THe Council Gathering
Mrs James MacNeil
Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?
Ten-Pound Tumour The Weaver And His Wife
Matt's Real?
The King Edward
Freddie's March
Alex MacEachern
Ca' The Stirks Frae Out The Corn
Angus Ronald Beaton's
Mabou Coal Mines
Balogie's Loch Leven Castle
Rankin Tour '97 The Star Of Munster
Howie MacDonald is a bit of a joker. This Cd is supposed to sound like a kitchen party and has a live feel despite being a studio recording by Howie and JP Cormier (with small contributions from Gordie Sampson, Matt Foulds and Bill MacAulay).
The meat of the CD is in tracks 3-12. There are some great tunes and great playing. Particularly good are the set of jigs on track 4 and the long MSR sets (tracks 6, 8 and 12). Note that the "Mabou Coal Mines Strathspey" listed in track 12 is actually "MacKinnon's Brook".
I still can't stop myself laughing at the "audience" reaction to JP Cormier's set (track 5). You need to hear it to understand what I mean.
Have just updated some of the track listing having referred to Alan Snyder's notes on cbfiddle.com. I was aware that there had to be one or two unnamed tunes since, for example track 6 has three strathspeys before hornpipes.
Howie MacDonald is a bit of a joker. This Cd is supposed to sound like a kitchen party and has a live feel despite being a studio recording by Howie and JP Cormier (with small contributions from Gordie Sampson, Matt Foulds and Bill MacAulay).
The meat of the CD is in tracks 3-12. There are some great tunes and great playing. Particularly good are the set of jigs on track 4 and the long MSR sets (tracks 6, 8 and 12). Note that the "Mabou Coal Mines Strathspey" listed in track 12 is actually "MacKinnon's Brook".
I still can't stop myself laughing at the "audience" reaction to JP Cormier's set (track 5). You need to hear it to understand what I mean.
# Posted on December 22nd 2006 by DonaldK
Have just updated some of the track listing having referred to Alan Snyder's notes on cbfiddle.com. I was aware that there had to be one or two unnamed tunes since, for example track 6 has three strathspeys before hornpipes.
# Posted on March 28th 2007 by DonaldK