2 CD set
Compilation featuring
Blazin' Fiddles, Le Vent du Nord, Kimberly Fraser, Fin
Moore, Allie Bennett, Cathie Ryan, Jennifer Roland, Mahers
Bars, Jeff MacDonald, Carl MacKenzie, Karen & Helene,
The Cottars, Dave Gunning, Joe Derrane and The Boston Edge,
Glenn Graham, The Brock McGuire Band, Mary Jane Lamond,
Katheryn Tickell Band, Tracey Dares, Liz Doherty, Ryan J.
MacNeil, David Francey, Dougie MacDonald, Andrew White, J.P.
Cormier, Rona Lightfoot, Buddy MacMaster, Old Blind Dogs,
Weldon Boudreau, Howie MacDonald Celtic
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price MISS
JOHNSTONE Marc Clement:
Guitar www.blazin-fiddles.co.uk Courtesy of: Blazin'
Fiddles Each member of Blazin'
Fiddles draws the distinct flavor of music from their
part of the highlands and island of Scotland. These
musicians are some of the finest fiddlers ever to play a
reel, backed by skilled accompaniment on piano and
guitar. They have been performing as a group for seven
years (hence, the name of their latest CD) and continue
to recruit converts to fiddle music everywhere they
play. The MISS JOHNSTONE cut
wraps three traditional tunes around a composition from
Cape Breton's Brenda Stubbert. 2. LE VENT DU
NORD Nicolas Boulerice:
Hurdy Gurdy, vocals www.leventdunord.com Le Vent du Nord was one
of the most exiting stage groups to grace the Celtic
Colours festival in 2004, and the Festival is fortunate
to have them back for another year. This four-piece
bundle of traditional music energy can be accurately
described as eight musical instruments, four voices in
harmony, two generations of musicians and a master of
dance. This allows the group to make a distinctive
musical impact that has drawn praise far and wide.
Although Le Vent du Nord has only been together for a few
years, it has already made an impact. Their first CD
garnered them the 2004 JUNO award for "Roots and
Traditional Album of the Year/Group," as well as a host
of other nominations. LES AMANTS DU SAINT-LAURENT is
their just released (and much awaited) second
CD. Alice Boulerice,
Nicolas' grandmother, owns and still sings a fabulous
repertoire, with all kinds of songs. C'Est une Jeune
Mariée is a double meaning song, of which many
versions are known. 3. KIMBERLY
FRASER Kimberly Fraser:
Fiddle From the album: CELTIC
& TRADITIONAL LULLABIES FROM OUR CAPE
BRETON Courtesy of: Kimberly
Fraser Sydney Mines native
Kimberly Fraser has already made an impact on the world
of Celtic music. Wonderfully adept as a fiddler, pianist,
and stepdancer, she has toured Europe with Cherish The
Ladies and British Columbia with Glenn Graham. In August
2005, she performed at Tønder Festival in Denmark
with Patrick Gillis and Troy MacGillivray. During the
2000 Celtic Colours festival, Kimberly was presented with
the annual "Tic Butler Memorial Award" for significant
contribution to Cape Breton culture. Kimberly now enjoys
teaching private fiddle, stepdancing, and piano lessons
at home as well as at various workshops, including the
prestigious Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts in
St Ann's, Cape Breton, and the Ceilidh Trail School of
Music in Inverness, Cape Breton. The Rocky Shore is a
beautiful piece composed by Cape Breton musician Paul
Cranford as a tribute to his home on Victoria County's
North Shore area. Cape Breton piano player Mac Morin
recorded the wave sounds heard at the beginning of this
track. 4. FIN
MOORE SOENAIDH'S TUNE
SET (Except where stated,
all tunes are traditional/arranged F. Moore & S.
Bradley/Published Grian Music.) Fin Moore: Border
pipes From the album: The
Piper and the Maker Like father, like son!
