A classic album with widespread appeal. Alasdair Fraser and Paul Machlis together explore the breathtaking harmonic resonances of ancient Gaelic airs, with contemporary settings of tunes from the Reverend Patrick MacDonald's 1784 Collection of Highland Vocal Airs and Captain Simon Fraser's 1816 edition of Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles.
Alasdair Fraser (fiddle, viola) Paul Machlis (piano, synthesizers) Tommy Hayes (bodhran) Todd Philips (bass) Ron Wilson (drums)
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Anything with Alasdair Fraser is going to rank very, very high with me. The passion, compassion, joy, and sweetness of this music transports me to an entirely estatic place of being. This will make your heartstrings thrumb with pleasure! If you ever have
Anything with Alasdair Fraser is going to rank very, very high with me. The passion, compassion, joy, and sweetness of this music transports me to an entirely estatic place of being. This will make your heartstrings thrumb with pleasure! If you ever have a chance to hear him live, do not pass it up... he brings his audience into a circle of warmth and community. You truly feel like a part of his tribe.
The Scolding Wives of Abertarff/ I'll Break Your Head for You / Catch and Kiss the Romp / The Haggis
These are all both songs and dances.
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Eilean Beag Donn a' Chuain (Little Brown Island in the Sea) (Donald Morrison)
A modern Gaelic song first published by Acair in 1982 in Eilean Fraoich (Lewis Gaelic Songs and Melodies).
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Skye Dance
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Nighean Donn a' Chuailean Riomhaich
Learned from the Gaelic folk group Na h-Oganaich (Young Blood).
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Ruileadh Cailleach, Sheatadh Cailleach (An Old Woman Would Reel, An Old Woman Would Set) / The Bird's Nest / Harris Dance
The first tune is a very old port-a-beul (mouth music) song from the Isle of Barra.
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The JB Reel / The Shepherdess / The JB Reel
The JB Reel comes from an anthology of tunes entitled Flowers of Scottish Melody, published in 1932 by J. Murdoch Henderson. The tune was written in honour of James B. Peterson of Cullen.
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Harris Dance / Skye Dance / Lochiel's Awa' to France / Harris Dance
hiel's Awa' to France is a popular old reel also known as Lochiel's Farewell to Isla and Lochiel's Rant
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A Nochd Gur Faoin mo Chadal Dhomh (Tonight my sleep will be restless)
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