cd ah006 £11.99 (£10.20 excl VAT)The recordings on this CD were all made in May 2007 during a highlight of the year for Scotland’s traditional song enthusiasts - the Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at Collessie in Fife.
Guest singers for the weekend included here are Gordeanna McCulloch from Glasgow who was first inspired to sing the ballads after hearing Jeannie Robertson in the 1960s; Gordon Easton, singer, fiddle player and raconteur from Tyrie in Aberdeenshire; Elizabeth Stewart from Mintlaw, many of whose songs came to her from her family the Fetterangus Stewarts; the world renowned singer and storyteller Duncan Williamson of Ladybank (who sadly passed away in November 2007) and Ron Bissett of Falkland, well-known in Fife for his repertoire of bothy ballads.
Many other singers took part in the weekend events and the CD captures some of these performances: retired farmer Hector Riddell from Banchory, butcher Alex Clarke from Dundee, Jock Duncan the great ballad singer from Pitlochry, Vic Gammon, folklorist, singer and Senior Lecturer in Folk and Traditional Music at the University of Newcastle, Chris Miles and Aileen Carr both members of Palaver, the Fife based song group, Peter Shepheard, singer, folk song collector and an organiser of the weekend, Steve Black, a doctor from Arnforth in Lancashire and Pete Coe, folk singer and folk song enthusiast from Ripponden in Yorkshire.
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Track List:
1: The Wee Toun Clerk • Gordeanna McCullough 2.55
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2: Beside Her Faither’s Cottage • Alex Clarke 2.02PLAY mp3
3: Fee’d Tae The Drum • Gordon Easton 3.02PLAY mp3
4: The Gallant Forty Twa • Elizabeth Stewart 3.48PLAY mp3
5: I Must Away • Duncan Williamson 3.16PLAY mp3
6: The Moss o Burreldale • Hector Riddell 5.12PLAY mp3
7: I’m a Peer Rovin Lassie • Gordeanna McCullough 4.44PLAY mp3
8: The Bureau • Alex Clarke 2.18PLAY mp3
9: The Muckin o Geordie’s Byre • Gordon Easton 4.24PLAY mp3
10: The Twa Brothers • Elizabeth Stewart 4.24PLAY mp3
11: Bogie’s Bonnie Belle • Hector Riddell 3.29PLAY mp3
12: The Farmyard Gate • Jock Duncan 4.02PLAY mp3
13: The Winter It Is Past • Vic Gammon 2.58PLAY mp3
14: It’s Aa Yin Tae Me • Ron Bissett 2.06PLAY mp3
15: Parting Song • Chris, Aileen & Gordeanna 3.52PLAY mp3
16: Robin Hood and the Pedlar • Peter Shepheard 4.06PLAY mp3
17: Nancy’s Whisky • Steve Black 3.07PLAY mp3
18: Catch Me If You Can • Pete Coe 4.05PLAY mp3
Live from the Traditional Singing Weekend, Collessie, Fife May 2008