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Peaceful Ground (Talamh Sìtheil)

by Maggie MacInnes

Here Maggie is singing more of the beautiful traditional Gaelic songs from her family tradition as well as two non-Gaelic songs.The songs in English and Scots include the title track written by Maggie and a song called "The Ewe Bughts" which is a recently discovered poem by Robert Burns and which is thought never before to have been recorded.

Guest musicians: -Brian MacAlpine(piano),Marie Fielding(fiddle),Finlay MacDonald(Pipes and Whistles),Wendy Weatherby(Cello),Sean O'Rourke(Soprano Sax.),Flora MacNeil and Cairistiona MacInnes(Backing vocals) and Maggie's co-producer on this and her previous three CDs Graeme Hughes (electric and acoustic guitars).

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	Maggie MacInnes's lovely deftly inflected Gaelic singing and gentle but evocative musical settings create a peaceful musical ground of their own.
	Maggie MacInnes's lovely deftly inflected Gaelic singing and gentle but evocative musical settings create a peaceful musical ground of their own.

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Tracks

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1.	Dh'èirich mi gu moch dìluain (I rose early on Monday)
	A song describing the beauties of the Island of Mull in the spring
2.	Peaceful Ground
3.	Dh'fhalbh mo rùn bho chionn seachdain (My love has been gone for a week)
	A love song for a man called Donald.
4.	'S toil leam an Ciobair (I love the shepherd)
	The girl is singing of her love for the shepherd. She can't praise hhim enough yet he has left her heartbroken.
5.	Haidh O
	A waulking song or work song used for the process of shrinking tweed or fulling cloth.
6.	Thig an Smeòrach as t-Earrach (The thrush will come in the spring)
	A beautiful love song where the girl comments that while the birds in the trees are getting closer together in spring she and her love are growing further and further apart.
7.	Cairistiona (Christina)
	This is a lament for a girl called Cairistiona. Her body is being taken by ship for burial and the singer is calling out to her.
8.	The Ewe Bughts
	A song of war-torn love - the lyrics are from "Robert Burns: The Lost Poems" and the music was written by Maggie
9.	Fhir an Leadain Thiàth (Lad of the beautiful hair)
	A love song where the girl is singing of her love for this very handsome man who has left her heartbroken and pregnant.
10.	Dh' fhalbh Mo Rùn 's dh' fhàg e 'n Cala (My love has left the harbour)
	The man in the song has gone off in his boat and left the woman desolate. She has heard that he has got married and comments that he didn't even invite her to his wedding.
11.	Nuair Bhios mi Leam Fhin (When I am alone)
	The chorus translates "When I am alone, you come into my mind. I sing about the brown-haired girl with the beautiful eyes".