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Nu ik toch bezig ben. Als je eenmaal gaat zoeken naar artiesten die in dit wereldje met elkaar gespeeld hebben kom je soms verrassende zaken tegen. Dit is er zo eentje. Ik ben verbaasd, maar ook aangenaam verrast, dat ik na 14 jaar dit album ontdek. Als je kijkt wie er op meespelen, dan is er nog veel te ontdekken.


Originally brought to us as a fledgling idea by Idlewild's Roddy Woomble, 'Ballads Of The Book' turned into a significant artistic event with live performances at Glasgow's Celtic Connections, an all day festival as part of Triptych and a sold out show as part of Edinburgh's International Book Festival.

The idea was head-slappingly simple: get a host of Scottish literary talent to submit poems or lyrics and have a battalion of Scottish musical talent on standby to turn them into original songs. The end product was a seventeen track folk-monster featuring artists like Idlewild, Sons And Daughters, King Creosote, Vashti Bunyan, Mike Heron, Alasdair Roberts, Trashcan Sinatras, Emma Pollock and Aereogramme alongside writers like Edwin Morgan, Alasdair Gray, Ali Smith, AL Kennedy, Robin Robertson, Ian Rankin, John Burnside, Alan Bissett and Louise Welsh.

Hailed as an artistic triumph, the album effortlessly showcased the breadth of talent currently operating in Scotland today

Tracks:
1. "Song For Irena" – Mike Heron & John Burnside
2. "Steam Comes Off Our House" – De Rosa & Michel Faber
3. "A Calvinist Narrowly Avoids Pleasure" – James Yorkston & Bill Duncan
4. "Dreamcatcher" – Foxface & Rody Gorman
5. "A Sentimental Song" – Lord Cut-Glass & Alasdair Gray
6. "The Sixth Stone" – Aidan Moffat & Ian Rankin
7. "Girl" – Norman Blake & John Burnside
8. "The Good Years" – Karine Polwart & Edwin Morgan
9. "The War on Love Song" – Sons and Daughters & A. L. Kennedy
10. "The Leaving" – Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson
11. "Message in a Bottle" – Strike the Colours & Rody Gorman
12. "If You Love Me You'd Destroy Me" – Aereogramme & Hal Duncan
13. "The Rebel on His Own Tonight" – Malcolm Middleton & Alan Bissett
14. "Half An Apple" – Trashcan Sinatras & Ali Smith
15. "The Fire" – Vashti Bunyan & Rodge Glass
16. "Where And When" – King Creosote & Laura Hird
17. "Jesus on the Cross" – Emma Pollock & Louise Welsh
18. "The Weight of Years" – Idlewild & Edwin Morgan

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster.