CAS (album)

CAS is an album by Lúnasa. It was released in 2018, and is the band's eighth studio album. The album's name means "turn" in Irish.

In a departure from previous albums, CAS includes five guest vocalists: Natalie Merchant, Daoirí Farrell, Tim O'Brien, Eric Bibb, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Track listing

1. The Tinker's Frolics <small>(Bob's Hole in One, Cat On The Mushrooms, Headford Junction, Tinker's Frolics)</small>
2. Sinéad Máire's <small>(Sinéad Máire's, Nina's Jig, Eimear's Shuffle)</small>
3. The Water is Wise (feat. Tim O'Brien)
4. The Bonny Light Horseman (feat. Natalie Merchant)
5. Pontivy <small>(Péh Trouz Zou Ar En Doar, Sant Hern, An Dro For Kevin)</small>
6. Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore (feat. Daoirí Farrell)
7. The Dregs of Birch
8. The Cadgers <small>(Night in Nanchang, The Cadgers Reel, The Border Reel)</small>
9. The Irish Girl (feat. Mary Chapin Carpenter)
10. Tribute to Larry <small>(Scottish March, A Tribute to Larry Reynolds, The Tattie Bell)</small>
11. My Lord What a Morning (feat. Eric Bibb)
12. Within a Mile <small>(The Chestnut Tree, Willie's Fling No. 2, Within a Mile of Dublin, Cnocán an Teampaill)</small>

Personnel

Lúnasa

• Trevor Hutchinson – double bass, bouzouki, lap steel guitar
• Seán Smyth – fiddle
• Colin Farrell – fiddle, whistles
• Kevin Crawford – flute, whistles
• Ed Boyd – guitar
• Cillian Vallely - uilleann pipes, low whistle

Additional Personnel

• Patrick Doocey – guitar on tracks 2, 8 and 12
• John Fabricius – backing vocals on track 3
• Tim O'Brien – vocals on track 3
• Graham Henderson – keyboards on tracks 4, 6 and 9
• Natalie Merchant – vocals on track 4
• Daoirí Farrell – vocals and bouzouki on track 6
• Mary Chapin Carpenter – vocals on track 9
• Leon Hunt – banjo on track 10
• Ulrika Bibb – backing vocals on track 11
• Eric Bibb - vocals on track 11

References