Cape Breton By Request
Track Listings
| 1. The Island (The Barra MacNeils) |
| 2. Getting Dark Again (Buddy MacDonald) |
| 3. Song For The Mira (Matt Minglewood) |
| 4. Fare Thee Well Love (Fiona MacGillivray) |
| 5. Working Man (The Men Of The Deeps) |
| 6. Dan R. Set ( Buddy MacMaster) |
| 7. Sid Mar Chaidh an Cal a Dholaid (The Cape Breton Chorale) |
| 8. You'll Be Home Again (Heather Rankin, Cookie Rankin & Doris Mason) |
| 9. The Four Marys (John Allan Cameron) |
| 10. Song For Peace (The Barra MacNeils) |
| 11. Scotch Music (Howie MacDonald) |
| 12. My Love, Cape Breton & Me (John Gracie) |
| 13. Go Off On Your Way (Ronnie MacEachern) |
| 14. Rise Again (Raylene Rankin) |
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Cape Breton By Request is a compilation featuring 14 of Cape Breton's favourite songs as performed by the island's most popular recording artists. All, except Fiona MacGillivray's recording of the Rankin's hit Fare Thee Well Love, have been previously released but many are from hard to find or "out of print" albums.
Cape Breton By Request,Various Artists,Stephen MacDonald,World Music
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Cape Breton By Request Volume 2
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ASIN: B00009KO4K Release Date: 2003-05-01 |
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Cape Breton By Request : This series of compilations are musical collections aimed at preserving Cape Breton recordings and promoting local singers, songwriters and musicians. These songs are an integral part of the island's popular culture: some have reached an international audience; others are local favourites. All offer a glimpse, a musical snapshot, of that magical kingdom known as Cape Breton Island.Many of these recordings are no longer in distribution. Others are hard to find or available only on vinyl lps. Cape Breton By Request brings together many of these musical rarities along with some of the most exciting music being made on the island today.
Cape Breton By Request Volume 2 combines old favourites such as Plain Ole Miner Boy and The Legend Of Kelly's Mountain with such contemporary classics as Matt Minglewood's Me and the Boys and J.P. Cormier's Another Morning. Here, on CD for the first time, are Sam Moon's Midday Matinee, Miller's Jug's Ghost of Bras d'Or and Fred Lavery's Song For Noel.
This collection also features Doris Mason with Leon Dubinsky's anthemic One World (a worthy follow-up to Rise Again), Cheticamp's Ronald Bourgeois with Amène le vent and Howie MacDonald's classic fiddle treatment of The Skye Boat Song. Other artists include musical legends Rita MacNeil and John Allan Cameron, McGinty, Cyril MacPhee, Maxine MacLeod and Buddy and the Boys.
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cape breton by request.......2007-01-13
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ASIN: B00005LPRA Release Date: 2001-06-15 |
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Cape Breton By Request is a compilation featuring 14 of Cape Breton's favourite songs as performed by the island's most popular recording artists. All, except Fiona MacGillivray's recording of the Rankin's hit Fare Thee Well Love, have been previously released but many are from hard to find or "out of print" albums.Customer Reviews:
Where is Rita MacNeil.......2007-02-12
ok.......2007-01-17
Cape Breton Talent Exposed!.......2001-09-21
This 14-track collection is going to be a treasured CD of mine for years to come. Some of the island's greatest writers/composers compositions appear on this CD. These include Kenzie MacNeil, Buddy MacDonald, Allister MacGillivray, Jimmy Rankin, Rita MacNeil, Dan R. MacDonald, Howie MacDonald, Bob Quinn, R. J. MacEachern and Leon Dubinsky. The songs speak of the island, the people, the culture.
"Working Man" sung by Men of the Deeps talks about the miners in the coal industry. "Song for the Mira" sung by Matt Minglewood is about the well-known Mira River which runs along the east side of the island, a great place for fishing and swimming. The Barra MacNeils bring "The Island" to life, spotlighting Cape Breton & the common occurrence of residents having to leave to find work. Raylene Rankin's version of "Rise Again" has become almost the unofficial anthem for Cape Breton, about having faith in the children and hope for the future. And every time she hits the high-note at the end, chills run down your spine!
And what's a Cape Breton album without some fiddle tunes...Buddy MacMaster & Howie MacDonald provide some high-energy tunes to get you up and dancing! And Howie's tune "Scotch Music" will have you laughing as well...just listen to the lyrics!
All of the songs on this CD are featured on the individual artists CD's except for one..."Fare Thee Well Love." True, it does appear on a CD, that of the original writers/performers, The Rankin Family. Being as the Rankins are one of my favourite artists, if someone redid one of their songs it would have to be done pretty near perfect. And this is one of those cases!
11-year-old Fiona MacGillivray was approached to do the only remake on the CD, a very high honour indeed. This tells you something about the singer from the start. And she wasn't even born when this song was first released! Fiona & her 13-year-old brother Ciaran (who accompanies her on background vocals) are going to be part of the next generation of talent to come out of Cape Breton. Considering their background (father Allistair is one of Cape Breton's best known songwriters, with a couple of his compositions appearing on this CD), it's no surprise his children are in the music spotlight!
Like Sounds of Nova Scotia Volume 3, not much information is given on the artists, so you'll have to visit the artists websites to find out more!
If you or someone you know is from or loves Cape Breton, get them this CD as a present. They'll thank you for it!
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