| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Instrumental and vocal music. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Produced with financial support from the Scottish Arts Council with funds from the Scottish Executive. |
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Introduction by Nancy Groce, biographical and program notes by Fiona Ritchie, and sung texts (37 pages) inserted in container. |
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Compiled from previously released material. |
| Summary |
"Fiona Ritchie, producer/host of NPR's nationally syndicated weekly show The Thistle & Shamrock, invites you to discover 20 of her favorite Scottish vocal and instrumental tracks"--Container. |
| Credits |
Compiled by Fiona Ritchie and Nancy Groce. |
| Contents |
The Atlantic reels: Mac Iain Oig's ; The Scot Erin reel ; Yester man's hand ; The old man's answer (Brian McNeill) -- Norland wind (Cilla Fisher) -- Ruileadh cailleach, sheatadh cailleach ; The bird's nest ; Harris dance (Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis) -- The last trip home ; The luckenbooth (Battlefield Band) -- Flashmarket close ; MacArthur ; Colonel Fraser ; The swallow's tail (The Tannahill Weavers) -- Garden Valley (Dougie MacLean) -- Cànan nan gàidheal (Catherine-Ann MacPhee) -- The silver darlin's (Battlefield Band with Alison Kinnaird) -- Miss Wharton Duff ; The mare (Tony Cuffe) -- Thaney (Malinky) -- Slave's lament (Chantan) -- No gods and precious few heroes (Dick Gaughan) -- Eynhallow Soond ; The Halloween flit (Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley) -- Jimmy's gone to Flanders (Jim Malcolm) -- Two waulking songs (Maggie MacInnes) -- Men o' worth (Ed Miller) -- The pearl (Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham) -- Oor Hamlet (Adam McNaughtan) -- Da sneck o' da smaalie ; Doon fae nort ; Jenna Reid of Quarff (Fiddler's Bid) -- Both sides the tweed (Capercaillie). |
| Language |
Vocal selections sung in English, Scots, and Gaelic. |
| Subject |
Folk music -- Scotland.
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Folk music. |
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Scotland. |
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Folk songs -- Scotland.
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Folk songs. |
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Folk songs, English.
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Folk songs, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Folk songs, English.
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| Subject |
Folk songs, Scots.
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Folk songs, Scots. |
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Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic.
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Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic. |
| Genre/Form |
Folk songs.
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Folk songs.
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Folk music.
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Folk music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
McNeill, Brian, performer.
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Fisher, Cilla, performer.
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Fraser, Alasdair, performer.
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Machlis, Paul, 1951- performer.
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MacLean, Dougie, performer.
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MacPhee, Catherine-Ann, performer.
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Kinnaird, Alison, performer.
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Cuffe, Tony, performer.
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Gaughan, Dick, performer.
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Wrigley, Jennifer, performer.
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Wrigley, Hazel, performer.
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Malcolm, James (Jim), performer.
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MacInnes, Maggie, performer.
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Miller, Ed, 1945- performer.
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Bain, Aly, performer.
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Cunningham, Phil, performer.
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McNaughtan, Adam, performer.
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Ritchie, Fiona, 1960- compiler, writer of added commentary.
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Groce, Nancy, compiler, writer of added commentary.
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Battlefield Band, performer.
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Tannahill Weavers, performer.
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Malinky (Musical group), performer.
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Chantan (Musical group), performer.
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Fiddlers' Bid (Musical group), performer.
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Capercaillie (Musical group), performer.
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| Standard No. |
093074051122 |
| Music No. |
SFW CD 40511 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |
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