Smithsonian Folkways Recordings To Release 'Sound Neighbours: Contemporary Music In Northern Ireland' On October 23, 2007

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) - On October 23, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings will release 'Sound Neighbours: Contemporary Music in Northern Ireland.' Produced in conjunction with the Northern Ireland program at the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, this compilation features twenty vocal and instrumental tracks from Northern Ireland's finest musicians including The Divine Comedy, Tommy Sands, Colum Sands and Bap Kennedy.

'Sound Neighbours' documents the musical landscape of Northern Ireland at a seminal moment in its history. This compilation celebrates the richness and diversity of the region's musical traditions following a ten-year period of relative peace and stability, and the restoration of Northern Ireland's political institutions. From the sound of jovial Irish fiddle-playing to haunting ballads, 'Sound Neighbours' emphasizes a representative mix of musicians, both professional and grassroots, of both Irish and Scots descent, from Northern Ireland.

'Sound Neighbours' Track Listing
1. Northern Man (Different Drums)
2. Splendid Isolation/Mrs. Lawries (Cathal Hayden)
3. The Belfast Mountains (Craobh Rua)
4. Ships in Full Sail/The Three Sisters (Barry Kerr)
5. A Stor, A Stor, A Ghra (Geraldine Bradley)
6. There Were Roses (Tommy Sands)
7. Ma na Bh Finna (Plain of the Deer)/Correl Glen (Jim McGrath featuring Robert Wyatt)
8. Omagh Town (Roisin White)
9. My Ain Countrie (Low Country Boys)
10. The Old Bush Set (Jarlath Henderson)
11. The Donegall Road (Colum Sands)
12. The Shankill and The Falls (Bap Kennedy)
13. The Singing Stream (Niall and Cillian Vallely)
14. The Verdant Braes of Screen (Breige Murphy)
15. Eddie Duffy's Monaghan Twig/The Stormy Saturday (Hidden Fermanagh)
16. The Newry Highwayman (Len Graham)
17. The Shipyard Slips (Island Men) (Gerry Jones)
18. Sean Maguire's Set (Donal O Connor and John Mc Sherry)
19. Sunrise (The Divine Comedy)
20. My Lagan Love (Desi Wilkinson)