Fiona Ritchie, producer/host of NPR's nationally syndicated weekly show The Thistle & Shamrock®, invites you to discover 20 of her favorite Scottish vocal and instrumental tracks. This recording features the very best of a vibrant generation of singers, songwriters, composers, and musicians who through their own voices, tunes, and interpretations are writing the next chapter in a tradition that stretches back centuries. Scotland the Real is the ultimate insider's view of a vital part of the pan-Celtic revival, filled with talented, creative artists who build on the best of Caledonia's musical past to forge the Scottish music traditions of tomorrow. Extensive notes and lyrics, 20 tracks, 74 minutes.
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ASIN: B00009ZLMC Release Date: 2003-06-24 |
Tracks:
- The Atlantic Reels: Mac Lain Oig's/The Scot Erin Reel/The Yester Man's Hand/The Old Man's Answer - Brian McNeill
- Norland Wind - Cilla Fisher
- Ruileadh Cailleach, Sheatadh Cailleach/The Bird's Nest/Harris Dance - Alasdair Fraser
- The Last Trip Home/The Luckenbooth - Battlefield Band
- Flashmarket Close/MacArther/Colonel Fraser/The Swallow's Tail - The Tannahill Weavers
- Garden Valley - Dougie MacLean
- Canan Nan Gaidheal - Catherine-Ann MacPhee
- Silver Darlin's - Battlefield Band
- Miss Wharton Duff/The Mare - Tony Cuffe
- Thaney - Malinky
- Slave's Lament - Chantan
- No Gods And Precious Few Heroes - Dick Gaughan
- Eynhallow Soond/The Halloween Flit - Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley
- Jimmy's Gone To Flanders - Jim Malcolm
- Two Waulking Songs - Maggie Machinnes
- Men O'Worth - Ed Miller
- The Pearl - Aly Bain
- Oor Hamlet - Adam McNaughton
- Da Sneck O' Da Smaalie/Doon Fae Nort/Jenna Reid Of Quarff - Fiddlers' Bid
- Both Sides The Tweed - Capercaillie
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Fiona Ritchie, producer/host of NPR's nationally syndicated weekly show The Thistle & Shamrock®, invites you to discover 20 of her favorite Scottish vocal and instrumental tracks. This recording features the very best of a vibrant generation of singers, songwriters, composers, and musicians who through their own voices, tunes, and interpretations are writing the next chapter in a tradition that stretches back centuries. Scotland the Real is the ultimate insider's view of a vital part of the pan-Celtic revival, filled with talented, creative artists who build on the best of Caledonia's musical past to forge the Scottish music traditions of tomorrow. Extensive notes and lyrics, 20 tracks, 74 minutes.Customer Reviews:
An authentic celebration.......2003-07-12
The highlights are: Malinky's "Theney," a story ballad of 6th-century St. Enoch; Adam McNaughtan's "Oor Hamlet," a 3-minute rendition of the famous play; the Battlefield Band w/ Alison Kinnaird's "the Silver Darlin's," about the economic shift from fishing to oil drilling on the East coast of Scotland; and Dick Gaughan's "No Gods and Precious Few Heroes," a scathing denouncement of romanticized Scottish history.
The album is alternately delightful, haunting, funny, touching, and foot-stomping. An excellent introduction and celebration of some of the best fiddlers, ceildh bands, and storytelling balladeers that Soctland has to offer.
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