Live

by String Sisters

Overview

If one fiddle player is good, does that make six better? If they're the women who make up the String Sisters, then the answer is an unequivocal yes. This album, recorded live in 2005 but just now seeing the light of day in the U.S. four years later (it received a 2007 release in Europe), brings together fiddlers from America, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, and Sweden on a diverse group of tunes and songs that highlight the connections between styles, as well as diversity, and showcases the fact that some of the best fiddlers in the world just happen to be female. This sextet has both experience and depth of knowledge in their traditions and beyond to make this a glorious success, much of the time sounding like a fiery ceilidh, or an orchestral string section gone wild. The mix of original and traditional material strikes a good balance, and the backup band is nothing less than superb, with plenty of invention (check the piano solo on "Wackidoo," for example). Yes, massed female fiddles really do work well. ~ Chris Nickson

Product Details

Release Date:	08/04/2009
Label:	COMPASS RECORDS
UPC:	0766397452029

Tracks

1. Shetland Fiddle Diva/Kinyon's Jig/Kinyon's Reel/Lad O'Beirne's
2. The Champaign Jig Goes to Columbia/Pat + Al's Jig
3. The Matchmaking Song
4. G-Strings
5. The Horsebell Tune [Bj¿¿llesl¿¿tten]
6. Saviour of the World/Gabhaim Molta Bride
7. Luseblus
8. Rumble Thy Bellyful
9. Da Trowie Burn
10. The Fly and Dodger
11. The Hussar/Toss the Fiddles
12. Wackidoo
13. The April Child/The Joy of It!
14. Fremont Center/Ahint Da Daeks O' Voe/Come Awa In/Paddy's Trip to Scotland/Dinky's

Album Credits

Performance Credits

String Sisters   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
David Milligan   Piano
Tore Bruvoll   Guitar
Liz Knowles   Fiddle
James MacKintosh   Drums,Percussion
Emma Haerdelin   Fiddle,Vocals
Liz Carroll   Fiddle
Catriona MacDonald   Fiddle
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh   Fiddle,Vocals

Technical Credits

String Sisters   Producer,Arranger
Asle Karstad   Mixing,Editing,Producer,Mastering
Ian Lowthian   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Liz Knowles   Composer
Bjorn Ole Rasch   Arranger,Composer
Jan Erik Kongshaug   Mastering
Roger Tallroth   Arranger
Liz Carroll   Composer
Catriona MacDonald   Composer
Annbjorg Lien   Composer
Peer Espen Ursfjord   Engineer