I knew both of these great musicians, but just as guests on other recordings, so I was quite lucky to find a copy of this album at Coda Music in Edinburgh just a few weeks ago.
Iain MacDonald on highland pipes, flute, and whistles; Iain MacFarlane on fiddle. Other musicians are Ingrid Henderson, Ross Martin, Ewan Vernal, Phil Cunningham, Kathleen MacInnes, Allan Henderson and James MacKintosh. The arrangements of some highland pipes and fiddle tracks may be somewhat modern, but the playings of the main musicians are quite traditional and you won't be disappointed.
I especially love track 2, which is the set of a march, strathspey and reels on fiddle, low whistle or flute, while the unaccompanied fiddle and pipes playing on track 6 and the set of Irish polkas on whistle and fiddle are also fun to listen to.
Anyway, it's a great recording to educate my ears.
The First Harvest
I knew both of these great musicians, but just as guests on other recordings, so I was quite lucky to find a copy of this album at Coda Music in Edinburgh just a few weeks ago.
Iain MacDonald on highland pipes, flute, and whistles; Iain MacFarlane on fiddle. Other musicians are Ingrid Henderson, Ross Martin, Ewan Vernal, Phil Cunningham, Kathleen MacInnes, Allan Henderson and James MacKintosh. The arrangements of some highland pipes and fiddle tracks may be somewhat modern, but the playings of the main musicians are quite traditional and you won't be disappointed.
I especially love track 2, which is the set of a march, strathspey and reels on fiddle, low whistle or flute, while the unaccompanied fiddle and pipes playing on track 6 and the set of Irish polkas on whistle and fiddle are also fun to listen to.
Anyway, it's a great recording to educate my ears.
# Posted on September 28th 2003 by slainte
oooooh, im loving this cd. my friend gave me a shot of it the other day and i just had to go and buy it. And WOOHOO for the polkas!!
# Posted on September 29th 2003 by scottishvoice