|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
||||||
"Skelbo" is a most accomplished foray into the crowded world of recorded traditional music. The Living Tradition
The C.D. Skelbo (SKMCD001) is now available (current distributor Highlander Music).
Buy Online from:
Alternatively, for details of how to obtain a copy please e-mail : skelbomusic@skelbo.org.uk
C.D. Track Listing:
1) Danns A Chorra-chosaig / Pitnacree Ferryman / Quirang / The Old Pipe Reel (parts 3 & 4 D. MacLeod) (5.07)
Danns a Chorra-chossaig - The Dance of the Wood-louse, written by Dr. Angus MacDonald, piper of Glenuig (West Highlands).
Pitnacree Ferryman - This traditional tune is named after Pitnacree in Perthshire, beside the river Tay.
Quirang - One of the mountains in the Cullins, Skye. This tune can be found in the Patrick MacDonald collection of 1784.
The Old Pipe Reel - An old traditional tune with parts 3 and 4 written by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod and played here in a new setting.
2) A Bruxa (A. Seone) / The Fisherman's Reel (4.04)
A Bruxa - Written by Anton Seoane, musician in the group Milladoiro from Galicia (Northern Spain). The title means 'The Witch'.
The Fisherman's Reel - An old Highland tune.
3) The Banknote (song) (Burns / Strachan) (3.03)
A poem written by Robert Burns on the back of a Bank of Scotland (1780) one guinea banknote, set to music by Iain. The poem is a comment on the pitfalls that money can bring. The actual banknote on which Robert Burns penned the poem was of considerable value in the 1780's, which possibly reflected the owner's value of Burns' work, and ensured its preservation. Within the past few years the Burns National Park in Alloway, Ayr aquired the original banknote and has kindly given permission for its inclusion in the Skelbo C.D. sleeve. The banknote can be viewed in Robert Burns cottage, his birthplace and now a museum in Alloway.
4) Smith o' Couster (Tom Anderson) / Laxo Burn (Arthur Scott Robertson) / Pete da Mill ( Gary Peterson) (3.49)
Smith o' Couster - This set of modern Shetland reels begins with a tune written by Tom Anderson for his old friend Magnie Smith.
Laxo Burn - A recent composition by Arthur Scott Robertson.
Pete da Mill - Written by Gary Peterson for Peter Miller, fellow musician in the Shetland band Hom Bru
5) Iomramh eadar Il' a's Uibhst (4.09)
Rowing From Islay to Uist. A very descriptive piece of Hebridean music - originally a walking song - from Patrick MacDonald's collection of 1784.
6) Dr. McInnes' Fancy (D. MacLeod) / Daldownie's Reel / Mo Chuachag Laghach thu / Callum Fighader Agus Callum Tailler (4.34)
Dr. McInnes' Fancy - A tune written by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod for the well known piper Dr. McInnes
Daldownie's Reel - Recognised as an old Highland tune and to be found in the Skye collection, 1887.
Mo Chuachag Laghach thu - My Kindly Sweetheart is the translation of this Gaelic melody.
Callum Fighader Agus Callum Tailler - Callum the Weaver and Callum the Tailor comes from the Caledonian Repository of Music, adapted for the bagpipes in 1867.
7) Under The Northern Lights (song) (Strachan) (3.31)
Skelbo is a crofting area north of Dornoch in Sutherland and witnessess the spectacle of the Northern Lights, or the aurora borealis, in late autumn and early spring. This song is a view of the life that takes place under those skies.
8) Fiddle, Feet and Spoons : Rory MacLeod (D. MacLeod) / Lochgarry Reel / Tail Toddle (2.50)
Featuring step-dancer Frank MacConnell - not a guitar or double bass to be heard.
Rory MacLeod's - Written by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod
Lochgarry Reel & Tail Toddle - Highland tunes of obscure origins.
9) The Salacious Tango - with the Alhambra Strings (song) (Strachan) (3.19)
A fun song about untrammeled love and its open expression in the tango. The 'Alhambra Strings' came out of a joyful time in the studio.
10) Sonerezh eus Breizh (5.50)
Two tunes from Brittany which we have played for many years, although we do not know their names .
11) Lady Susan Stuart (2.47)
A tune played in jig and syncopated reel time. Iain arranged the jig and the reel, in another setting, can be found in the Vickers collection.
12) The American Wake (song) (Strachan) (4.15)
A song concerning emmigration - a problem for many countries - and the break up of loved ones in the search for golden promises of a better life. For many the result of this search was a move fom the land to a hard industrial existence. The 'American Wake' is a term used in Ireland for the ceilidh on the eve of departure. On the Scottish island of Skye they sometimes danced 'A Dance called America'.
13) Deltingside / Da Boanie Isle o' Whalsay / Auld Foula Reel / Hurlock's Reel (Tom Anderson) (3.38) all other titles traditional arranged Skelbo
A selection of Shetland reels. Deltingside, Da Boanie Isle o' Whalsay and Auld Foula Reel are all traditional while Hurlock's Reel is by the great fiddle teacher and collector of Shetland music, Tom Anderson.