This often-quoted adage is never truer than when directed
towards Fin Moore. The son of noted piper, fiddler,
composer, and pipe-maker Hamish Moore, Fin plays the
Highland pipes, Border pipes, and Scottish Small Pipes
and is now a partner with his father, continuing the
business of pipe-making. He has also gained a great
reputation as a teacher of pipes, having completed four
summer seasons teaching at the Gaelic College in Cape
Breton, various parts of Scotland, and other schools
around the world. The SOENAIDH'S TUNE SET
was taken from a CD recorded as a tribute to the work and
music of Hamish Moore, as all the pipers on the recording
play pipes that he has made. A similar CD will be
recorded live at two concerts during Celtic Colours and
will be released in 2006. 5. ALLIE
BENNETT GLENTIES SET Allie Bennett: Fiddle,
guitar, bass www.alliebennett.ca From the album: IT'S
ABOUT TIME Allie is one of the
most recognized and hardest working musicians on Canada's
east coast. He has performed studio work on over 100
recordings and toured extensively over the past 30 years
with the likes of Rita MacNeil, The Rankin Family, the
Barra MacNeils, John Allan Cameron, Mary Jane Lamond,
Natalie MacMaster, and the late Stan Rogers. He has been
the music director of many major productions and
television broadcasts and is also in demand as a teacher
of fiddle, guitar, and bass. After so many recording
sessions with other musicians, Allie finally recorded his
own CD. When told by Allie that this project was in the
works, the general response among his fellow musicians
was ". . . it's about time!" This group of reels
comes from various sources, including two of the most
gifted modern-day Cape Breton composers, Jerry Holland
and John Morris Rankin. 6. CATHIE
RYAN Lyrics by: Cathie
Ryan Cathie Ryan: Vocals www.cathieryan.com Courtesy of: Shanachie
Entertainment Corp. With one of the purest
and most distinctive voices within the genre of Celtic
music, Irish-American singer Cathie Ryan creates an
introspective impression on the listener that stays with
you long after the song is finished. Cathie, best known
for her seven years as the lead vocalist for Cherish the
Ladies, was born in Detroit and has established herself
as one of Celtic music's most popular and enduring
singer/songwriters. In 2003, she was included in the
famous Irish music collection, A WOMEN'S HEART &endash;
DECADE ON, which included other notable artists such as
Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. She has performed on
national and public television both in the United States
and Europe. Her music takes her across the world (she
will have finished a tour of Austria and Italy before
coming to Cape Breton for her appearance at Celtic
Colours), and her stage performances continue to build a
following of fans. Be Like the Sea is a
gently-paced and soothing ballad offering words of
encouragement of how to recover from hard times and
difficult situations: just "be like the sea." 7. JENNIFER
ROLAND THUNDERHEAD Arranged by: Jennifer
Roland, Ryan Mac Neil & Allie Bennett Jennifer Roland:
Fiddle www.jenniferroland.com From the album: FOR
EACH NEW DAY It should be no real
surprise that Cape Breton fiddler and dancer Jennifer
Roland has risen to such wide recognition. Music
surrounded Jennifer from the moment she was born. Her
father played fiddle, and the family always enjoyed
kitchen parties and ceilidhs. By the age of three,
Jennifer was playing the piano by ear, at six she was
taking dance lessons, and at age nine began studying the
fiddle with Kyle MacNeil of the world-renowned Barra
MacNeils. She has played all around Canada's Atlantic
Provinces, across North America, and in Europe, wowing
audiences with her enthusiastically performed jigs,
reels, and strathspeys and the delicate touch of her slow
airs. Jennifer is set to release her third CD which will
kick off an extensive schedule of touring throughout the
United States and Canada, as well as an anticipated tour
in Australia in March 2006. This lively group of
jigs also showcases Jennifer's abilities as a composer as
it features three of her own tunes. 8. FRANK MAHER &
THE MAHERS BAHERS I GOT A BONNET TRIMMED
WITH BLUE Frank Maher:
Accordion www.mahersbahers.com Courtesy of: Borealis
Records For the past 20+ years,
Frank Maher has maintained that he is in his "extremely
late 40s." This statement alone gives a strong hint that
the twinkle in his eyes comes from humor rather than
contact lenses. Along with his sense of humor, Frank is a
very talented accordion player in the Newfoundland
tradition. Always known as a great soloist, his career
really took off in the early 1980s when he became part of
the Quidi Vidi Minstrels. From there, he moved on to
become part of the legendary band Figgy Duff, travelling
across North American and Europe with them at the height
of their career. Frank has been recorded on over 35
albums and has received widespread recognition for his
work, including the 2002 "Tradition Bearer Award" from
the Celtic Roots Festival in Goderich, Ontario, and the
2003 St. John's Folk Arts Council "Lifetime Achievement
Award." Frank learned these
tunes years ago from recordings of The McNulty
Family. 9. JEFF MACDONALD
Lyrics by: Goiridh
Dòmhnallach (Jeff MacDonald) Jeff MacDonald:
Vocals From the album: CELTIC
& TRADITIONAL LULLABIES FROM OUR CAPE
BRETON Courtesy of: Jeff
MacDonald Jeff MacDonald hails
from Kingsville, Inverness County, Cape Breton. A Gaelic
singer, composer, storyteller, and educator, he has
learned from some of Cape Breton's best Gaelic
tradition-bearers. His extended family, the MacDonalds of
Queensville (Sìol Dhùghaill), is widely
known for their musicality (three of the family, all
first cousins, are included on this compilation). Jeff
has performed in Scotland, Ireland, and across Canada and
is one of this year's Celtic Colours "Artists in
Residence." Tàladh na Beinne
Guirme ("The Blue Mountain's Lullaby") was composed by
Jeff (as mentioned, from Cape Breton) and Brian Ó
hEadhra (from Ireland) as a result of their meeting
during the 2004 Celtic Colours festival. The CD, from
which this track was recorded, is a unique project: a
collection of forty-plus musicians who recorded
twenty-three cuts in a variety of languages and styles,
all with a lullaby theme. 10. CARL
MACKENZIE TRIP TO
NENAGH Carl MacKenzie:
Fiddle From the album: IT'S A
CORKER! Courtesy of: Carl
MacKenzie Carl MacKenzie is a
regular performer at dances, concerts, and workshops
across Cape Breton and has also performed throughout
Canada, Ireland, Scotland, and the United States. A
traditional fiddler from a large musical family from
Washabuck, Victoria County, Cape Breton, Carl has
influenced many younger musicians from Cape Breton and
elsewhere through his playing and teaching, including his
nieces and nephews in the Barra MacNeils and Slainte
Mhath. He has composed more than fifty tunes, and his
vast repertoire is expressive of the musical magic and
soul that sets him apart from so many other
musicians. 11. karen +
helene Helene Blum: Vocals www.karenoghelene.dk Karen Mose and Helene
Blum were both born on the island of Funen in Denmark and
met in 2000 at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music Odense,
where they were the first students to specialize in
vocals in the "Folk Music" course. They began
collaborating early on, focusing on traditional Danish
and Nordic songs. After a couple of years as a duo, they
decided to extend the collaboration to some of the best
musicians they knew and release a record of Danish songs.
