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Subj: Music In Scotland Newsletter - July, 2001 Date: 7/21/2001 9:42:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: jiml@musicinscotland.com (Jim Leighton) To: jiml@musicinscotland.com Dear Fellow Celtic Music Enthusiast,
© NEW RELEASES © NOW AVAILABLE © SEARCH TIP © CUSTOMER COMMENTS © POSTAGE RATES © EXCHANGE RATES © EVENTS © ARTIST PAGES © ADD A LINK © TELL A FRIEND © ADVERTISING RATES © SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE NEW RELEASES http://www.musicinscotland.com/musicstore/search.asp DFMCD0101 Matt Seattle & Mr McFall's String Quartet CD £11.69 An unusual combination of border pipes and string quartet - as regularly featured on Radio Scotland's Mr. Anderson's Fine Tunes.The sweet-sounding border pipes are the 'other' traditional pipes of both Scotland and Northumberland. Matt Seattle is one of their leading players, and Mr. McFall's String Quartet are musical adventurers from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Together they make music that is sometimes earthy, sometimes ethereal, and always beautiful. CDCOLL01 MacColl Family - Da Thaobh Loch Seile CD £11.49 This recording is a taste of the music and of a Highland family which has preserved the cultural legacy of bygone generation. The MacColl family have lived as crofters, stalkers and shepherds around the Argyll-Inverness-shire boundary for hundreds of years. They have long been renowned as bards, musicians and tradition-bearers. "Dà Thaobh Loch Seile is a recording totally devoid of pretence, beautifully presented and brilliantly played" Fergie MacDonald. CDFSR1709 Croft No. Five - Attention All Personnel CD £11.49 A dynamic combo of six highlanders with an up-to-the-minute approach to their Scottish traditional music. Fiddle, whistle, and accordion combine with guitar, bass, drums, effects and samples to create an exhilarating high energy mix of dance and funk grooves. Cutting The Cake, Release Da Hounds, Phat Jigs, Half Inch, Legless, Lanark, Knightmare, Rancid Maidens, Track 1, Gambrinus, 4Foreplay, Dave's White Astra, Escape COMD2086 Christine Primrose - Gun Sireadh, Gun CD £11.49 One of the finest Gaelic voices around?.crystal clear and pure. "With Christine's ability to convey emotion, the language barrier is hardly relevant." Ceann Traigh Ghruiieart, An Gille Dubh Ciar-Dhubh, A Mhairead Og, Bean A' Chotain Ruaoidh, An Till Mise Chaoidh, Oganaich An Or-Fhuilt Bhuidhe, Oran Mu'n Ghruagaich, Dheanainn Sugradh Ris An Nigh'n Dubh, Soraidh Bho Granger, Do Ghaidheil Shiatail, Nach Truagh Leat Mi 'S Tu'n Eirinn, So Nam Shineadh Air An T-Sliabh. CSP555 Ben Edom - Spindrift CD 11.49 Fresh, vital Celtic and contemporary music with a masterful blend of moods, textures and flavours. Ben (acoustic, nylon-string, bass and electric guitars, didgeridoo, bodhran) is joined by Debra Carey (clarsach & percussion) and Nick Turner (piano) for an album of contemporary sounding traditional tunes from Scottish, Irish and classical traditions. Spindrift, Streets Of London, Return From Fingal, West Wind, Banish Misfortune, Planxty Irwin, What A Wonderful World, Caoidh Iain Ruaidh, Classical Soul, Birlinn Latharna, Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring, The Gray SMR119CD A Selection Of Popular Dances CD 11.15 Popular dance bands play popular dances. Bill Black, Peter Bruce, Davie Stewart, Jimmy Cassidy, Wayne Robertson, Steven Carcary, Donny & Diane, and Willie McGuire. Black Mountain Reel, The Boston Two-step, Waltz Country Dance, Barn Dance, Circassian Circle, Veleta Waltz, Eva Three-step, Polka, Gay Gordons, Swedish Masquerade, Dashing White Sergeant, Postie's Jig, Samba, Brittania Two-step, Island Schottische, GLCD1213 Lunasa - The Merry Sisters Of Fate CD 12.49 A fantastically inventive and supremely talented group of musicians; fiddler Sean Smyth, Kevin Crawford (flute), Trevor Hutchison (bass), Donogh Hennessy (guitar) and Cillian Vallely (uillean pipes) have earned rave reviews world-wide. "They bring a fiery, almost rock-like energy to their alluringly complex arrangements." SHSCD173 John Cairns - Double Gold CD 12.19 In the autumn of 1999 John Cairns became the 11th person ever and the first from outside Scotland to have won the Highland Society of London's Gold Medal in Piobaireachd at both the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban and the Northern Meeting in Inverness in the same year. This CD provides you with a chance to hear John at his best with a wide selection of music from jigs, reels and marches to a piobaireachd. NUTCD003 Eriskay Lilt - Dreaming In The West CD 11.99 Eriskay Lilt (Don & Kathleen MacDonald) present the follow-up album to their highly successful "Just A Little Bit". The same eclectic mixture of traditional and contemporary songs and tunes?from Strip the Willow to Duelling Banjos, from the Uist Tramping song to Abba's Waterloo! Great value - packed with 21tracks!! SKYECD17 Bruce MacGregor - 101 Reasons To Do CD 12.19 Blazin' Fiddles frontman's 'solo' album?stunning fiddling, great tunes (many his own compositions) and a stunning line up of backing musicians make this one of the top releases this year. Musicians include Phil Cunningham, Jonnie Hardie, Ingrid Henderson, Arthur Cormack and many more! The Highlanders Revenge, Cambridge Caravan Catastrophe, Liza Mulholland, Sir Henri Laphroig Dinoir Of Cluthiebootle, Grindaboo, Cajan Chaz, 101 Reasons, Cianalach, The Promotion Jig, The Miser, Peggy Mulholland, Bill And Sandy, Falls Of Lora, Cropey's Lament For King George V. KSCD007 Hoogie - Just For The Halibut! CD 11.49 A folk/ceilidh band in the contemporary style? "stomping jigs, thrilling reels and sad airs". Dougie Hunter (accordion), Keith Smith (fiddle & pipes), Kenneth Knowles (percussion), Kenn Clark (guitar, bass & vocals). Fleabag 1 & 2, Sileas, Tae Pad The Road Wi' Me, Squeakin' Fiddle, Larides, Duncan And The Botachs, Deeply Disturbed, I'm Too Sexy For My Fiddle, Braigh Loch Iall, Wee Archie's Jigs, La Dispute, Find You, Marches, Leakin' Pipes, Booshy's On The Booze.
NOW AVAILABLE BIA4045 Tammy Wynette - Singing My Song CD 6.99 A great CD from the first lady of country music. Includes the classics D.I.V.O.R.C.E. and Stand By Your Man. BIA4053 Acker Bilk Stranger On The Shore CD 6.99 Well-known popular songs played by the king of the clarinet. Stranger On The Shore, Nights In White Satin, White Cliffs Of Dover, Lay Lady Lay, Buona Sera, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Summer Set, Everything I Do I Do For You, That's My Home, etc ?.. BIA4085 City Of Wellington Highland Pipe Band CD 11.69 An excellent selection of tracks from a top pipe band. Fear A Bhata, Loch Lomond, Blue Bells Of Scotland, Highland Warrior, etc? BIA4130 Raul & His Indian Pipe Band - Pan Pipe CD 6.99 Soothing panpipes. Tunes include My Heart Will Go On, How Deep Is Your Love, Eternal Flame, Another Day In Paradise, If You Don't Know Me By Now, Lady In Red, You're Still The One and All By Myself. BIA4168 Ian Powrie's Dance Party - A Tribute To CD 11.69 The legendary Ian Powrie at his best. Highland Cathedral, A Lass From Glasgow Town, Lunan Bay, The Clan McColl, Scotty Wilson, Donald MacLean Of Rothesay, Old Scottish Waltz, The Crags Of Tumbledown BIA4169 Gordon Pattullo - Scottish Accordion CD 6.99 One of Scotland's most popular accordion players. Sailors Hornpipe, Cuckoo Waltz, Para Handy, Miss Suzanne Barbour, Jean's Fancy, Boys Of The Lough, Alpine Holiday, Dashing White Sergeant, The Dark Island, etc?. BIA4170 Morriston Orpheus Choir - You'll Never CD 6.99 Established in 1935, they have long been hailed as one of the three best Welsh choirs that have ever been. The Morriston Orpheus Choir has toured world-wide singing to audiences of thousands, and