The Celtic Book of Days explained
The Celtic Book of Days is an album by David Arkenstone, released in 1998. It is the first of two Celtic albums by Arkenstone, the other being Spirit of Ireland.
Track listing
- "Equos Fair" – 4:27
- "Heart of Spring" – 4:47
- "Stormcry" – 4:40
- "Road to the Faire" – 5:28
- "Light of the Water" – 4:36
- "In the Ancient Time" – 3:35
- "The Festival" – 5:06
- "Yearning Hearts" – 4:22
- "Behind Walls of Stone" – 5:20
- "The Boats" – 5:04
- "Cailleach's Whisper" – 3:34
- "Children of the Sun" – 3:11
- "The Turning of the Year" – 4:52
- "The Dragon's Breath" – 3:29
- "The Quest of Culhwch" – 4:54
- All tracks composed by David Arkenstone
Personnel
- David Arkenstone – guitars, mandolin, pennywhistle, cittern, bass, keyboards, piano, melodica, bodhran, percussion, vocals, sound design
- Don Markese – flute, alto flute, bass flute, pennywhistle, piccolo, clarinet, soprano sax
- Eric Rigler – Uilleann pipes
- Sid Page, Joel Derouin – solo violins
- Danny Chase – drums, percussion
- Lisa Lynne – Celtic harp
- Frank Marocco – accordion
- John Clarke – oboe
- Dave Riddles – bassoon
- Chris Strand – voices
- Diane Arkenstone – xylophone on "In the Ancient Time" & "Children of the Sun", synthesizers on "Light of the Water", "In the Ancient Time", "Behind Walls of Stone" & "Children of the Sun"
- Fred Arkenstone – Arkenstrings
- Northern Voices – choir
