Traditional Music from Cape Breton Island

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Overview

Traditional Music From Cape Breton Island is a lively set of Scottish-influenced reels, jigs, and marches recorded before a live audience at the 1993 Cork University Traditional Music Festival. And while Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, is filled stem to stern with talented musicians, the array of talent here is nevertheless striking. Fiddlers John Rankin, Jerry Holland, Buddy MacMaster, and his niece Natalie MacMaster; Dave MacIsaac on guitar and fiddle; pianists Tracey Dares and Hilda Chiasson; and pipers Paul MacNeil and Jamie MacInnis all appear. They turn in a lively set dominated by the deliberate rhythm of the piano that runs almost constantly beneath the fiddle leads. Joined by foot-stomp percussion and acoustic guitar, Traditional Music is almost relentlessly energetic. The presence of MacNeil and MacInnis' Highland bagpipes offers a different, yet no less exciting sound. The live recording is pristine, the crowd attentive and appreciative, and the frequent whoops from the musicians lets you know just how good of a time everyone at the show was having. ~ Johnny Loftus

Product Details

Release Date:	01/23/1995
Label:	NIMBUS RECORDS
UPC:	0710357538322

Tracks

1. Pretty Marion/Dusky Meadow/Creignish Hills/Tom Rae/Dinkie Dorrian's  - Dan R. MacDonald  - Howie MacDonald  - John Morris Rankin  -  Traditional
2. Miss Crawford/John Pellerine's Strathspey/David White's Reel/CBC's ...  - Jerry Holland  -  Traditional
3. Miss Ann MacNamara/Picnic/Brenda Stubbert's/Wisahicken Drive/Dinkie  - Liz Carroll  - Jerry Holland  - Dan R. MacDonald  - Brenda Stubbert  -  Traditional
4. Dan R's Favourite/Portland Fancy/Cronin's Favourite/The Trip to ...  - Howie MacDonald  -  Traditional
5. O teannaibh dluth is togaibh fonn/Donald Cameron's Powder ...  - Donald Angus Beaton  - Jerry Holland  - Paul MacNeil  -  Traditional
6. The Bonnie Lass of Headlake/Sir Archibald Dunbar/Angus Allan and Dan J's  - Jerry Holland  - Rory MacDonald  - Natalie MacMaster  -  Traditional
7. Marble Hill/Brendan Mulvihill/John Morris Rankin's/Kathleen the VIII  - Doug MacDonald  -  Traditional
8. Tea Gardens/Mrs. McGhee/Fraser's Jig/The Old Dutch Churn  - Angus Chisholm  - Dave MacIsaac  - Buddy MacMaster  - Natalie MacMaster  - Paul MacNeil  - Carl Mackenzie  - John Morris Rankin  - Brenda Stubbert  -  Traditional
9. Master Francis Sitwell/H. Mackworth/The Cock of the North/Miss ...  - Dan R. MacDonald  - Carl Mackenzie  - James Scott Skinner  -  Traditional
10. Irish Lasses/St. Patrick's/Jerry's Beaver Hat/The Chorus Jig  - Natalie MacMaster  -  Traditional
11. Glengarry's Dirk/Rothiemurchus Rant/The Braes of Auchtertyre/The Braes  - Dave MacIsaac  - Buddy MacMaster  - Carl Mackenzie  -  Traditional
12. John McColl's Farewell to the Scottish Horse/Miss Scott/Culder's Rant  - Jamie MacInnis  - Paul MacNeil  -  Traditional
13. Lime Hill/Calum Breauch/King George IV/Jack Daniel's Reel/Little ...  - Dan R. MacDonald  - John Morris Rankin  -  Traditional
14. O'er the Moor Among the Heather/The Laddie With the Plaiddie/Miss ...  - Niel Gow  - Buddy MacMaster  -  Traditional
15. The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside/Miss Ann MacNamara/Dusky ...  - Dan R. MacDonald  - Dave MacIsaac  - Buddy MacMaster  - Natalie MacMaster  - Paul MacNeil  - Carl Mackenzie  - John Morris Rankin  - James Scott Skinner  - Brenda Stubbert  -  Traditional

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Natalie MacMaster   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Dave MacIsaac   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Guitar
Paul MacNeil   Primary Artist,Pipe
Carl Mackenzie   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Doug MacDonald   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Buddy MacMaster   Primary Artist,Fiddle
John Morris Rankin   Primary Artist,Piano,Fiddle
Jerry Holland   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Howie MacDonald   Primary Artist,Piano,Fiddle
Brenda Stubbert   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Jamie MacInnis   Primary Artist,Pipe
Hilda Chiasson   Piano
Tracey Dares   Piano

Technical Credits

Natalie MacMaster   Arranger,Performer
Dave MacIsaac   Arranger,Performer
Niel Gow   Composer
Rory MacDonald   Composer
Hilda Chiasson   Arranger
Tracey Dares   Arranger
Paul MacNeil   Arranger,Performer
Traditional   Composer
James Scott Skinner   Composer
Donald Angus Beaton   Composer
John B. Vallely   Cover Painting
Dan R. MacDonald   Composer
Angus Chisholm   Composer
Carl Mackenzie   Arranger,Performer
Doug MacDonald   Arranger,Composer
Jamie MacInnis   Arranger,Performer
John Morris Rankin   Arranger,Composer,Performer
Robin Broadbank   Engineer,Producer
Liz Doherty   Liner Notes
Liz Carroll   Composer
Jerry Holland   Arranger,Composer,Performer
Howie MacDonald   Arranger,Composer,Performer
Micheal O Suilleabhain   Engineer,Producer,Liner Notes
Brenda Stubbert   Arranger,Performer
Buddy MacMaster   Arranger,Performer