Putumayo Presents: Celtic Caf¿¿

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Overview

Putumayo's world music collections are often an uneven affair of tasteful folk-inspired cuts with a unique regional flair and misguided marriages of factory drum loops and traditional instruments. Their 2015 compilation, Celtic Cafe, is no different, offering up ten tracks from the British Isles with a relaxed coffeehouse vibe that split the difference between inviting and slightly aggravating. Opening track "Waterbound," by Ireland's Michael McGoldrick, sets a warm, easy tone, as does Scottish folk stalwart Dougie MacLean's rendition of "Are Ye Sleepin' Maggie," but Capercaillie's folk-funk fusion dud "Him Bo" is the album's low point. Fortunately, the rest of Celtic Cafe is filled with some very nice trad-flavored folk songwriting (Finbar Furey's "School Days Over") and familiar-sounding, if somewhat unremarkable instrumental fare. ~ Timothy Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	02/17/2015
Label:	Putumayo
UPC:	0790248035024
Rank:	31100

Tracks

1. Waterbound
2. Are Ye Sleepin' Maggie?
3. Him B¿¿
4. Star of the County Down
5. The Parting Glass
6. An Eala Bh¿¿n
7. School Days Over
8. Braw Sailin'
9. Looking At a Rainbow Through a Dirty Window
10. Tramps & Hawkers

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Battlefield Band   Primary Artist
The Baileys   Primary Artist
Old Blind Dogs   Primary Artist
Calum Stewart   Primary Artist
Cara Dillon   Primary Artist
Capercaillie   Primary Artist
Finbar Furey   Primary Artist
Manran   Primary Artist
Dougie MacLean   Primary Artist
Michael McGoldrick   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

The Battlefield Band   Photography,Arranger
Ewan MacColl   Composer
Dougie MacLean   Arranger
Sam Lakeman   Arranger,Photography
Alan Reid   Composer,Lyricist
Giles Le Bigot   Arranger
Capercaillie   Arranger
Dan Storper   Song Selection,Executive Producer
Paul Gurney   Arranger
Dirk Powell   Composer
Michael Banahan   Arranger,Photography
Old Blind Dogs   Arranger
Cara Dillon   Arranger
John McQueeney   Project Coordinator
Nicola Heindl   Illustrations
Jacob Edgar   A&R,Liner Notes
Calum Stewart   Composer
Lisa Lee   Design
Archie Macfarlane   Photography
Lane Gibson   Mastering
Traditional   Composer
Domhall Ruadh Choruna   Composer
Anthony McDermott   Arranger
Asterik Muradian   Project Coordinator
Calvin Winzler-Lane   Project Coordinator
Euan Robertson   Photography
Akari Uchiyama   Project Coordinator
Rob McDougall   Photography
Lieve Boussauw   Photography