In April 2004, they released their first album, SOLEN
("The Sun"), which was nominated in five categories at
this year's Danish Music Awards. This visit to Cape
Breton is their first trip to Celtic Colours as a duo,
although Helene performed with Haugaard &
Høirup at last year's Festival. Skøn Sired (a
song dating from approximately 1790) has become a
signature piece for the duo. 12. THE
COTTARS THE GUITAR
JIGS Jimmy MacKenzie:
Guitar From the album: ON
FIRE! Produced by: John
McDermott (Executive Producer), Allister MacGillivray
& Brigham Phillips (Producers) In the space of only
five years, The Cottars have become recognized as one of
the major Cape Breton musical success stories, performing
and gathering fans across North America, Europe, Asia,
and beyond. The four young Celts (brother/sister pairs
Ciaran and Fiona MacGillivray and Jimmy and Roseanne
MacKenzie) have been playing traditional music since
early childhood. Ranging in age from 15 to 17, each is a
multi-instrumentalist, singer, and stepdancer. The
Cottars' second album, ON FIRE!, released in 2004, earned
the band a 2005 East Coast Music Award in the
"Roots/Traditional Group Recording" category, a fitting
follow-up to their 2003 ECMA win for "Best New Group" and
their two MIANS awards in "Folk/Roots" and "Best Group"
categories. The Cottars have performed for Wayne Gretzky,
Senator Edward Kennedy, and at symphony halls and
festivals from Newport to Tokyo. This group of tunes
puts Jimmy MacKenzie in the lead role as The Cottars do a
medley of Canadian jigs from Mabou (Cape Breton), Ottawa
(Quebec), and Saskatoon (Saskatchewan). 13. DAVE
GUNNING Dave Gunning: Vocal,
guitars www.davegunning.com Dave Gunning is a
singer/songwriter on the verge of international
recognition. He received the 2003 Music Industry of Nova
Scotia ("MIANS") award for "Musician of the Year." After
picking up the 2005 East Coast Music award "Folk
Recording of the Year" for his fourth album, TWO-BIT
WORLD, Gunning solidified his place in the East Coast
music community and quickly became one of Canada's best
up-and-coming singer/songwriters. A tireless troubadour
and a favorite on the festival circuit, he has toured
extensively, hitting such notable events as the Kerrville
Folk Festival in Texas, The Stan Rogers Folk Festival in
Nova Scotia, and the Tønder Folk Festival in
Denmark. A charismatic performer, he is known for
infusing his performances with his own brand of humorous
tales and touching commentary on the everyday human
experience, bringing a new vibrancy and life to his
songs. Broom O' The
Cowdenknowes is a traditional Scottish ballad made
popular through the years by Cape Breton Celtic singer
and guitarist John Allan Cameron. 14. JOE DERRANE and
THE BOSTON EDGE THE CURRAGH
RACES Joe Derrane:
Accordion From the album: THE
BOSTON EDGE Produced by: Paul
MacDonald Some people call it the
greatest comeback in the history of Irish traditional
music: after a 35+ year hiatus, Joe Derrane was once
again playing the button accordion in public. His return
started in 1994 at the Irish Fold Festival at Wolftrax in
Vienna, Virginia. Since then, Joe has ridden the wave of
Irish traditional music's resurgence and has once again
become one of the most sought after players. Joe's most
recent musical project is called THE BOSTON EDGE where
his talent is combined with ten-time All-Ireland solo
fiddle champion Séamus Connolly and former
National Mandolin Champion John McGann. This high energy set of
reels opens THE BOSTON EDGE. All are traditional and will
be familiar to followers of Celtic music. Combined, they
give a great "lift" to the overall medley of
tunes. 15. GLENN
GRAHAM GETTIN'
PIPEY Glenn Graham:
Fiddles www.glenngraham.ca Fiddler Glenn Graham
comes from a musical lineage of fiddlers, Gaelic singers,
dancers, poets, and pianists, traced back to
pre-emigration Scotland. His families, the Grahams of
Judique and the renowned Beatons of Mabou, could put on a
concert of their own (and have, on more then one
occasion). Glenn is a proponent of the "Mabou Coal Mines"
style of fiddle playing: hard-driving, highly ornamented
and accented, and designed for dancing. Over the past ten
years, he has performed and taught fiddle across North
America as well as overseas. His Master of Arts degree
thesis focused on the evolution of Cape Breton fiddle
music and has garnered publishing interest. GETTING' PIPEY is a
medley from Glenn's latest traditional recording and
melds three traditional pipe tunes with a pair of locally
composed fiddle tunes done in a pipe style (one written
by Glenn and one composed by his father). This track is a
great example of tunes that would be heard at house
parties, sessions, and square-dances across Cape
Breton. Second CD 16. BROCK MCGUIRE
BAND THE MOUNTAIN
ROAD Paul Brock: Button-key
accordion, melodeon www.brockmcguire.com Courtesy of: Ferndale
Promotions Ltd. Residing in County
Clare, Paul Brock and Manus McGuire have been at the
forefront of Irish music for many years. They performed
together in Moving Cloud (a band they formed in 1989).
