Is this the first time in almost four years of Fiddlefreak reviews that I’ve let an entire month pass without a post? Gack! So here we go with the first review of 2012, and by God it was worth the wait. Scotland’s Aaron Jones and his partner Claire Mann make up half of a brillant [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Scottish’
Litha: Dancing of the Light (MP3)
Posted in fiddle, acoustic, female singer, male singer, Celtic, dobro, singer-songwriter, Irish, Scottish, world, flute, accordion, bouzouki, whistle, tagged fiddle, acoustic, female singer, male singer, Celtic, dobro, singer-songwriter, Irish, Scottish, world, flute, accordion, bouzouki, whistle on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Colleen Raney & Colm MacCárthaigh: Cuan (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, bouzouki, Celtic, female singer, Irish, male singer, Scottish, traditional, tagged acoustic, bouzouki, Celtic, female singer, Irish, male singer, Scottish, traditional on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Portland singer Colleen Raney is a rising star on the West Coast Irish music scene. (Previously reviewed HERE.) Her new record, titled Cuan, is a duo project with Seattle-based Colm MacCárthaigh, who plays guitar and cittern. Together they cover a nice range of Celtic material with style and grace, bringing a lovely lift to both [...]
Colleen Raney: Lark (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, Celtic, female singer, festival, flute, Irish, mandolin, Scottish, traditional, tagged acoustic, Celtic, female singer, festival, flute, Irish, mandolin, Scottish, traditional on June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The dark and rainy Pacific Northwest continues to produce an endless stream of brilliant folk music, and it was on display everywere at the recent Northwest Folkife Festival. The seething mass of humanity that is NW Folkife was held recently in downtown Seattle, in the shadow of her famous landmark, the Space Needle. Folkies came [...]
Heidi Talbot: The Last Star (MP3 Download)
Posted in acoustic, Celtic, female singer, fiddle, Irish, Scottish, traditional, tagged acoustic, Celtic, female singer, fiddle, Irish, Scottish, traditional on September 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Unlike here in the States—where trad folk and indie-pop are separated by a Berlin Wall of narrow thinking—folk music in Scotland and Ireland thrives in an environment where a rich hybrid of old Celtic and new folk can interbreed. From this fertile brew comes Heidi Talbot’s second solo album The Last Star, set to be [...]



