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.
Track listing
Personnel Sinéad O'Connor – vocals Dónal Lunny – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, keyboards, bodhran, backing vocals Steve Wickham – fiddle (except tracks 7, 12 and 13), mandolin, banjo Sharon Shannon – accordion on track 9 Alan Branch – percussion on track 12 Abdullah Chhadeh – quanun Nick Coplowe – Hammond organ Pete Lockett – percussion (except tracks 1, 9, 12 and 13) 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
Charts +Chart performance for Sean-Nós Nua Chart (2002) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA)61European Albums (Music & Media)57US Top Internet Albums (Billboard) 21US Top World Albums (Billboard)1
See also Goodnight, Thank You, You've Been a Lovely Audience – a 2003 live video album by O'Connor which features a documentary on the making of this album
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