The best and easiest way to buy Altan music on the web.Traditional reels and Gaelic songs are brought to life by Altan's dynamic twin fiddles, accordion and bouzouki,along with Maihread Ni Mhaonaigh's transfixing voice.Tiocfaidh An Samhradh 12.Celtic music, few artists capture the heart and spirit of Irish tradition as Altan does.Each of this album's cuts are centered around her lilting vocals.ALTAN has long been one of Celtic's music's most revered groups.It's this distinction that has helped them develop a strong and devoted fan base.Theilinn (A Health to Teelin) (Air) 12.The album maintains a sprightly and upbeat air throughout most of its running time, not to mention the pure Celtic flavor that has characterized the group's previous efforts.Then, in 1992, disaster struck when Frankie Kennedy was diagnosed with cancer.Curran, Daithi Sproule on guitar plus two other Donegal natives, Ciaran Tourish on fiddle and Dermot Byrne on accordion.Get weekly audio downloads and meet the international artists behind the music.Get monthly music updates in your inbox.Influential Irish fiddler Dinny McLaughlin, who frequented her childhood home, added to her knowledge of the instrument.Kennedy, who studied flute as a youngster, was extremely interested in Irish music and made several trips to Ireland during school vacations.Mhaonaigh and Kennedy began to play together at every opportunity.Although they both took jobs as trainee teachers at St.Mhaonaigh and Kennedy formed a band, Ragaime.During the summer of 1988, Altan began work on their first album as a band, which now included Paul O'Shaughnessy on twin fiddle.Produced by Phil Cunningham and relea...