Fiona J Mackenzie - Tac An Tein (2022) [gnodde]
Folk (as folk can be).
This album by Fiona J Mackenzie is the culmination of many years working with and learning about the song collections and recordings made by John Lorne Campbell and Margaret Fay Shaw in their years as Gaelic folklorists and song collectors.
As Archivist for the National Trust for Scotland in Canna House, on the island of Canna, Fiona has been privileged to look after these wonderful collections, something which has been her life’s ambition.
Fiona waited until she was sure she truly understood how John and Margaret would want these songs to be heard and understood.
This album is about the contributors, the songs, how we can learn from them today, to be inspired by them and to use them to create the New from the Old.
Fiona is an award-winning and highly regarded Gaelic singer and this is her fourth album for Greentrax Recordings. This is another very important collection in the long list of Gaelic song albums released by Greentrax.
Session musicians are Katie Mackenzie (clarsach), James Duncan Mackenzie (flute, pipes), Yvonne Lyon (shruti box), Yvonne and David Lyon (keys, accordion, guitar) and Florence Cummings of Seattle (step dance).
Samples of the voices of various characters from the Canna House sound archive are also included (see sleeve notes for details).
The album was recorded in Rose Croft Studios, Muir of Ord, Scotland, early in 2022, by Barry Reid and mastered by Dennis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
The front cover image is a photo of Máiri MacRae and Angus John Campbell captured by Margaret Fay Shaw at the fireside in Tigh Máiri Anndra, North Glendale, South Uist, in 1930. Other photos are from the Margaret Fay Shaw Photographic Collection © National Trust for Scotland. Artwork by John Slavin of DesignFolk.
Tracks:
01 - Failte gu Taigh Chanaigh
02 - Spinning Set
03 - Ailein Duinn
04 - Music Box plays Bonnie Dundee
05 - Puirt a Beul
06 - Diuram
07 - Milking Set
08 - Fiddle from Margaret & Anndra
09 - A Canna House Luadh
10 - Lavenders Blue
11 - Taladh Choinnich Oig
12 - Ho Mo Leannan
13 - An Gille Donn
14 - Mo chasan Dubh
15 - The Basque Set
16 - Ciobair an Lasair
All in MP3 @ 320kbps