This is a grand collection of songs gleaned mainly from Mairi Nic a' Ghobhainn's (Mary Smith) own home region of Ness on the Hebridean Island of Lewis. She is a very fine singer indeed and it has been a treat to listen to her on disc for the first time. Several of the songs will be familiar to those who listen to music of this genre, but Mary Smith imbues them with something special - it's as if one was hearing them as they would have sounded in centuries past. Fascinating! A long overdue album from one of Gaeldom's best singers.
Produced by Iain MacDonald,the guest musicians are: Malcolm Stitt - guitar, cittern: Ingrid Henderson - clarsach, keyboards, backing vocals: Aidan O'Rourke - fiddle: Iain MacDonald - pipes, flute, whistles, bodhran, jaws harp: Allan MacDonald / Kathleen MacInnes / Catriona MacKinnon - backing vocals.
| 1. | Cul Do Chinn | |
| 2. | Thoir Mo Shoraidh Le Durachd (Take My Sincere Farewell) | |
| 3. | Amhran Do Dh Aonghas Mac Ailein | |
| 4. | Bata Dhomhnaill A Chrogain | |
| 5. | A Fhleasgaich Ghuanaich (O Fickle Lad) | |
| 6. | He Na Filibhig | |
| 7. | Marbhrann Do Mhacleoid (Elegy For Macleod | |
| 8. | Saighdear Chaluim Bhain (Calum Ban’s Soldier) | |
| 9. | Duil Ri Rubha An T-Siumpain Fhaicinn (Within Sight Of Rubha An) | |
| 10. | Dh’eirich Mi Moch Mhadainn Earraich (I Arose Early one Spring Morning) | |
| 11. | Bha Mi Raoir As N Taigh-Osta (Last Night I Was In The Ale House) | |
| 12. | Ill A Bho Dhubh | |
| 13. | An T-Lorram Niseach (The Ness Rowing Song) | |
| 14. | Thainig Am Post (The Postman Arrived) | |
| 15. | Da mBeinn I Mo Bhadoir (If I Were a Boatman) | |
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