Manus was also a founding member of Buttons & Bows,
and both bands (ranked among Ireland's finest) have
helped to introduce international audiences to the
virtuosity of their playing. Add all that experience
together and you know why the Brock McGuire Band was
voted "Instrumental Group of the Year" for 2004 by
LiveIreland.com and Irish American News. This group of reels
(some of which go back to the late 1800s) highlights the
playing of various members of the band, as the
instruments seem to take turns working their way through
the medley. 17. MARY JANE
LAMOND BAL NA H-AIBHNE
DEAS Mary Jane Lamond:
Vocals Beolach: Backing
vocals From the album:
STÒRAS Mary Jane Lamond is a
sharer of songs, stories, and spirit. This practice has
garnered Mary Jane numerous Juno and East Coast Music
Award nominations, a MuchMusic Global Groove Award,
critical acclaim, and a worldwide audience. She has
appeared on stages across North America and beyond, with
many of the top performers in the Celtic world and
recorded with artists such as The Chieftains and Ashley
MacIsaac. Mary Jane has made a
point of collecting songs from many of Cape Breton's
Gaelic tradition-bearers and passing them along to a
waiting public. In addition to conveying these songs in a
traditional manner, Mary Jane often adds her own
interpretation and arrangements, opening the songs to a
wider audience of less traditionally-experienced
listeners. For Mary Jane, it truly is about the sharing
of the Gaelic culture. Margaree bard Malcolm
Gillis was noted for his wit, particularly when it came
to events around him. Bal na h-Aibhne Deas tells about a
party in Southwest Margaree that wasn't going very well
until someone brought the fiddler. 18. THE KATHRYN
TICKELL BAND Kathryn Tickell:
Northumbrian pipes, fiddle www.kathryntickell.com Courtesy of: Park
Records Produced by: Kathryn
Tickell Kathryn Tickell started
on the Northumbrian smallpipes at the age of nine, and by
the age of thirteen, had won all the traditional open
smallpipes competitions. She also made quite a name for
herself as a fiddle player. Her roots are in the North
Tyne Valley of Northumberland, England, where many of her
relatives have long been involved in traditional music.
Over the past 20 years, she has produced a dozen
recordings and appeared on countless TV productions.
Kathryn has contributed to Sting albums and joined him
live at Carnegie Hall in March 1997 for the Rainforest
Foundation benefit concert. She is also a part-time
lecturer for the new Folk and Traditional Music degree
course at Newcastle University. Her music has allowed her
er He to perform all over the world, delighting audiences
and gathering fans wherever she goes. The opening cut from
AIR DANCING shows the interesting diversity displayed by
the band. 19. TRACEY
DARES-MACNEIL Tracey Dares:
Piano From the album: CELTIC
& TRADITIONAL LULLABIES FROM OUR CAPE
BRETON Courtesy of: Tracey
Dares Over the past decade
Tracey Dares-MacNeil has become one of the most
sought-after pianists around. As an accomplished
accompanist for fiddles, pipes or vocalist as well as
being a wonderful soloist (not to mention, a great
stepdancer), Tracey has toured with Natalie MacMaster,
done stage productions with Howie's Celtic Brew and
backed up countless musicians in recording sessions. She
has spent a lot of time making a lot of musicians sound
better. The Hymn of St. Columba
is a beautiful traditional tune that that gets full
treatment from Tracey and her delicate touch. 20. LIZ DOHERTY
FRED'S
FAVOURITE Liz Doherty: Fiddle www.lizdoherty.ie Donegal fiddler Liz
Doherty has been described as ". . . a bundle of amazing
musical energy!" Anyone who knows her (and she is
well-known in Cape Breton, having lived and studied here
for a number of years) would consider this quote a most
apt description. A noted researcher and writer on Irish,
Scottish, and Cape Breton fiddle styles, Liz is also
considered a wonderful teacher, whether in the classroom
or at a festival workshop. In 2001, she decided to resign
from her full-time academic position as lecturer in
traditional music in the Music Department of University
College, Cork, Ireland, to pursue her playing career. She
has performed at Celtic Colours before, both as a soloist
and as part of the all-female Irish group The
Bumblebees. This group of reels has
a tune from the Scottish Tradition sandwiched between a
pair of Irish compositions. 21. RYAN J.
MACNEIL WISHY'S Ryan J. MacNeil:
Bagpipes, whistles www.macneilwoodwinds.com From the album:
PIPER Courtesy of: Ryan J.
