With their award-winning recordings, ranging dynamically from the most sensitive and touching old Irish songs all the way to hard hitting reels and jigs, and with their heartwarming, dynamic live performances, Altan have moved audiences from Donegal to Tokyo to Seattle. Bringing the beauty of traditional music, particularly that of Donegal fiddlers and singers to contemporary audiences, the seeds of the band (founded by Belfast flute-player, Frankie Kennedy, and Gweedore singer and fiddler, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh) lie in the music and fun of gatherings and sessions in kitchens and pubs in Donegal
Altan are excited and energised in anticipation of their latest release, The Widening Gyre (title is borrowed from W.B. Yeats poem The Second Coming) With renewed energy and introducing new band member, Martin Tourish on accordion, the band recorded in Nashville to collaborate with long time friends and guests to bring this album to the world.
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