The Baltic Tae Byzantium - Brian McNeill: This long-awaited album on the theme of emigration from Scotland to Europe, is a sequel to Brian highly acclaimed 1991 album The Back O' The North Wind which dealt with emigration from Scotland to North America. Brian is one of Scotland’s great musical forces; as a singer, songwriter, composer, producer and musical director, as well as performer. The release of ‘The Baltic Tae Byzantium’ was ‘work in progress’ for a considerable time but the end result is well worth the wait.
The Baltic Tae Byzantium- Musicians: Brian McNeill (fiddle, octave fiddle, guitar, mandocello, bouzouki, viola, mandolin, cittern, concertina, bass, hurdy gurdy) with Sylvia Barnes (vocals), Dominique Dodge (harp), Dick Gaughan (guitar, vocals), Lorne MacDougall (pipes), Patsy Seddon (vocals), Fraser Speirs (harmonica) and Mike Travis (drums)