MacNeil Ryan J. MacNeil is
known as a powerful, yet graceful, player. He is
accomplished on highland bagpipe, border pipes, and
whistles and brings a unique personal flavor to the music
he plays. Originally from Big Pond and now residing in
Port Hood, Cape Breton, his electrifying upbeat playing
is strongly rooted in Cape Breton's dance-oriented
tradition and greatly adds to the music of one of Cape
Breton's hottest Celtic bands, Beòlach. He has
toured extensively with Beòlach and is much in
demand as a solo artist as well. In the past several
years, Ryan has become increasingly renowned as a
talented composer. His tunes have been performed and
recorded by many musicians, both locally and abroad. Ryan
also manufactures his own line of whistles which are
quickly becoming the choice instrument of musicians
worldwide. This cut (from Ryan's
first solo recording) showcases one of his own
compositions followed by two other well-known and lively
pipe tunes. 22. DAVID
FRANCEY David Francey: Lead
Vocals www.davidfrancey.com Courtesy of: Jericho
Beach Music David Francey is a
storyteller who writes about what he knows best: the
people he meets and what he sees around him. He is gifted
with the ability to paint pictures with lyrics and music
that stick in your mind and become part of your being. He
has won two Juno Awards for his CDs and was nominated for
another this year for his most recent CD. Additionally,
artists as diverse as James Keelaghan and Raylene Rankin
have recorded his songs. On stage, he has the ability to
reach and hold an audience, due mainly to his sincerity
and dry sense of humor. This visit to Celtic Colours is
David Francey's second trip to the Festival. Originally
from Scotland, he now makes his home in
Quebec. Ashtabula is a small
Ohio coal port on the south shore of Lake Erie. The song
tells of David's impressions of a town that is
"…faded red to grey." 23. DOUGIE MACDONALD
AMELIE'S JIG Dougie MacDonald:
Fiddles Previously unreleased
cut Courtesy of: Dougie
MacDonald Dougie MacDonald was
born into a family with generations of fiddlers. He
picked up the bow at an early age and was a recognized
musician by age eleven. He continues to pursue his
musical studies and performances, looking to greats such
as Dan Hughie MacEachern, Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald,
and Jerry Holland for musical guidance and inspiration.
Dougie has composed more than 150 tunes, recorded three
albums, and performed throughout Canada, the United
States, Scotland, and Ireland. He is also in great demand
as a teacher. Dougie is one of three first cousins of the
musical MacDonalds of Queensville to appear on this CD,
along with Howie and Jeff. This cut is a lively
but unusual combination for a Cape Breton fiddler,
linking a jig with a pair of reels. 24. ANDREW
WHITE Andrew White: Vocals,
acoustic guitar www.andrewwhitemusic.com Courtesy of: Linn
Records Produced by: Roger
Marbeck Originally from
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in northeast England, Andrew White
moved to New Zealand when he was a teenager, but now
lives in Cape Breton. Wherever he calls home, he is
quickly recognized as a top guitarist and
singer/songwriter. His unique sound is difficult to
describe: technically brilliant with amazing dexterity
and inventiveness. Andrew White has toured
internationally as a soloist and supported superstars
such as Irish folk rock group Clannad, The Corrs,
Michelle Shocked, The Indigo Girls, Taj Mahal, and many
more. He also toured with Scots folk/MOR outfit
Capercaillie and Brendan Power, the harmonica player of
the Riverdance Orchestra. Traces of Silver is a
gentle but haunting ballad. Andrew's soulful vocals
highlight the pictures painted so skillfully in
words. 25. J.P.
CORMIER J.P. Cormier plays all
instruments www.jp-cormier.com Courtesy of: J.P.
Cormier J.P. Cormier is a
musical force to be reckoned with. This award-winning
singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and sideman has
recorded eight albums, earning him a Juno nomination and
multiple ECMA nominations and wins including, the 2005
East Coast Music Awards for "Instrumental Album of the
Year" and "Bluegrass Album of the Year" for X8… A
MANDOLIN COLLECTION. Adept with any style, he has played
solo fiddle gigs at Cape Breton dances, performed with
symphony orchestras, and spent ten years touring,
recording, and appearing on television in the U.S. and
Europe with music's biggest names including Marty Stuart,
Waylon Jennings, and Earl Scruggs. A gifted songwriter
and composer, J.P. was among the winners in the 2005
International Songwriting Competition (a prestigious
competition that received 11,000 submissions from more
than 70 countries), placing third in the instrumental
category for his original guitar piece Rollo Boys
Reel. X8: A MANDOLIN
COLLECTION is primarily a collection of J. P.'s favorite
bluegrass pieces. About New Brick Road, he says that,
"Its simplicity is its beauty." 26. RONA LIGHTFOOT
("My Neat Brown
Haired Girl") (traditional) Rona Lightfoot:
Vocals From the album:
EADARAINN Courtesy of:
Macmeanmna Rona Lightfoot was such
a crowd favorite at last year's Celtic Colours festival
that she was invited back this year. Hailing from South
Uist, she has been described as a ceilidh personified and
a terrific raconteur with a great sense of humor and an
infectious laugh. Musically, her major influences were
her mother (a remarkable singer and tradition bearer) and
her father (a renowned piper). With this background, it
is no surprise that she is also a great piper and a
hugely talented singer with a wonderful treasury of
traditional Gaelic songs. Mo Nighean Chruinn Donn
air Bharraibh nan Tonn is a "night-visiting" or
"courting" song. 27. BUDDY
MACMASTER Buddy MacMaster:
Fiddle www.atlanticartists.com/buddy/judiqueflyer.html From the album: The
Judique Flyer Buddy MacMaster is the
undisputed "master" of Cape Breton fiddling. His
reputation as a player has grown and grown since the
1940s when he started to establish himself as a fiddler
while working for the Canadian National Railway ("CNR").
