Riverdance on Broadway

• Artist: Bill Whelan
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• Release Date: May 02, 2000
• Total Time: 74:26
• Type: Soundtrack, Cast (Broadway, television or movie), Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: World

Review

As the title suggests, Riverdance On Broadway takes Bill Whelan's phenomenally popular Celtic dance revue to the Great White Way, keeping some of the show's best-loved music and adding some new songs and influences. Favorites such as "Reel Around the Sun," "The Countess Cathleen," "Firedance," and "Lift the Wings" return, joined by new compositions like "Amanzi," "Ri Ra," and "Endless Journey," which add flamenco guitars and other Mediterranean touches. Brian Kennedy and Tsidii La Loka are among the featured vocalists on this original cast recording, which will please fans of the first Riverdance as well as those discovering its newest incarnation. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Reel Around the Sun	Bill Whelan	Bill Whelan	(7:58)
The Heart's Cry	Bill Whelan	Bill Whelan	(2:29)
The Countess Cathleen/Women of the Sidhe	Bill Whelan	Bill Whelan	(5:41)
Coineadh Cú Chulainn (Lament)		Bill Whelan	(4:11)
Shivna	Bill Whelan	Bill Whelan	(3:40)
Firedance	Bill Whalen	Bill Whelan	(6:04)
At the Edge of the World		Bill Whelan	(3:35)
Slip into Spring	Bill Whelan	Bill Whelan	(3:47)
Riverdance	Bill Whelan	Bill Whelan	(5:45)
American Wake [The Nova Scotia Set]		Bill Whelan	(3:09)
Lift the Wings	Bill Whelan	Bill Whelan	(3:59)
Amanzi		Bill Whelan	(2:16)
I Will Set You Free		Bill Whelan	(3:45)
Let Freedom Ring		Bill Whelan	(3:10)
Macedonian Morning	Bill Whelan	Bill Whelan	(2:57)
Marta's Dance/The Russian Dervish	Bill Whelan	Bill Whelan	(4:03)
Rí-R		Bill Whelan	(3:15)
Endless Journey		Bill Whelan	(4:42)

Credits

Desi Reynolds (Tom-Tom), Tom Hayes (Spoons), Nikola Parov (Gadulka), Eileen Ivers (Fiddle), Robert Harris (Percussion), Kenneth Edge (Sax (Soprano)), Tom Hayes (Bodhran), Robert Harris (Palmeros), Ivan Goff (Low Whistle), Des Moore (Guitar (Acoustic)), Davy Spillane (Whistle (Human)), Bill Whelan (Keyboards), Bill Whelan (Palmeros), Davy Spillane (Uillean Pipes), Zoë Conway (Fiddle), Proinnsias O Duinn (Conductor), Eoghan O'Neill (Guitar (Bass)), Robert Harris (Bodhran), Rafael Riqueni (Spanish Guitar), Nikola Parov (Kaval), Desi Reynolds (Palmeros), Noel Eccles (Percussion), Katie McMahon (Soloist), Bill Whelan (Piano), Brian Kennedy (Vocals), Ronan Browne (Uillean Pipes)