VISHTÈN: Terra Rouge
VISHTÈN Terra Rouge Plages 05L www.vishten.net If you’ve been to Prince Edward Island or the Magdalen Islands, it makes sense that a band from the former would pay homage to the distinctive red sandstone … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Scottish
KIRSTEN ALLSTAFF: Gallowglass
KIRSTEN ALLSTAFF Gallowglass Self www.kirstenallstaff.com Flautist Kirsten Allstaff was raised in Scotland and now lives in Ireland, where she co-founded the Online Irish Academy of Music. She honors her pan-Celtic perspective with a new … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS: For Freedom Alone: The Wars of Independence
Various Artists For Freedom Alone: The Wars of Independence Greentrax 1314 www.greentrax.com June 23rd and 24th mark the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, a major victory in Scotland’s 1297-1328 struggle for independence from … Continue reading →
ALASDAIR FRASER and NATALIE HAAS: Abundance
ALASDAIR FRASER and NATALIE HAAS Abundance Culburnie Records www.culburnie.com Classic Scots fiddlers like Niel Gow saw little contradiction between playing for a fashionable drawing room audience by day and sawing out tunes for village … Continue reading →
TONY McMANUS: Mysterious Boundaries
TONY McMANUS Mysterious Boundaries Compass 7-4612 www.compassrecords.com If you’ve ever heard Tony McManus add a delicate bridge to a fiery Scottish reel, lay it down double time with Quebeçois musicians, or jam with jazz … Continue reading →
CHEYENNE BROWN: Parallel Latitudes
CHEYENNE BROWN Parallel Latitudes Bird Creek 001 www.cheyenneharp.com Cheyenne Brown is Alaskan by birth but she has spent the last nine years in Scotland where she has studied the harp and won numerous awards. … Continue reading →
Who’s really guilty here? Or, if it’s not Scottish…
Here we have Ewan MacColl’s version of Child #73, from his Classic Scots Ballads. Thanks, Pat, for mentioning it. The song is sung in Scots, and there are a few passages which I have yet to understand clearly, but the … Continue reading →