Over the years, Buddy's following has increased as he
performed across North American and Europe. Even though
he is now past 80, he keeps a schedule that most people
half his age would find daunting as he performs at
festivals and teaches at workshops in Scotland or
California one week and plays for community dances in
Cape Breton the next. Over the years, Buddy
has received national and international acclaim and
honors, including the "Order of Canada." He recorded his
first album in 1989 after he retired from the CNR and has
gone on to record four more albums. "The Judique Flyer"
recording is a collection of "Buddy music" (as the locals
would say), with tunes that he has often played at
concerts and dances over the years. This album is unique
in that a different person accompanies him on each
cut. This track highlights
the distinctive drive and pacing in Buddy's
playing. 28. OLD BLIND
DOGS A traditional tune from
Brittany, followed by a traditional Carballesa from
Galicia (arranged by Old Blind
Dogs, Green Linnet Music, ASCAP) Jim Malcolm: Guitar www.oldblinddogs.co.uk Courtesy of: Green
Linnet Records While the name might
conjure up an image of worn-out geezers, Old Blind Dogs
is a quintet of vital young lads with a wonderful,
infectious, Celtic musicality. Over the twenty years or
so of their existence, they have evolved and grown into
one of Scotland's favorite folk bands. There is a unique
sound in this selection of traditional Scottish music
(lots of jigs and reels), coupled with a rock-funk fusion
feel that often pulses through many of their pieces. The
band continues to tour extensively and was rewarded for
their efforts with the "Band of the Year" award at the
2004 Scots Trad Music Awards in Queen's Hall in
Edinburgh. Old Blind Dogs comes to Celtic Colours
following a month-long tour of the U.S. THE BRETON AND GALICIAN
SET is a wonderful example of the band's versatility and
their ability to take music from other Celtic areas and
make it their own. 29. WELDON
BOUDREAU Weldon Boudreau:
Vocals, guitar www.weldonboudreau.com Courtesy of: Weldon
Boudreau He could easily be one
of Cape Breton's best-kept Acadian secrets. Isle Madame
singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Weldon
Boudreau has been a professional musician for years but
in a more general capacity as one of the boys in the
band. With the recent release of L'ACADIEN DE L'ACADIE,
he steps into the limelight with twelve of his own
compositions, backed by some of the best musicians
around. Le P'tit Willie is a
bouncy number that tells the story of a local Petit de
Grat "legend." 30. HOWIE
MACDONALD Sally Gardens
(traditional) Howie MacDonald:
Fiddle From the album: HOWIE,
DAVE & MAC LIVE! WEST MABOU HALL Courtesy of: Howie
MacDonald Fiddler and piano
player Howie MacDonald has been a performer as long as he
can remember. With musical roots that go deep into rural
Inverness County, Cape Breton, this path was almost
inevitable. Whether at a family gathering or an
international concert hall, Howie's job was always to
entertain. Even while spending many years touring and
recording with the Rankin Family, Howie still managed to
release nine albums of his own. Over the past couple of
years, Howie has expanded his talents and gained
popularity as a comedian, appearing in the Cape Breton
Summertime Revue, Nancy White's Joke Box, Howie's Celtic
Brew, Island Mania, and other such
productions. HOWIE, DAVE & MAC
LIVE! WEST MABOU HALL is just what the title suggests, a
live recording at a square-dance in West Mabou, Inverness
County, Cape Breton. You get a true sense of the effect
the music has on the audience and the dancers as Howie,
Mac Morin, and Dave MacIsaac work through LAST SET OF THE
NIGHT to close off the evening. Vol. 10 2 CD set Other
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1. BLAZIN'
FIDDLES
Miss Johnstone
(traditional)
Rannie MacLellan (Brenda Stubbart, SOCAN)
Fred's Reel (traditional)
Frank Gilruth (Peter Milne, arranged by: Blazin'
Fiddles)
Allan Henderson: Fiddle
Catriona Macdonald: Fiddle
Iain Macfarlane: Fiddle
Bruce MacGregor: Fiddle
Aidan O'Rourke: Fiddle
Andy Thorburn: Piano
From the album: MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Produced by: Blazin' Fiddles
Recorded at: Castlesound StudioC'est une
Jeune Mariée (traditional)
Benoit Bourque: Accordion, voice
Olivier Demers: Fiddle, feet
Simon Beaudry: Guitar, voice
From the album: LES AMANTS DU SAINT-LAURENT
Courtesy of: Borealis Records
www.borealisrecords.com
Recorded by: André Marchand at Studio du Chemin
4The Rocky
Shore (Paul Cranford, SOCAN)
Gordie Sampson: Mandolin
Allie Bennett: Bass
Stewart MacNeil: Wooden flute
Produced by: Eileen T. Brennan
Recorded by: Mike Shepherd and Fred Lavery at Lakewind
Studios, Point Aconi, Cape BretonSoenaidh's
Tune (F. Morrison, MCPS & PRS)
Cuir I Glun Air A'Bhodach Strathspey (traditional)
Cuir I Glun Air A'Bhodach Reel (traditional)
Pigtown Reel (traditional)
O'Rourke's Reel (traditional)
Simon Bradley: Fiddle
Courtesy of: Greentrax Recordings Limited
www.greentrax.com
Produced by: Hamish Moore
Recorded by: Peter Haig live at the Pitlochry Town
HallGerry Comane's
(traditional)
Jes Kroman's (Jerry Holland, Fiddlestick Music,
SOCAN)
The Flooded Road to Glenties (Jimmy McHugh)
Freddies's (John Morris Rankin, Ole Sound Music,
SOCAN)
Mac Morin: Piano
Brian Talbot: Drums
Courtesy of: Allie Bennett
Produced by: Allie Bennett
Recorded by: Mike Shepherd at Lakewind Studios, Point
Aconi, Cape BretonBe Like the
Sea
Music by: Cathie Ryan & John Doyle, Wake the
Neighbors Music, ASCAP
John Doyle: Guitars
John McCusker: Cittern, fiddle, whistles
Allan Kelly: Accordion
James Mackintosh: Percussion
Karine Palwart & Kris Drever: Backing
vocals
From the album: THE FARTHEST WAVE
www.shanachie.com
Produced by: John McCusker
Recorded and mixed by: Andy Seward at Pure Records
Studios, YorkshireLewis' Squak
Jig (Jennifer Roland /SOCAN)
The Gaelic College of Cape Breton Jig (Jennifer Roland
/SOCAN)
Thunderhead Jig (Grey Larsen (Sleepy Creek
Music/BMI)
Garrett's Jig (Jennifer Roland /SOCAN)
Ryan Mac Neil: Piano
Allie Bennett: Acoustic guitar, bass
Courtesy of: Jennifer Roland
Produced by: Allie Bennett
Recorded by: Mike Shepherd at Lake Wind Sound
StudiosI Got A Bonnet
Trimmed With Blue (traditional)
Maggie in the Woods (traditional)
Christina Smith: Fiddle
Jean Hewson: Guitar
Rick West: Bodhran
From the album: MAHERVELOUS!
