To Hell or Barbados explained

To Hell or Barbados
Type:	studio
Artist:	Damien Dempsey
Cover:	To_Hell_Or_Barbados.jpg
Released:	June 1, 2007 (Ireland) June 18, 2007 (UK) June 26, 2007 (US) July 6, 2007 (Canada)
Recorded:	AIR Studios, London
Genre:	Folk, reggae
Length:	53:32
Label:	Clear Records, UFO Music
Producer:	John Reynolds
Prev Title:	Shots
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	The Rocky Road
Next Year:	2008

To Hell or Barbados is the fourth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey released in Ireland and the UK in June 2007. An expanded edition was released on 2 November 2007, complete with a bonus CD of additional material.

The album name and title track are taken from the book of the same name by Sean O'Callaghan, a garbled account^[1] of the thousands of Irish people transported to the Caribbean during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (see Irish slaves myth).

The album features Irish folk musician Sharon Shannon and sisters Yamina and Nadia Nid El Mourid from the French band Lo'Jo^[2]

To Hell or Barbados: The Expanded Edition

Additional tracks:

1. "Not on Your Own Tonight (Part 2)"
2. "Saturday Finally Comes"
3. "Wild One"
4. "Schooldays Over"
5. "Fly Me to the Moon"
6. "Taobh Leis an Muir"
7. "The Rhythm of Time"
8. "Holy Night"

Personnel

• Damien Dempsey - acoustic guitar
• Caroline Dale - cello
• John Reynolds - drums
• Sharon Shannon - accordion
• Marco Pirroni - guitar
• Claire Kenny - bass instrument
• Julian Wilson - Hammond b-3 organ
• Conor McKeon - pipes
• Nadia Nid El Mourid - background vocals
• Yamina Nid el Mourid
• Gerry O'Connor - banjo

Notes and References

1. Book: Rodgers, Nini. Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery. 31 January 2007. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-0-333-77099-3.
2. Web site: Damien Dempsey - to Hell or Barbados CD Album.