Parachilna (album)

Parachilna
Live album by
Andy Irvine with Rens van der Zalm
Released13 November 2013 (2013-11-13)
RecordedJuly 2012,
in the Australian Outback
GenreIrish and Australian folk music
Length46:22
LabelAndy Irvine (Ireland)
ProducerAndy Irvine & Rens van der Zalm
Andy Irvine chronology
Abocurragh
(2010)
Parachilna
(2013)
Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012
(2014)

Parachilna[1] is an album by Andy Irvine and Rens van der Zalm, of Irish and Australian songs recorded live in July 2012, while camping in the Australian Outback.

It was co-produced by Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, mandola and harmonica) and van der Zalm (backing vocals, guitar, mandolin, fiddle and viola), and recorded by Cian Burke in disused buildings using top-quality microphones, a laptop and Pro Tools.[2][3]

Most of the time, there are only two instruments playing–three when Irvine also plays harmonica–and the resulting sound is bright and pristine.

  1. ^ Parachilna, by Andy Irvine & Rens van der Zalm. Retrieved on March 1, 2014
  2. ^ Sleeve notes from Parachilna - Andy Irvine with Rens van der Zalm, Andy Irvine AK-4, 2013.
  3. ^ Andy Irvine talks to Peter Browne about his album Parachilna (20 April 2014). The Rolling Wave (Podcast). Dublin: RTÉ Radio 1. Retrieved on April 21, 2014.