Description
This album consists of a variety of Scottish folk music, all the tracks being donated by California musicians to raise money for the first U.S. Shinty club (Shinty being an alarming Scottish sport similar to Hockey). (2005)
Susan Worland Bentley (violin), Aaron Shaw (Highland bagpipes, Lowland bagpipes, trump), Michael Bentley (bodhrán, percussion, vocal), Calli Morrow (harp), Lyle Ramshaw (piano), Hamewith [John Taylor (fiddle), Pamela Laine (fiddle), Paul Magnussen (guitar), Stephen Glauz-Todrank (guitar), Lawrence Drummond (bass)], Joe Weed (fiddle), Beth Patterson (vocal), Lawrence Drummond (trump)
tracklist
- Aaron Shaw & Michael Bentley – Northern California Camanachd Club March 01:57
- Calli Morrow / Susan Worland Bentley / Michael Bentley – The Butterfly Jig 02:09
- Hamewith – Farewell to the Highlands 04:57
- Aaron Shaw / Michael Bentley / Susan Worland – Not an Orchid Medley in 2/4 04:08
- Susan Worland Bentley / Michael Bentley / Lawrence Drummond – Robert Burns Medley 03:08
- Calli Morrow & Susan Worland Bentley – Fhear a’Bhata (The Boatman) 03:01
- Molly’s Revenge – Jagged Rocks Set 05:26
- Lawrence Drummond & Michael Bentley – Jig of Slurs/Paddy’s Leather Breeches 02:44
- Susan Worland Bentley & Joe Weed – Charlie is My Darling/Monymusk 03:29
- Aaron Shaw & Michael Bentley – Cabar Féidh/High Road to Gairloch 02:33
- Calli Morrow & Susan Worland Bentley – Rowing from Islay to Uist 02:53
- Beth Patterson – John Anderson 00:48
- Susan Worland Bentley / Lyle Ramshaw / Michael Bentley – Air/Strathspey/Reel Medley 04:15
- Aaron Shaw & Michael Bentley – Not An Orchid Medley in 6/8 04:20
- Hamewith – Shetland Reels 03:42
- Aaron Shaw & Michael Bentley – Northern California Camanachd Club March 03:43
- Susan Worland Bentley & Lyle Ramshaw – Wind in the Leaves 02:07
about
This musical project celebrates the ties between Scottish traditions in the homeland and in the New World. In following these connections we have tried to present a broad range of our Scottish musical heritage, from the Norse inflected tunes of the Shetland Islands through the Gaelic melodies of the Western Isles to permutations of these traditions in the New World. These tracks also showcase a wide range of instruments and sounds from the Scottish oeuvre: bagpipes, harp, fiddle, guitar, trump, and bodhran. With tracks featuring Aaron Shaw (Wicked Tinkers), Hamewith (lead by John Taylor), Molly’s Revenge, Beth Patterson, Susan Worland (Fiddlesticks & Ivory), Calli Morrow, Lyle Ramshaw (Fiddlesticks & Ivory), Lawrence Drummond, Joe Weed, and Michael Bentley you are sure to enjoy this representation of Scottish music in Northern California. In addition, the sales of this CD will help to raise funds for Northern California Camanachd (NCC) and help them to organize and present the Scottish sport of shinty (camanachd) to new audiences in California and the US.
