Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music

Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music

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The fiddle and piano combination are fundamental to Cape Breton music tradition, and one of its most important families is the Beaton Family of Mabou. The three generations of family here epitomizes the fiery Cape Breton style of Scottish Celtic music honed through centuries of accompaniment as dancers reel, jig and strathspey at ceilidhs. The playing is as exuberant as a house party, with dancers' foot-stompin' often keeping time as violinists duel and pianists pound out syncopated rhythms and melodies. The drive and energy of these songs are readily apparent even when arrangements are downsized to Betty Beaton's solo piano performance on "Coilsfield House"/"Farwell Friend March"/"Fraser's Jig" or Andrea and Betty Beaton's slow building combination of tunes that starts with "Andrea Beaton's March" and ends with a traditional reel. Kinnon and Betty Beaton are probably the most popular members (at least among dancers) of the family, but there's no doubt that this musical family has talent all around. -- Tad Hendrickson

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The fiddle and piano reign in Cape Breton! When the Beatons play, the dancing feet of family, friends, and fans pound out the vibrant rhythms of reels, strathspeys, jigs and other favorites from this tradition-rich corner of Canada. 14 tracks 74 minutes 36 page booklet

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Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music
The Beaton Family
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00011V88G
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

Thomas MacDonnell's Strathspey/Traditional Strathspey/My Great Friend John Morris Rankin/Maire O'Keeffe Reel/Francis Beaton's Reel
Quickstep/Gordon's Trip To Sydney/The Garden Wall
Bandelena March/Ben Lomond Strathspey/Gabe Arsenault's Reel/Eoghan Dhu Reel/Tullamore Piper Hornpipe/Traditional Reel
Mary Ann MacDougall's/Yester House Strathspey/MacKinnon's Other Rant/Beaton's Delight Reel/Joey Beaton's Reel/Tamarack'er Down
The Haughs Of Cromdale/Johnny Sullivan/Malcolm Finlay's Reel/White Lightning
Sandy MacIntyre's March/Because He Was A Bonnie Lad/Editor's Favourite Strathspey
Glenn Grahm's Jig/Teviot Bridge/Piper's Jig
Coilsfield House/Farewell Friend March/Fraser's Jig
The Brig O' Balater Strathspey/Fife Hunt Reel/Traditional Reel/Mrs. Ronald MacDonald's Reel
Do'Igean Bachd/The Night The Goats Came Home/Carl Beaton's Reel/Michael Rankin's Reel
A Joan Boes Tune/Erchless Castle March/Donald Angus Beaton's Strathspey/General Stewart Of Garth Strathspey/The Grey Old Lady Of Raasey Reel/The Men Of The Deeps Reel
The MaidsofIslay/Lucy Campbell/Elizabeth's Big Coat/Old Time Wedding Reel #1/MacKinnon's Other Rant/Old Time Wedding Reel #2 (Hamish The Carpenter)
Back Of The Change House Strathspey/The Beaton Family Recording Strathspey/Todd Graham's Reel/Port St. Lucie Reel/Totar's Hornpipe/The Stone Frigate
Andrea Beaton's March/The Laird O'Thrums Strathspey/Hoch Hey Johnny Lad/Sir Reginald MacDonald Reel/Traditional Laddie Reel/Traditional Reel
Lady Dorthea Stewart Murray/The Glasgow Gaelic Club/Burt Feintuch
Stumpie/Duke Of Gordon Strathspey/West Mabou Reel/Joys Of Mabou Mines Reel/Anna Mae's Reel

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The fiddle and piano combination are fundamental to Cape Breton music tradition, and one of its most important families is the Beaton Family of Mabou. The three generations of family here epitomizes the fiery Cape Breton style of Scottish Celtic music honed through centuries of accompaniment as dancers reel, jig and strathspey at ceilidhs. The playing is as exuberant as a house party, with dancers' foot-stompin' often keeping time as violinists duel and pianists pound out syncopated rhythms and melodies. The drive and energy of these songs are readily apparent even when arrangements are downsized to Betty Beaton's solo piano performance on "Coilsfield House"/"Farwell Friend March"/"Fraser's Jig" or Andrea and Betty Beaton's slow building combination of tunes that starts with "Andrea Beaton's March" and ends with a traditional reel. Kinnon and Betty Beaton are probably the most popular members (at least among dancers) of the family, but there's no doubt that this musical family has talent all around. -- Tad Hendrickson