on the way gaining ever increasing support from followers of their music. BIA4171 Treorchy Male Choir - A Garland Of CD 6.99 The origins of the Treorchy Male Choir date back to 1883, to a pub in its own hometown. The choir has now become a Welsh legend and one of the most famous male voice combinations in the world. Relax and enjoy 'A Garland Of Welsh Songs'. CDC065 Shawn Cuddy - Can We Go Round CD 10.15 Popular Irish Country singer. DMPCD2001 Frank Kilkelly - Accompanying Irish CD 11.69 Frank (steel-strung & nylon-strung guitars), is joined by Alan Kelly (piano accordion) and fiddlers Eilish O'Connor, Mick Conneely, Karen Ryan and Teresa Heanue. Companion to the tutor book of the same name. CMRCV1007 Isla Grant - Sings Video GB 12.49 Featuring special guests Foster & Allen and introduced by Mary Kennedy. Over The Years, What's A Girl To Do?, Mother's Chair, Lovely Lough Conn, Love Me Tonight, How Great Thou Art, The Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me, Mother, Cottage In The Country, Only Yesterday, A Single Yellow Rose, Listen To The Children, Like You Always Could Do, Will You Walk PMCD002 Brendan Power - New Irish Harmonica CD 11.69 The incredible mouthie player from New Zealand who played in Riverdance gives Irish music his distinctive treatment. Pure brilliance! BIA2009 Marching On; A Selection Of Marching CDx2 7.99 Dambuster's March, Tunes Of Glory, The Great Escape, Bright Eyes, The Battle Of Britain, Can't Buy Me Love, The Thunderer, Stars And Stripes Forever, King Cotton, Manhattan Beach Diplomat March, etc? LCRCD1 Lomond Ceilidh Band - Live In The Studio CD 11.49 Rose Of Allendale, Peggy Gordon, Waiting For The Federals, Raglan Road, Bonnie Ship The Diamond, Farewell To The Tay, Loch Lomond, Tell Me Ma, Hornpipes, Carrickfergus, Caledonia, Last Set. DMPCD9401 Karen Tweed - Drops Of Springwater CD 11.69 Séamus O'Sullivan (keyboard), Gordon Tyrral (guitar) and Peter Houlahan (bodhran) join Karen (bass Guerrini piano accordion) on this album of Irish dance tunes. DMPCD9402 Karen Tweed - The Silver Spire CD 11.69 An inspiring collection of Irish session tunes from the repertoire of Karen Tweed. Karen (bass Guerrini piano accordion) is joined by Séamus O'Sullivan (piano), Gordon Tyrral (guitar) and Peter Houlahan (bodhran). DR14 Diatonic Liasons Contemporary French & Book 22.99 Andy Cutting, Dave Roberts, Bruno Le Tron, Alain Pennec, Alan Lamb, Trevor Upham, Frederic Paris, and Marc Perrone all contributed tunes to this substantial collection. Text in English and French throughout. 134 pages, spiral bound A4. DR15 Swedish Fiddle Music Book 11.99 53 traditional Swedish tunes arranged for two fiddles by Ben Paley, with a short introduction on notation, ornamentation and bowing. 68 pages, stapled A4. DR16 Massif Central Tune Book No. 1 Book 9.99 125 traditional dance tunes from cental France: Bourrees, Mazurkas, Polkas, Scottishs, Valses and other tunes. Compiled by Mel Stevens. 32 pages stapled A4. DR17 Massif Central Tune Book No. 2 Book 9.99 115 traditional dance tunes from cental France: Bourrees, Mazurkas, Polkas, Scottishs, Valses and other tunes. Compiled by Mel Stevens. 32 pages stapled A4. DR18 Dansons La Morvandelle Book 9.99 A collection of traditional French dance tunes from the Morvan, compiled by Mike Gilpin. Bourrees, Mazurkas, Branles, Polkas, Scottishs, Marches, Valses and other tunes. 32 pages stapled A4. CMCD1078 Isla Grant - Mother CD 11.15 A very popular Scottish & Irish Country singer with natural warmth. My Homeland, Listen To The Children, Mother, God Please Forgive Me, Mother's Chair, The Old Accordian Man, One More Time, Sweet Baby Mine, Cottage In The Country, Dark Deep Rolling Water, There's Nothing New I'm Missing You, Life's Storybook Cover, Till The Day That He Met You, Leaves In The Wind, The Ghosts Of Culloden.
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