Sean-Nós Nua
Sean-Nós Nua is the sixth studio album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released on 8 October 2002, by Vanguard Records. It consists of covers of traditional Irish folk songs. The title means "new old-style" in Irish Gaelic, and also referring to the popular style of traditional Irish vocal music sean-nós.
Personnel
- Sinéad O'Connor – vocals
- Dónal Lunny – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, keyboards, bodhran, backing vocals
- Steve Wickham – fiddle, mandolin, banjo
- Sharon Shannon – accordion on track 9
- Alan Branch – percussion on track 12
- Abdullah Chhadeh – quanun
- Nick Coplowe – Hammond organ
- Pete Lockett – percussion
- Cora Venus Lunny – violin on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7, Viola tracks 1 & 9
- Kieran Kiely – keyboards, accordion
- Skip McDonald – electric guitar, backing vocals
- Christy Moore – vocals and guitar on track 12
- Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie – drums, bass guitar, piano
- Bernard O'Neill – bass
- Adrian Shortman / "Professor Stretch" – drums, programming