Celtic Solstice Explained

Celtic Solstice
Type:	studio
Artist:	Paul Winter
Cover:	Celtic Solstice.jpg
Released:	February 9, 1999
Genre:	Celtic, new-age
Length:	57:33
Label:	Living Music

Celtic Solstice is an album by Paul Winter, released in 1999 through the record label Living Music.^[1] In 2000, the album earned him a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.

Track listing

1. "Triumph" (Halley, Spillane, Winter) – 7:06
2. "Golden Apples of the Sun" (W. B. Yeats, Travis Edmonson) – 6:25
3. "Hollow Hills" (Spillane) – 1:55
4. "O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick" (traditional) – 4:36
5. "Dawnwalker" (Halley, Spillane) – 6:43
6. "My Fair and Faithful Love/Blarney Pilgram" (Maclean, traditional) – 5:23
7. "Sweet Comeraghs" (Faoli·in) – 3:55
8. "After the Fleadh/Running Through the Woods With Keetu" (Fahy, Madden) – 6:45
9. "The Minister's Adieu" (Thomas) – 2:09
10. "Farewell to Govan" (Cunningham) – 2:58
11. "Golden Apples of the Sun (Reprise)" – 7:06
12. "Dawnwalker (Reprise)" (Halley, Spillane) – 2:32

Personnel

• Paul Winter – soprano saxophone
• Joanie Madden – flute and whistle
• Davy Spillane – uilleann pipes
• Jerry O'Sullivan – uilleann pipes
• Paul Halley – pipe organ and piano
• Eileen Ivers – fiddle
• Carol Thompson – Celtic harp and Welsh triple harp
• Zan McLoed – guitar
• Bakithi Kumalo – bass
• Austin McGrath – bodhrán
• Jamey Haddad – percussion
• Karan Casey – vocals

See also

• Celtic music in the United States
• Folk music of Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Celtic Solstice. Allmusic. March 12, 2011.