www.borealisrecords.com
Produced by: Bill Garrett & Jean Hewson
Recorded by: Lee Tizzard at The Sound Solution, St.
John's, NewfoundlandTàladh
na Beinne Guirme ("The Blue Mountain's
Lullaby")
Music by: Jeff MacDonald & Brian Ó
hEadhra
Howie MacDonald: Fiddle
Gordie Sampson: Guitar
Ryan J. MacNeil: Bagpipes
Produced by: Eileen T. Brennan
Recorded by: Mike Shepherd and Fred Lavery at Lakewind
Studios, Point Aconi, Cape BretonTrip to Nenagh
Reel (Sean Ryan)
Castle Bay Scrap Reel (Tracey Dares MacNeil)
Lucy Campbell Reel (traditional)
Pat Chafe: Piano
Lyndon MacKenzie: Guitar
Nigel Waye: Bass
Produced by: Mike Wadden and Carl MacKenzie
Recorded by: Mike Wadden at Spectrum Recordings, Sydney
Forks, Nova ScotiaSkøn
Sired (Thomas Thaarup & J. A. P. Schulz,
1790)
Karen Mose: Vocals
Harald Haugaard: Fiddle
Morten Alfred Høirup: Guitar
From the album: SOLEN
Courtesy of: Danish Folk Music Production
Produced by: Harald Haugaard
Recorded by: Torben SmingeThe Mabou Jig
(Donald Angus Beaton)
Hare Slough Jig (Willy Sawrenko)
The Advil Jig (Randy Foster)
Ciaran MacGillivray: Keyboards
Fiona MacGillivray: Tin Whistle
Roseanne MacKenzie: Fiddle
www.thecottars.com
Courtesy of: Sea-Cape Music Ltd.|
www.miramusic.net/seacape
Recorded by: Mike Shepherd at Lakewind Sound, Point
Aconi, Cape BretonBroom O' The
Cowdenknowes (traditional, arranged by Dave
Gunning)
Jamie Gatti: Bass
Daniel Maillet: Dobro
Ray Legere: Fiddle, mandolin
Cindy Church: Harmony vocals
Cathy Porter: Percussion
From the album: TWO-BIT WORLD
Courtesy of: Dave Gunning
Produced by: Jamie Robinson
Recorded by: Dave Gunning and Jamie Robinson at
Riverfront Studios in New Glasgow, Nova ScotiaThe Curragh
Races (traditional)
The Skylark (Jame Morrison)
The Reconciliation Reels (traditional)
Séamus Connolly: Fiddle
John McGann: Guitar
Courtesy of: Mapleshade Records
www.mapleshaderecords.com
Recorded by: Pierre Sprey at Mapleshade Studio,
Baltimore, MarylandMiss MacKenzie
of Gairloch Strathspey (traditional)
For the Gretzky of Cape Breton Social Dancing
Strathspey (Glenn Graham)
Colonel MacGregor (traditional)
Wally Ellison's Reel (Danny Graham)
Miss Charlotte Alston Stewart's Reel
(traditional)
Joel Chiasson: Piano
Patrick Gillis: Guitar
From the album: DRIVE
Courtesy of: Glenn Graham
Produced by: Glenn Graham
Recorded by: Glenn Graham at Bowbeat Studios, Judique,
Cape BretonThe Mountain
Road (Michael Gorman)
The Ash Plant (traditional)
Humours of Westport (traditional)
Manus McGuire: Fiddle
Enda Scahill: Banjo, guitar
Fergal Scahill: Fiddle, guitar
Dennis Morrison and Denis Carey: Piano,
keyboards
From the album: BROCK MCGUIRE BAND
Produced by: Ferndale Promotions Ltd.
