2LP – Black Vinyl.Includes a booklet containing all the poetryfeatured on the album. Contains two truly unique vinyl sleeves, the first hosts a printed collage of sketches of all the celebrated readers around Patrick Kavanagh, with Kavanagh himself visible through the gold-foil cut-out square on the cover itself. The second vinyl sleeve is an exact replica of the original 1963 release.

President Michael D. Higgins,Bono,Liam Neeson,Jessie Buckleyand more bring the work of seminal Irish poetPatrick Kavanaghto life on a new record, Almost Everything , set for release on Friday 23rd September 2022 fromCladdagh Records.

Originally released on Claddagh Records in 1964, the double album also features the only recording of the revered Irish poet reading his most celebrated poems. Now remastered and reimagined this new two-part album features the original recordings and Kavanaghs poetry read byBono,Hozier,Imelda May,Liam Neeson,Jessie Buckley,Aidan Gillen,Lisa McGee,Lisa Hannigan,President Michael D. Higgins,Evanna Lynch,Sharon Corr,Kathleen Watkins,Christy Moore,Rachael BlackmoreandAisling Beaset to a truly wonderful music composition.

The music on this record is recorded byCormac Butler, producer extraordinaire, songwriter and mix engineer ofFaction Records. Cormac has an extensive and wide-ranging discography from All Tvvins to James Vincent McMorrow to Sorcha Richardson to The Academic to Gavin James and The Coronas.

The physical formats of this album include a booklet containing all the poetry one will hear on the album. The vinyl format of this release contains two truly unique vinyl sleeves. The first hosts a printed collage of sketches of all the celebrated readers around Patrick Kavanagh, with Kavanagh himself visible through the gold-foil cut-out square on the cover itself. The second vinyl sleeve is an exact replica of the original 1963 release.

Tracklist:

LP1 (Read by Guests)
Side A
1. On Raglan Road (read byBono)
2. Stony Grey Soil (read byMichael D. Higgins)
3. Memory of My Father (read byLiam Neeson)
4. Canal Bank Walk (read byImelda May)
5. Peace (read byHozier)
6. Inniskeen Road: July Evening (read byLisa McGee)
7. In Memory of my Mother (read byKathleen Watkins)
8. The Hospital (read byLisa Hannigan)
9. Pegasus (read byRachael Blackmore)

Side B
10. October (read byChristy Moore)
11. Shancoduff (read byAisling Bea)
12. Lines Written on a Seat on the Grand Canal, Dublin (read byEvanna Lynch)
13. Extract from The Great Hunger (read byAidan GIllen)
14. A Christmas Childhood (read bySharon Corr)
15. Epic (read byJessie Buckley)

LP2 (read by Patrick Kavanagh)
Side A
1. Autobiographical Prose

LP 2 – Side B (Read by Patrick Kavanagh)
1. The Same Again
2. Jungle
3. Narcissus and the Women
4. Epic
5. God in Woman
6. Kerrs Ass
7. Peace
8. The Hospital
9. On the Death of Jim Larkin
10. Extract from The Great Hunger
11. Living in the Country: Part One
12. Dear Folks
13. Miss Universe
14. About Reason, Maybe
15. To Hell With Commonsense
16. October
17. Come Dance With Kitty Stobling
18. Prelude
19. Having Confessed