"The Keelman ower the Land"- on "Home Is Where The Van Is"
Has to be one of the loveliest Northumbrian tunes, treated marvellously on this album by Ged Foley and the band, who've added a fourth part to the original 3-part tune to great advantage. Northumbrian music's a very mixed bag - diverse influences, a lot of also-rans and curiosities, but every so often among old tunes and new ones something of extraordinary beauty turns up. Kathryn Tickell's contributed here. I think the "Keelman" is in the second Northumbrian Pipers' Society tune book, but am not sure.
Favourite BB recording
This was probably my favourite BB recording of all. line up then included Brian Mcneill, Allan Reid, Ged Foley, and Duncan McGillivary.
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by Johannes J
"The Keelman ower the Land"- on "Home Is Where The Van Is"
Has to be one of the loveliest Northumbrian tunes, treated marvellously on this album by Ged Foley and the band, who've added a fourth part to the original 3-part tune to great advantage. Northumbrian music's a very mixed bag - diverse influences, a lot of also-rans and curiosities, but every so often among old tunes and new ones something of extraordinary beauty turns up. Kathryn Tickell's contributed here. I think the "Keelman" is in the second Northumbrian Pipers' Society tune book, but am not sure.
# Posted on July 23rd 2006 by nicholas