The Blue Idol is the eighth studio album by Irish traditional band Altan, released in February 2002 on the Narada label. The Blue Idol features guest artists such as Dolly Parton on "The Pretty Young Girl" (which was translated by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's father Proinsias Ó Maonaigh) and Paul Brady on "Daily Growing". The album was mixed and engineered by nine-time Grammy Award-winner Gary Paczosa The Blue Idol is the eighth studio album by Irish traditional band Altan, released in February 2002 on the Narada label. The Blue Idol features guest artists such as Dolly Parton on "The Pretty Young Girl" (which was translated by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's father Proinsias Ó Maonaigh) and Paul Brady on "Daily Growing". The album was mixed and engineered by nine-time Grammy Award-winner Gary Paczosa false 2022-09-17 23:47:12 The Blue Idol 8 2002 2002-02-26 2002-02-26 49 Celtic Folk Irish Folk 122158 2173329 16ff00a0-526d-480a-bb19-6841484903d1 e6211cf7-272f-4431-bbd3-40c081b992d4 e9920c08-b5f6-301f-81a1-ab05d231ef16 /media/data/media8/Music/Altan/The Blue Idol (2002)/folder.jpg Altan AlbumArtist Altan Artist Altan Altan 1 Daily Growing 04:52 2 Uncle Rat 02:18 3 Roaring Water 03:15 4 The Pretty Young Girl 04:39 5 The Blue Idol 03:05 6 The Trip to Cullenstown 03:52 7 Cuach Mo Lon Dubh Buí 03:02 8 Mother’s Delight 04:22 9 The Low Highland 03:39 10 The Sea‐Apprentice Boy 03:50 11 Sláinte Theilinn (A Health to Teelin) 03:59 12 An Cailín Deas Óg 04:40 13 Gweebarra Bridge 03:45 Altan are an Irish folk music band formed in County Donegal in 1987 by lead vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her husband Frankie Kennedy. The group were primarily influenced by traditional Irish language songs from Donegal and have sold over a million records. The group were the first traditional Irish group to be signed to a major label when they signed with Virgin Records in 1994. The group has collaborated with Dolly Parton, Enya, The Chieftains, Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss, and many others.