya Brennan – Vocals, Harp, Percussion, Keyboards
  • Cormac De Barra – Harp, Vocals, Percussion, Keyboards
  • Máire Breatnach – Fiddle, Viola
  • Aisling Jarvis – Bouzouki
  • Ian Parker – Keyboards
  • Éamonn De Barra – Flute, Bodhran
  • Noel Eccles – Percussion
  • John Reynolds – Drums
  • Kevin Armstrong – Guitar
  • Produced by Moya Brennan and Cormac De Barra
  • Additional production by John Reynolds
  • Recorded and Engineered by Lochlainn Harte, John Bradshaw and Fionán De Barra
  • Mixed by John Reynolds and Tim Oliver
  • Photography by Mella Travers
  • Sleeve Design by Tim Jarvis and Mella Travers

Release history

Country Release Date
United States (June 2011) 28 June 2011 (2011-06-28)
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