The Wind That Shakes the Barley is the ninth studio album by the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist Loreena McKennitt, released on November 12, 2010.
Track listing
"As I Roved Out" (traditional) – 4:59 "On a Bright May Morning" (traditional) – 5:08 "Brian Boru's March" (traditional) – 3:51 "Down by the Sally Gardens" (traditional, lyrics by W. B. Yeats) – 5:39 "The Star of the County Down" (traditional) – 3:34 "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (traditional, lyrics by Robert Dwyer Joyce) – 6:01 "The Death of Queen Jane" (traditional) – 6:04 "The Emigration Tunes" (McKennitt) – 4:42 "The Parting Glass" (traditional) – 5:13The Wind That Shakes the Barley track listing
Personnel Loreena McKennitt – vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9), keyboards (1, 5, 6, 8), accordion (1, 7, 8) and harp (2, 3, 4, 7) Brian Hughes – Irish bouzouki (1, 3, 5, 7), drone (3), and electric (2, 4, 6, 8) & acoustic guitar (1, 8) Hugh Marsh – violin (1– 9) Caroline Lavelle – cello (1– 8) Ben Grossman – hurdy-gurdy drone (6), bodhrán (1, 6), frame drum (3), taber (3), triangle (1), bells (3, 5), and shaker (5) Ian Harper – uilleann pipes (1, 4, 5, 8) and whistle (3, 5, 6, 8) Tony McManus – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 7, 9) Jeff Bird – mandola (1, 5), mandolin (3, 6, 8) and acoustic bass (1, 8) Pat Simmonds – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6, 8), button accordion (3, 5) Andrew Collins – mandolin (2, 7), mandocello (7) Brian Taheny – mandolin (4) Chris Gartner – bass (4) Andrew Downing – acoustic bass (5) Jason Fowler – acoustic guitar (5) Jeff Wolpert – recording and mixingA New Recording of Traditional Celtic Music Loreena McKennitt returns to her past as she releases "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" – PRESS RELEASE
Chart positions Chart (2010–11) Peakposition
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