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 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.

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