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Bard Of Skye

Callum Ruadh

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDTRAX9007

Release Date:  31 May 2010

Label:  Greentrax

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5018081900725

Genres:  Folk  Scottish Folk  

  • Description

    This album is comprised of mainly spoken work plus some songs. It is in fact "A sound portrait of a Celtic bard – the last". Calum Ruadh died on February, 25th 1978. The album is described as "A rather comprehensive analysis of its subject: a singing spokesman of the Hebrides." This is a unique recording from the archives of the School of Scottish Studies - at long last available on CD.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Calum Ruadh
      • 2. The Old House
      • 3. Crofter and Landlord
      • 4. Eviction
      • 5. It's All Gone
      • 6. The Ruination of the Highland
      • 7. The Church and The Bard
      • 8. The Sabbath Ferry
      • 9. Lament For Archie
      • 10. Composition
      • 11. The Fairy Variation - A Series of Variations
      • 12. The Process of Composing
      • 13. Song to The Children
      • 14. Reciting Chanting Singing
      • 15. The Series of Variants Concluded
      • 16. The Message and The Audience
      • 17. Exposition.