The Song of the Singing Horseman explained

The Song of the Singing Horseman
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jimmy MacCarthy
Cover:	The Song of the Singing Horseman.jpg
Released:	1991
Recorded:	1989–1990
Genre:	Folk
Label:	Mulligan Records
Producer:	John O'Sullivan
Next Title:	The Dreamer
Next Year:	1994

The Song of the Singing Horseman is the first album of Irish singer songwriter Jimmy MacCarthy. The album was released in 1991 by Mulligan Records and it includes many of the popular songs MacCarthy wrote during the first ten years of his career including "Ride On", "Mystic Lipstick", "Bright Blue Rose" and "No Frontiers".^[1] It was not commercially available for many years but was re-released on MacCarthy's own Ride Own Records in 2016.

Reception

The Song of the Singing Horseman has been described as having a "masterly blend of pop melodies, trad fiddles, Spanish guitars, country-and-western rhythms and chamber-music strings."^[2]

Track listing

1. On My Enchanted Sight – 4:13
2. A Hard Man To Follow – 3:52
3. Mystic Lipstick – 4:47
4. Missing You – 3:35
5. Ride On – 4:23
6. No Frontiers – 3:56
7. The Mad Lady And Me – 3:18
8. The Grip Of Parallel – 4:06
9. The Bright Blue Rose – 4:45
10. Ancient Rain – 5:23
11. The Song of the Singing Horseman – 6:12

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Listing Of Songs By Jimmy MacCarthy . 11 August 2005 . 21 June 2009 . 23 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090923100329/http://members.pcug.org.au/~jcarroll/muses/jimmym.htm . live .
2. Web site: Jimmy MacCarthy's History . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080202174013/http://daz.com/artists/Jimmy%20MacCarthy.html . 2 February 2008 .