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The fiddle and piano reign in Cape Breton! When the Beatons play, the dancing feet of family, friends, and fans pound out the vibrant rhythms of reels, strathspeys, jigs and other favorites from this tradition-rich corner of Canada. 14 tracks 74 minutes 36 page booklet

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Moving Music
Astounding musical skill
Playing with great balance
I am so impressed!
Awesome CD

Roaming
Jeremy Kittel
Manufacturer: Fiddlestick Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2003-01-10

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The Wooden Furnace/The Blackhaired Lass/Sleepy Maggie/Crowley's
Stairwell Time/The Slipping Jig/Sky Paint
Gloomy Winter
Blackberry Blossom/Sing, Sing, Sing
Oisin's Tune
Smithereens/The Devil in the Kitchen/King George the IV/The King's Reel/Gettin' Reel/High Road to Linton
Summer's End/Elly's Autumn
Johnny Boyle's/Spootiskerry
Spain
The Fire Hose Reel
Austin Tierney's/Miss Shepherd's/Frank's Reel

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Incredible young fiddler roams through musical genres, from Scottish, Irish & Cape Breton to newgrass, funk, jazz and contemporary classical, in an amazing and cohesive hour of music. With John Behling on guitar, Glenn Brady on acoustic bass, Tyler Duncan on bodhran and Irena Portenko on piano. 57 minutes.

"Jeremy Kittel has already established himself as a world class fiddler." -Sing Out!

"Jeremy is just too damn young to play as well as he does." -Fiddler Magazine

"Keep an eye on this young man; he is truly something special." -David Balakrishnan, Turtle Island String Quartet

"The young Ann Arbor fiddler lit things up at last week's Detroit Music Awards, showing off the technically proficient but soulful Celtic folk that has already earned him a heap of honors -- including the U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Junior Championship. We'd call him a rising star, but he's clearly already risen." -Detroit Free Press

Customer Reviews:

Moving Music.......2005-03-21

I have now seen Jeremy Kittel perform live 4 times. 3 times at the local highland games and last night performing with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. If you have the chance to see him live, I would highly recommend it. The music is moving. It is hard to listen to this music without tapping your feet and/or pounding on the table.
If you can't see him live, buy his albums they are a treat.

I give this album 4 stars because it isn't as good as his first album. However, it is still excellent. Well worth listening to.

Astounding musical skill.......2005-01-02

I bought this CD at a concert after hearing Jeremy and his group play the music featured on this disk. I was, in a word, dumbstruck. Here's a lad still in college who is writing and performing contemporary celtic (and jazz) arrangments of the sort done by bands like DeDannon or The Tannahill Weavers or Barde- arrangements of stunning harmonic and rhyhmic complexity, with performance skills to match. His arrangment of Chick Corea's "Spain" is simply a stunner.

Forget his age. Kittler plays with the skill, sensitivity and fire of the best Celic and jazz fiddlers out there. Buy both his CDs now, and in ten years you'll be able to brag you discovered him when he was a mere lad. And if you have an opportunity to hear him play live, run, do not walk, to buy your tickets before everyone discoveres how incredible he is. Six stars.

Playing with great balance.......2004-09-17

I had the luck of hearing this young man play at a local Celtic festival several years ago, and he certainly knows what he's doing. I'm a former violinist (an injury stopped that), and I struggled with the balance between mechanically correct and being expressive. Kittel does not struggle with this; he just does both very, very well. The songs on this CD were mixed in amongst the traditional Celtic ones I heard that day, and they were a joy to listen to. No worries, here, lads and lasses.

I am so impressed!.......2004-05-14

I teach violin and fiddle. I have never heard a fiddle recording with such rich, full tone in the ornamentation as this. The rolls are awesome. The variety of styles is breathtaking. Jeremy writes great tunes! I look forward to the next CD.

Awesome CD.......2003-07-10

There are a lot of fiddle recordings out there, and there are a lot of jazz recordings out there, and there are also a lot of classical recordings out there. But rarely do you hear so many influences being drawn upon by one artist on one recording. This CD by Jeremy Kittel is unique (and great) because not only does he play surperbly in the Scottish style, but he can play in a wide variety of other styles as well and still create a cohesive album. This CD has just about everything I've always wanted to hear in a fiddle recording. In addition to showcasing a number of wonderfully played Scottish tunes, it boasts such treats as Blackberry Blossom (which is familiar to many and often played) paired with the big-band favorite Sing Sing Sing. Not what you would expect on most Celtic recordings. It's full of unexpected tunes that pull from all kinds of musical genres, from Celtic to bluegrass to jazz to classical, and thus has something for everyone. This CD is great, and everyone should buy it. Right now.

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