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The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk

~ Rough Guide (Series), Various Artists - International - Europe - Celtic/British Isles

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Audio CD (28 Feb 2000)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: World Music Network
ASIN: B00004BYZR

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Track Listings

1. Clan Coco/The Road To Benderloch/15 Stubbies To Warragul - Battlefield Band

2. Griogal Cridhe - Mac-Talla

3. Rithil Aill - Matheson, Karen

4. Heart And Soul - Wolfstone

5. Craigs Of Ailsa/Staffa's Shore - Kinnaird, Alison

6. Queen Of Argyll - Silly Wizard

7. John Griffin's - Campbell, Rory & Malcolm Stitt

8. Centennial Waltz - Fiddlers Five

9. Good Drying Set - Tannahill Weavers

10. Tha M'eudail Is M'aighear 's Mo Gradh - Primrose, Christine

11. Dirty Old Town - McColl, Ewan

12. S Gann Gunn Dirich Mi Chaoidh - Ossian (1)

13. Quiet Man - Hardie, Jonnie & Gavin Marwick

14. Harper/Lady Catherine Ogle - Whirligig (1)

15. Gathering Storms/The Lowland Of Scotland/Feaden Glan O'phiob - Kennedy, Ross & Archie McAllister

16. Jack Broke Da Prison Door/Donald Blue/Sleep Soond Ida Mornin - Anderson, Tom & Aly Bain

17. Lasses Trust In Providence/Bonnie Isle O' Whalsay - Anderson, Tom & Aly Bain

18. Wooden Whale/Leaps And Bounds/Skye Barbeque - Fraser, Alasdair

19. Tree - Capercaillie

20. Swallow Tailed Coat/Turf Lodge - Burgess, John

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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful introduction to Scottish folk music, 31 Oct 2005

By	Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

These Rough Guide CDs make for excellent introductions to music from cultures and places all over the world. Few places offer the musical depth of tradition as Scotland, of course, and this CD features a plethora of great music blending the old with the new of that land. I should point out that I know virtually nothing about Scottish music, so I really can't do much in the way of putting the featured artists in a proper context; the best I can do is offer my impressions of the nineteen tracks in question.

There is a lot of variety packed into this 70-some minute CD; if you think Scottish music means bagpipes and more bagpipes, you know even less about it than I do. Certainly, you'll get a little bagpipe music here, but you'll also hear some fantastic guitar, fiddle, harp, pipes, whistles, and a lot of other instruments I can hardly pronounce, let alone describe adequately.

I was familiar with the name, if not the music, of one featured artist: Capercaillie, one of the most prominent Gaelic bands out there; not only is the group represented here with The Tree, their famed singer Karen Matheson contributes an impressive Gaelic tune called Rithill Aill. This brings up an obvious point: you will hear a lot more Gaelic than English vocals on this album; Gaelic truly is a more beautiful, musically emotive language; the drawback, of course, is that few of us understand any of the words. By my count, only three of these tunes feature English vocals. Silly Wizard leads the way in the English vocals department, as far as I'm concerned, with a live recording of The Queen of Argyll, my favorite track on the album. Wolfstone isn't far behind them, though, imparting a wonderfully full and busy sound to their track Heart and Soul. Then there is Dirty Old Town by the late Ewan MacColl, one of the most important and influential figures in the preservation and perpetuation of British folk music.

Mac-Talla delivers arguably the most poignant song on the album with Griogal Cridhe, a Gaelic lament and lullaby dating all the way back to 1570 (yes, 1570). Mac-Talla's Christine Primrose also offers a beautiful Gaelic song of her own, Tha M'Eudail Is M'Aighear 'S Mo Grandh (a song which probably dates back to the 18th century). Then there's the much more energetic 'S Gann Gunn Dirich Mi Chaoidh from folk revival band Ossian.

All of the remaining tracks, if I'm not mistaken, are instrumentals. I'm not a big fan of instrumentals, but there are some really impressive ones on this album, ranging from the evocative to the frenetic. You've got the haunting pipes of Rory Campbell & Malcolm Stitt, an unusually pleasing waltz from Fiddlers Five, harp-playing at its finest from Alison Kinnaird on The Crags of Ailsa/Staffa's Shore, fiddle mastery at the hands of Jonny Hardie & Gavin Marwick, and amazing reels from the likes of Tannahill Weavers, Ross Kennedy & Archie McAllister, and Aly Bain and his former teacher Tom Anderson. Whirligig blends the traditional and the modern in fine fashion with The Harper/Lady Catherine Ogle, and John D. Burgess, the "King of Highland Pipers," closes out the album with the incomparable bagpipe strains of The Swallow-Tailed Coat/Turf Lodge.

This CD represents only a tiny dip in the immense pool of Scottish music, but it definitely does do a wonderful job showcasing the variety and unique sounds of a land where music seems to be a vital if not essential part of life.

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