Recorded by: Matt Purcell at Harmony Row Studios, Ennis,
Co. Clare, IrelandBal na
h-Aibhne Deas ("Ball at Southwest Margaree")
(Malcolm Gillis, arranged by Mary Jane Lamond &
Beolach)
Sailor Don's Jig (Dougie MacDonald /SOCAN)
Uisdean Friseal Strathspey (traditional)
The Farmer's Daughter Reel (traditional)
Mac Morin: Piano
Wendy MacIsaac: Fiddle
Mairi Rankin: Fiddles
Patrick Gillis: Guitar
Ryan J. MacNeil: Bagpipes
www.maryjanelamond.com
Courtesy of: Turtlemusik
Produced by: Phillip Strong
Recorded by: Mike Shepherd at the Wreck Cove
HallApril Frolic
(Ron Purvis, arranged by Tickell, Tickell, Clapp,
& Sutton)
Peter Tickell: Fiddle, viola
Joss Clapp: Guitar, acoustic bass guitar
Julian Sutton: Melodeon
From the album: AIR DANCING
www.parkrecords.com
Recorded by: Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios,
PencaitlandThe Hymn of
St. Columba (traditional)
Produced by: Eileen T. Brennan
Recorded by: Mike Shepherd and Fred Lavery at Lakewind
Studios, Point Aconi, Cape BretonFred's
Favourite (Peter Mohan, IMRO)
Frank Gilruth Reel (Peter Milne)
Touching Cloth (James Kelly, Phaeton Records )
Manus Lunny: Bouzouki, bodhran
Gerry O'Connor: Banjo
Eilidh Shaw: Fiddle
From the album: QUARE IMAGINATION
Courtesy of: Busy Lizzy Records
Produced by: Gerry O'Connor
Recorded by: Billy Robinson at The Pines Hostel, Culdaff,
Inishowen, Co. DonegalThe Big Wish
(Ryan J. MacNeil, SOCAN)
Ramnee Ceilidh (Gordon Duncan, Grian Music)
Little Donald In the Pigpen (traditional)
Sheamus MacNeil: Fiddle
Wendy MacIsaac: Piano
Patrick Gillis: Guitar
Produced by: Ryan J. MacNeil
Recorded by: Mike Shepherd live at Lakewind Studios,
Point Aconi, Cape BretonAshtabula
(David Francey, Laker Music, SOCAN)
Kieran Kane: Bouzouki, percussion, backing vocals
Kevin Welch: Guitar
Fats Kaplin: Accordion
From the album: THE WAKING HOUR
www.festival.bc.ca/jerichobeach
Produced by: David Francey
Recorded by: Phillip Scoggins at Morine Studio, Nashville
TennesseAmelie's Jig
(Dougie MacDonald /SOCAN)
Allister Fraser's Reel (Dougie MacDonald /SOCAN)
Kathleen VIII Reel (Dougie MacDonald /SOCAN)
Gordie Sampson: Guitar
Produced by: Gordie Sampson
Recorded by: Mike Shepherd at Lakewind Sound, Point
Aconi, Cape BretonTraces of
Silver (Andrew White)
Keith Ballentine: Keyboards
From the album: GUITARRA CELTICA
www.linnrecords.com
Recorded at: Greenstone Studios, Kare Kare Beach, New
ZealandNew Brick Road
(Norman Blake, BMI)
From the album: X8… A MANDOLIN COLLECTION
Produced by: J.P. Cormier
Recorded by: J.P. Cormier at Cormier Sound Studios, Cap
Lemoine, Nova ScotiaMo Nighean
Chruinn Donn air Bharraibh nan Tonn
Allan Henderson: Piano, fiddle
Maighread Stewart: Backing vocals
Annag MacInnes: Backing vocals
www.gaelicmusic.com
Produced by: Iain MacDonald
Recorded by: Alan Harfield at Unity Studio in
AuldearnPauline
Bissonnette Strahspey (John Campbell)
A Taste of Gaelic Reel
John MacDougall Reel
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar
Courtesy of: Stephen MacDonald Productions
Produced by: Gordie Sampson
Recorded by: Paul Mills at Lakewind Sound, Point Aconi,
Cape BretonTHE BRETON AND
GALICIAN SET
Jonny Hardie: Fiddle
Rory Campbell: Gaita (Galician pipes)
Fraser Stone: Percussion
Buzzby McMillan: Bass
From the album: THE GAB O MEY
www.greenlinnet.com
Produced by: Old Blind Dogs
Recorded by: Niall Mathewson at The Mill Studio, Crathes,
Banchory, AberdeenshireLe P'tit
Willie (Weldon Boudreau, SOCAN)
|Gary Gallant: Accordion
Jean-Marc Boudreau: Backing vocals
Georges Hebert: Guitar
Jean-Paul (J.P.) Cormier: Banjo, fiddle
Tom Roach: Percussion
From the album: L'ACADIEN DE L'ACADIE
Produced by: Weldon Boudreau and George Hebert
Recorded by: George Hebert at Studio Arts Halifax, Nova
ScotiaLAST SET OF
THE NIGHT
The Black Berry Blossom (traditional)
Lord Seaforth (traditional)
Floggin' Reel (traditional)
Penicook Hornpipe (traditional)
You & I (traditional)
Sutherland's Reel (Howie MacDonald, SOCAN)
Donegal (traditional)
Steer The Gill (traditional)
Mist on the Loch (traditional)
Bonnie Kate (traditional)
Mac Morin: Piano
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar
Produced by: Howie MacDonald
Recorded by: Mike Wadden live at West Mabou Hall, West
Mabou, Cape Breton
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