Music & Song of Great Tapestry of Scotland
Various Artists - Folk
Scottish
Greentrax Recordings
Released: 1st November 2012
Catalogue Number: CDTRAX372D
Barcode: 5018081037223
Running Time: 64+64mins
Songs to represent each panel in the Great Tapestry of Scotland to be launched in 2013.
There is a broad collection of Scottish music truly in all of it's forms which gels to make a superior work which will be heightened when the tapestry is finally launched.
CD One:
1) The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney: Orkney - Gordon Gunn Band
2) Columba at Iona: O Pater Patriae - The Monks of Pluscarden
3) Lordship of the Isles: Clann Domhnaill an Cogadh Righ Tearlach (MacDonald's March To The Wars) - Margaret Stewart
4) Battle of Bannockburn 1314: Bannockburn - Skyedance with Alasdair Fraser
5) Orkney & Shetland Ceded by Denmark to Scotland:Leaving Lerwick Harbour - Willie Hunter
6) Flodden 1513: Flowers o' The Forest - Cpl. Neil McNaughton
7) Scottish Reformation - A School In Every Parish: The Toun O' Prestonpans - The Infants of Prestonpans Primary School with Alex Hodgson
8) The Border Reivers, Rescue of Kinmont Willie: Kinmont Willie Ross Kennedy & Friends
9) The Massacre of Glencoe: The Massacre of Glencoe - Alastair McDonald
10) The Darien Scheme:Dreams of Darien - The Paul McKenna Band
11) The Act of Union: Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation - Rod Paterson
12) Advance of English, Retreat of Gaelic: ‘S Muladach Mi's Air M' Aineol (Waulking Song) - Bannal
13) Jacobite Rising at Prestonpans 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie - The McCalmans
14) Highland & Lowland Clearances Begin 1780s:Duthaich MhicAoidh (Mackay Country Sutherland) - Kathleen MacInnes
15) The Forth & Clyde Canal Dug:Burke and Hare - Robin Laing
16) Robert Burns:Ae Fond Kiss - Gill Bowman 17) George Smith Founds The Glenlivet Distillery: Old Minmore - Robin Laing
18) The Railway Boom: The Forth Bridge Song - Robin Laing
19) Scottish Rugby Union Founded:Flower of Scotland - The Scottish Rugby Grand Slam Team of 1990
20) Scottish America Emigrant's Impact: Muir and The Master Builder - Brian McNeill
CD Two:
1) Battle of the Braes:Coinneamh Nan Croitearan (The Crofter's Meeting) - Catherine-Ann MacPhee
2) Robert Louis Stevenson: Tusitala - Benny Gallagher
3) Scottish Trades Union Formed in Glasgow: If It Wisnae For The Union - Hamish Imlach 4) 1914-1918 War: No Man's Land (The Greenfields of France) - Eric Bogle
5) Sinking of The Iolaire: Oran Nan ‘Iolaire'
(Song of The Iolaire) - Catherine-Ann MacPhee
6) Second World War, St.Valery, 51st Highland Division Captured: The Beaches of St Valery / Elizabeth Clare - The Battlefield Band with Davy Steele
7) D-Day: The Ballad of The D-Day Dodgers - Rod Paterson
8) First Edinburgh Festival 1947: The Hebrides - Fingal's Cave Overture - The Scottish National Orchestra
9) Cumbernauld New Town: The Jeely Piece Song - Adam McNaughtan
10)North Sea Oil: Who Pays The Piper - The McCalmans
11) Pop Music Booms: Letter From America - The Proclaimers
12) Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In: Pack Up Your Tools and Go - Robin Hall and Jimmie MacGregor
13) Scottish Comedy: Our Glens - Scotland The What?
14) The Rise of the SNP 1974: Both Sides The Tweed - Dick Gaughan
15) Scotland's World Cup Campaign in Argentina: Aly's Tartan Army - Andy Cameron
16) The Miner's Strike: Blantyre - Alex Hodgson
17) Gaelic Resurgence: Canan Nan Gaidheal (Language of The Gael) - Catherine-Ann MacPhee
18) The Scottish Parliament ReConvenes 1999: A Man's a Man For A' That - Sheena Wellington
19) Map of Scotland: The Wild Geese - Jim Reid
20) The Surge of the Sea: An Ataireachd Ard (The Eternal Surge of The Sea) - Ishbel MacAskill.
Songs to represent each panel in the Great Tapestry of Scotland to be launched in 2013.
There is a broad collection of Scottish music truly in all of it's forms which gels to make a superior work which will be heightened when the tapestry is finally launched.
Lineup
See Track Listing.
The tracks are listed in the order they appear on the tapestry.
In our entry the first piece is the name of the panel followed by the tune/song title followed by the performer on this CD.