Off on a Tangent

Off on a Tangent (1990) is a collection of traditional Celtic music including reels, jigs and hornpipes performed by Canadian musicians Mary Anderson and Ken Brown.

Track listing

1. "Rusty Gully" (Instrumental)
2. "The Blarney Pilgrim/The Rights of Man" (Instrumental)
3. "Loch Tay Boat Song" (Vocal)
4. "Lochaber no more/Gravel Walk" (Instrumental)
5. "Off She Goes" (Instrumental)
6. "Snowy Breasted Pearl" (Instrumental)
7. "I Will Go" (Vocal)
8. "My Lagan Love/Lark in the Clear Air/Whelan's Jig" (Instrumental)
9. "Eleanor Plunket/The Flowing Tide" (Instrumental)
10. "Willafiord" (Instrumental)
11. "Farewell/Massacre of Glencoe" (Instrumental/Vocal)
12. "Caitlin Triall/Morrison's Jig" (Instrumental)

Track 3 "Loch Tay Boat Song" was written by Sir Harold Bolton, the same composer who penned The Skye Boat Song.

Credits

• Mary Anderson - Harps
• Ken Brown - Vocals, Flute, Guitars, Alto Sax, Bodhran
• David Woodhead - Electric Bass

Tracks 1, 3-6, 9-13

• Harold Kilianski - Engineer
• Janice Bayer - Assistant

Recorded at Inception Sound, Toronto, May 1990

Tracks 2, 7-8

• Garrick Filewood - Engineer
• Glenn Howard - Engineer

Recorded at Sheridan Studios, Oakville, May 1990