The Wind That Shakes the Barley is the ninth studio album by the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist Loreena McKennitt, which was released on November 12, 2010.[1]

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Studio album by Loreena McKennitt
Released	November 12, 2010
Recorded	July 2010
Genre	Folk, world, Celtic
Length	45:11
Label	Quinlan Road
Producer	Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt chronology
A Mediterranean Odyssey (2009) The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2010) Lost Souls (2018)

Track listing

1. "As I Roved Out" (traditional) – 4:59
2. "On a Bright May Morning" (traditional) – 5:08
3. "Brian Boru's March" (traditional) – 3:51
4. "Down by the Sally Gardens" (traditional, lyrics by W. B. Yeats) – 5:39
5. "The Star of the County Down" (traditional) – 3:34
6. "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (traditional, lyrics by Robert Dwyer Joyce) – 6:01
7. "The Death of Queen Jane" (traditional) – 6:04
8. "The Emigration Tunes" (McKennitt) – 4:42
9. "The Parting Glass" (traditional) – 5:13[3]

Personnel

• Loreena McKennitt – vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9), keyboards (1, 5, 6, 8), accordion (1, 7, 8) and harp (2, 3, 4, 7)
• Brian Hughes – Irish bouzouki (1, 3, 5, 7), drone (3), and electric (2, 4, 6, 8) & acoustic guitar (1, 8)
• Hugh Marsh – violin (1– 9)
• Caroline Lavelle – cello (1– 8)
• Ben Grossman – hurdy-gurdy drone (6), bodhrán (1, 6), frame drum (3), taber (3), triangle (1), bells (3, 5), and shaker (5)
• Ian Harper – uilleann pipes (1, 4, 5, 8) and whistle (3, 5, 6, 8)
• Tony McManus – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 7, 9)
• Jeff Bird – mandola (1, 5), mandolin (3, 6, 8) and acoustic bass (1, 8)
• Pat Simmonds – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6, 8), button accordion (3, 5)
• Andrew Collins – mandolin (2, 7), mandocello (7)
• Brian Taheny – mandolin (4)
• Chris Gartner – bass (4)
• Andrew Downing – acoustic bass (5)
• Jason Fowler – acoustic guitar (5)
• Jeff Wolpert – recording and mixing[4]

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