Iain McLachlan's music comes as fresh as the sea breezes wafting over the Uist machair - Highland and Gaelic as his island heritage. Iain, from Benbecula in the Western Isles, is best known as an accordionist and composer of The Dark Island , but on this recording he also plays fiddle and melodeon, and is joined by Calum Iain MacCorquodale of Bayhead, North Uist on accordion and fiddle and by Calum Campbell of Balivanich on goose and jaws harp. The album opens with a trio set of march, strathspey and reel starting with Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban. Other tracks include fiddle solo Cameron's Got his Wife Again; a melodeon solo Mrs MacLeod of Raasay; Iain's own tune The Dark Island; an accordion and jaw's harp duet Feileadh Beag a B'fhearr Leam (I Prefer the Kilt) and a superb set of pipe reels on accordion and goose, The Piper of Drummond.
1. Trio: March, Strathspey and Reel 3.00
DONALD MacLEAN'S FAREWELL TO OBAN/ DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN
or SIUDAIBH 'BHALACHAIBH (Come Along Lads)/ MRS MacLEOD OF RAASAY
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Iain MacCorquodale - fiddle; Calum Campbell - goose.
2. Fiddle solo: Strathspeys 1.39
CAMERON'S GOT HIS WIFE AGAIN
SIORRAM SIOS SIORRAM SUAS
Iain McLachlan - fiddle solo.
3. Accordion and Goose: 2/4 March 1.52
MARCHIONESS OF TULLIBARDINE
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Campbell - goose.
4. Melodeon solo: Reels 2.11
MRS MacLEOD OF RAASAY
HIGH ROAD TO LINTON
Iain McLachlan - melodeon solo.
5. Fiddle duet: Strathspeys 1.46
SIORRAM SIOS SIORRAM SUAS
FEILEADH BEAG A B'FHEARR LEAM
(I Prefer the Kilt) or THE KEEL ROW
Iain McLachlan - fiddle; Calum Iain MacCorquodale - fiddle.
6. Accordion solo: Air and Waltz 3.46
THE DARK ISLAND
Iain McLachlan - accordion solo.
7. Accordion and Goose: Strathspeys 2.03
BALMORAL CASTLE
SOUTH UIST GOLF CLUB
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Campbell - goose.
8. Accordion and Fiddle: Jigs 2.17
MAID ON THE GREEN/ THE WEE TOT
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Iain MacCorquodale - fiddle.
9. Fiddle solo: Reels l.40
THA LIONN DAOR (The Ale is Dear)
BODACHAN A MHILL ANNA
(The Old Man who ravaged Anna)
or HIGH ROAD TO LINTON
Iain McLachlan - fiddle solo.
10. Accordion, Fiddle & Goose: Foursome Reel 2.35
CALUM CRUBACH AS A GHLEANN
(Crooked Calum of the Glen) or MISS DRUMMOND OF PERTH/ TAIL TODDLE
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Iain MacCorquodale - fiddle; Calum Campbell - goose.
11. Accordion & Jaws Harp: Strathspey & Reel 1.35
FEILEADH BEAG A B'FHEARR LEAM
(I Prefer the Kilt) or THE KEEL ROW
CALUM'S UNTITLED REEL
(Righle Gun Ainm)
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Iain MacCorquodale - fiddle; Calum Campbell - jaw's harp.
12. Accordion and Goose: 2/4 March 1.51
THE CONUNDRUM
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Campbell - goose.
13. Fiddle solo: Lament and Strathspey 3.17
HIGHLAND HARRY
Iain McLachlan - fiddle solo.
14. Melodeon solo: Jigs 2.17
JIG OF SLURS
ROARING JELLY
Iain McLachlan - melodeon solo.
15. Accordion and Goose: Strathspey & Reel 1.47
DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN
or SIUDAIBH 'BHALACHAIBH (Come Along Lads)/ SANDY DUFF
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Campbell - goose.
16. Fiddle solo: Hornpipes 2.45
THE NAVVY ON THE LINE
BOYS OF BLUE HILL
Iain McLachlan - fiddle solo.
17. Trio: Strathspey and Reel/ Foursome Reel 2.26
CUTTIE'S WEDDING
MO CHUACHAG LAGHACH THU
(My Gentle Maiden)
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Iain MacCorquodale - fiddle; Calum Campbell - goose.
18. Fiddle duet: Strathspeys/ Puirt a Beul 1.52
THE KISSING REEL
SOBHAL IAIN 'IC UISDEAN (Iain McHugh's Barn)/ FEAR A' PHIGE (The Man with the Whisky Jar)
Iain McLachlan - fiddle; Calum Iain MacCorquodale - fiddle.
19. Accordion and Goose: Jigs 2.17
THE HEN'S MARCH/ JIG OF SLURS
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Campbell - goose.
20. Accordion and Goose: Pipe Reels 2.00
THE PIPER OF DRUMMOND
THE SHEEPWIFE
Iain McLachlan - accordion; Calum Campbell - goose.
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