Whisper to the Wild Water

Whisper to the Wild Water
Studio album by Moya Brennan
Released 19 October 1999
Recorded 1999
Genre Celtic rock
Length 63:56
Label Word Records
Producer Denis Woods & Máire Brennan
Moya Brennan chronology
Perfect Time
(1998)Perfect Time1998		 Whisper to the Wild Water
(1999)		 Two Horizons
(2003)Two Horizons2003

Whisper to the Wild Water is a music album by Irish musician Máire Brennan, now known as Moya Brennan. This was the fourth solo outing for her, released in 1999. At the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2001, it was nominated for the Best New Age Album.[1]

Recordings were made in various studios in Ireland during 1999:

  • Pulse Recording Studios, Dublin, Ireland – (Engineer Tim Martin)
  • Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland – (Engineer Tim Martin)
  • Mo Studios, Dublin, Ireland – (Engineer Tim Martin)

Tony Perrey was the engineer for "Mary of the Gaels" and "Sign from the Hills".

Track listing

  1. "Follow the Word" – 5:13
  2. "Where I Stand" – 5:17
  3. "Hard to Break the Seal" – 4:35
  4. "To the Water" – 3:25
  5. "Whisper to the Wild Water" – 4:44
  6. "Peacemaker" – 4:28
  7. "Ageless Messengers" – 4:45
  8. "I láthair Dé (In God's Presence)" – 3:44
  9. "Life" – 4:51
  10. "Rinne Tú (You Made)" – 5:02
  11. "Mary of the Gaels" – 4:24
  12. "Sign from the Hills" – 4:34
  13. "Bí Thusa Mo Shúile (Be Thou My Vision)" – 2:02
    • Bonus track
  14. "Don't Give Up" (duet Máire Brennan and Michael McDonald) – 6:52

"Peacemaker" is based on the "Prayer of Saint Francis"

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

  • Paul Jarvis – Vocals (on Peacemaker)

Máire's Band

  • Dee Brennan – Vocals, Percussion
  • Sinéad Madden – Vocals, Fiddle
  • Ewan Cowley – Vocals, Guitar
  • David MacMullan – Keyboards, Piano
  • Tiarnan O'Duinnchinn – Uilleann pipes, Low Whistle
  • Tony Steele – Bass
  • Paul Byrne – Percussion
  • Cór Mhuire na Doirí beaga – St. Mary's Church Choir of the Derrybegs (on I Láthair Dé)
  • Baba Brennan – Choir Leader
  • Dee Brennan – Choir Conductor

Commercial singles

  1. "Follow the Word"

Promotional singles

  1. "Follow the Word"

Release details

  • 1999, UK, Word/Universal Records 7012632267, Release Date 19 October 1999, CD
  • 1999, USA, Word/Sony Records ?, Release Date 19 October 1999, CD
  • 1999, USA, Word/Sony Records 7012632259, Release Date 19 October 1999, Cassette
  • 1999, Japan, Epic Records ESCA 8102, Release Date 19 October 1999, CD
  • 2000, UK, Word/Universal Records 157 560-2, Release Date ? February 2000, CD

References

  1. ↑ "Maire Brennan". Grammy Awards. Recording Academy. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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