Songs by Ian, Sung by Friends, reads the subtitle, and interesting friends they are. Ian McCalman was determined not to make a solo album, but eventually agreed to having his songs interpreted by other singers. And so we have Dick Gaughan, Jim Malcolm, Sheena Wellington, Barbara Dickson, Allan Taylor, Mike Whellans, Isla St Clair and The Sangsters lending their voices to a mixture of Ian’s songs, both comic and touching. He sings two himself, gives another to his niece and one to The McCalmans, while two departed friends, Derek Moffat and Davy Steele, are both featured via older recordings.
Kenny Mathieson, The Scotsman
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