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Spring - Summer, 2002 Volume 8 Issue
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Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings to Release "The Heart of Cape Breton: Fiddle Music
Recorded Live Along the Ceilidh Trail"
On February 26, Smithsonian
Folkways Recordings will release "The Heart of Cape Breton: Fiddle
Music Recorded Live Along the Ceilidh Trail." With a culture deeply
influenced by 19th-century Scottish immigration, Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia, is widely celebrated for its fiddle music. Rooted in old
Scottish tradition, the music is increasingly moving to center stage
in the contemporary Celtic revival, as seen in the popularity of
Cape Breton fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Ashley MacIsaac. "The
Heart of Cape Breton: Fiddle Music Recorded Live Along the Ceilidh
Trail" features some of Cape Breton"s most acclaimed fiddlers - such
as Buddy MacMaster, Kinnon Beaton, Brenda Stubbert, Jackie Dunn
MacIsaac, Jerry Holland, and Wendy MacIsaac - with piano and guitar
accompaniment in the island"s distinctive style.
If you travel along Route 19 in the
short season that is summer on Cape Breton, fiddle music seems to be
everywhere. Running through Inverness County on the western side of
the island, Route 19 is known as the "Ceilidh Trail." "Ceilidh" is a
Gaelic word, originally signifying a neighborly gathering. These
days, a ceilidh is likely to be a musical event. Just as Highway 61
is integral to blues music in America, Route 19 is the backbone of
Gaelic music and culture in Cape Breton.
The Ceilidh Trail is a beautiful
place; settlements dot a landscape defined by the sea, hills,
forests, fields, and meadows. The sound of the island is alive in
the exciting performances on this cd, recorded live at dances and
concerts in Cape Breton during the summer of 2000. This is the real
thing - master fiddlers playing in the heart of the tradition, along
the Ceilidh Trail.
Produced and annotated by Burt
Feintuch, folklorist at the Center for the Humanities, University of
New Hampshire. Recorded by Grammy-winning Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings sound production supervisor Pete Reiniger. Extensive
notes and photos. 12 tracks, 72 minutes.
List of Artists and tracks:
- Brenda Stubbert, fiddle; Richard
Wood, piano; Brian Doyle, guitar. Ceilidh Trail School concert. My
Great Friend John Morris Rankin/The Flax in Bloom/A Northside Reel
- Jackie Dunn MacIsaac, fiddle;
Wendy MacIsaac, piano. Port Hood Arena dance. Traditional
Strathspey/Stumpy/Primrose Lass/A Bright May Morning
- Kinnon Beaton, fiddle; Betty
Beaton, piano; Owen D. Gillis, prompting. Mabou Hall dance. New
Haven Reel/Mrs. Norman MacKeigan"s Reel/Glenquey Reel/ The High
Drive Reel/The Snappy Reel/Miss Jane McInnes-Dandaleith
- Jerry Holland, fiddle; Allan
Dewar, piano. Broad Cove Scottish Concert. In Memory of Herbie
MacLeod/Christy Campbell/Anthony Murray"s/Bridge of Bamore/Arrochar
Bridge
- Buddy MacMaster, fiddle; Joey
Beaton, piano. Glencoe Mills dance. The Way to Judique/Compliments
to the Boys of the Lough/The Canadian Club Jig/The Hills of
Glenorchy/Walking the Floor
- Wendy MacIsaac, fiddle; Jackie
Dunn MacIsaac, piano. Port Hood Arena dance. Pipe Major George
Ross"s Welcome to the Black Watch March/Duke of Athole Strathspey/Tibby
Fowler of the Glen/Traditional Strathspey/ Creignish Hills/Sandy
Cameron/The Straw Man
- Kinnon Beaton, fiddle; Betty
Beaton, piano. Mabou hall dance. Kitty of Oulart/Traditional/Inverness
Jig/Memories of Mac/Little House Round the Corner/Money in Both
Pockets/The Jumpy Jig
- Buddy MacMaster, fiddle; Joey
Beaton, piano. Mabou hall ceilidh. The Rosebud of Allenvale/Tom
Dey/Miss Dale/Maggie Cameron/ The Devil in the Kitchen/Margaree/St.
Kilda Wedding/Elizabeth"s Big Coat/ Bridge of Bamore
- Kinnon Beaton, fiddle; Betty
Beaton, piano. Brook Village hall. Thomas MacDonnell"s Strathspey/Traditional/Mrs.
Norman MacKeigan"s Reel/ New Haven Reel
- Wendy MacIsaac, fiddle; Jackie
Dunn MacIsaac, piano. Port Hood Arena dance. The Short Grass
Jig/The Braes of Elchies Jig/Traditional Jig/Gallagher"s Jig/ The
Pibroch of O"Donal Dubh
- Kinnon Beaton, piano: Betty
Beaton, piano. Brook Village hall dance. Michael Rankin"s
Reel/Pretty Marion/Wesley Gillis Reel/The Marquis of Tullybardine/
The Black Cock"s Will/Colonel Thornton/Over the Isles to
America/Johnny Muise"s Reel/ Tom Rae/Brenda Stubbert"s Reel/The
Weasel
- Brenda Stubbert, fiddle; Richard
Wood, piano; Brian Doyle, guitar. Ceilidh Trail School concert.
Traditional Strathspey/The Devil in the Kitchen/ Calum Crubach/Donnacha"s
Favourite/The Mortgage Burn/Morgan 6:07
NOTE: Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings retail distribution is through KOCH International at
516-484-1000. SFW releases are available from record and book
outlets, mail order, and the Internet.
Smithsonian Folkways records, as well as the
original Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Folkways, Monitor, and
Paredon collections, are available via mail order at 800-410-9815 or
via the Internet.
- Visit Smithsonian Folkways' web site at:
http://www.si.edu/folkways.
- U.S. print media inquiries: Matt Hanks,
or Mark Satlof, Shore Fire Media,
mhanks@shorefire.com,
msatlof@shorefire.com
or 718-522-7171.
- Radio, retail, and sales inquiries: John
Smith, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings,
smithjm@si.edu
or 202-275-1156.
- Marketing and promotions inquiries:
Richard Burgess, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings,
burgessr@si.edu
or 202-275-1129.
- Burt Feintuch
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