Way Out to Hope Street

by Skyedance

Overview

WAY OUT TO HOPE STREET, the debut effort by Skyedance, announces the arrival of a distinctive world fusion ensemble that brings together Celtic folk forms with elements of modern jazz. Fiddler Alasdair Fraser, piper Eric Rigler, and wooden flautist Chris Norman comprise one half of the group, and it is this instrumentation that gives Skyedance its traditional Celtic feeling. Yet the other half of the group--keyboardist Paul Machlis, bassist Mick Linden, and percussionist Peter Maund--add layers of jazz and African/Asian inflections that give Skyedance's take on Celtic music its particular twist. Jigs and reels may unfurl in familiar fashion, but the skittering rhythms, fretless bass slides, and jazzy keyboard flourishes make WAY OUT TO HOPE STREET a pleasant surprise for fans of world fusion, traditional Celtic, and Celtic New Age.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/19/1997
Label:	Culburnie Records
UPC:	0755997011125

Tracks

1. Way Out to Hope Street
2. Walking the Plank
3. Donostia
4. Year's Turning
5. Midnight on Raasay/The Braemar Cappuccino
6. Dizzy
7. Stoney Run
8. The Lupine
9. Dark Jewel
10. Tathaich Nam Fonn (A Song-Haunted Place)
11. Skyedance Reels: Ruilledah Cailleach/The Bird's Nest/Harris Dance
12. Skerray
13. Reel de Flores
14. Bannockburn

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Skyedance   Primary Artist
Paul Machlis   Organ,Piano,Keyboards
Alasdair Fraser   Viola,Fiddle
Peter Maund   Percussion
Eric Rigler   Pipe,Bagpipes,Uillean Pipes
Mick Linden   Fretless Bass
Chris Norman   Piccolo,Flute (Wood)

Technical Credits

Skyedance   Arranger,Producer
Traditional   Composer
Paul Machlis   Composer
Mark Linden   Composer
Alasdair Fraser   Composer
Stephen Hart   Mixing,Engineer
Eric Rigler   Composer
Sally Ashcraft   Assistant Producer
Mick Linden   Composer
Irene Young   Photography
John Haxby   Design
Chris Norman   Composer