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

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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

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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; arranged by Brennan and De Barra03:50
2."She Moved Through the Fair"Traditional; arranged by Brennan and De Barra04:52
3."An Seanduine Dóite"Traditional; arranged by Brennan and De Barra03:35
4."Casadh Mo Chroí**"M. Brennan02:34
5."Crann Úll"Traditional; arranged by Brennan and De Barra04:06
6."Carolan's Concerto"Traditional; arranged by Brennan and De Barra02:25
7."Longing To See You"M. Brennan03:49
8."Bean Dubh a' Ghleanna"Traditional; arranged by De Barra02:09
9."Táim Breoite Go Leor"Traditional; arranged by Brennan and De Barra05:33
10."Go Brách***"M. Brennan03:08
11."The Streets of Derry"Traditional; arranged by Brennan and De Barra04:41
12."Hobnobs****" (iTunes Bonus Track)Traditional; arranged by Brennan and 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

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  • 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
Technical
  • 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

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

References

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