Founded in County Donegal nearly three decades ago and “thought by many to be the finest traditional Irish combo working today,” (Chicago Weekly) ALTAN “have managed to cross the all-important cultural barriers between folk and world and rock music.” (Sunday Tribune, Dublin).
The singer MAURA O’CONNELL delivers stirring renditions of Irish classics with a hint of Nashville twang. Her restless inquisitive creativity has won her success and critical acclaim as both a solo artist and a collaborator with a wide array of Celtic, folk, pop and country artists, including Van Morrison, Brian Kennedy, Moya Brennan, Mary Black, John Prine, Tim O’Brien, John Gorka, Robert Earl Keen, Dolly Parton and Shawn Colvin.
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