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Smullen voor de liefhebber van authentieke Schotse Gaelic folk. Een stem die je zelden tegenkomt.

On her long-awaited debut album entitled Gu Deas (meaning south or southern), Màiri MacMillan presents us with interpretations of eleven traditional Gaelic songs. For MacMillan, Gaelic folksong and the Gaelic language is not merely some recent exploration of Scotland’s rich musical heritage. She lives and breathes it and is very much the genuine article.

From Milton in South Uist, MacMillan was brought up surrounded by Gaelic language, culture, music and song and began singing at an early age. Gaelic is her first language and Gaelic songs, and traditions run deep in her family.
“The songs on this album have been learned from recordings of women, mostly from South Uist, who passed on songs for future generations,” she writes in the sleeve-notes.

MacMillan is blessed with one of these beautiful, clear, pure voices that is just so perfect for this material and her familiarity with and deep love for the songs shines through.

The songs have been given fresh-sounding but sympathetic contemporary arrangements by the musician Mhairi Hall, who arranged and produced the album, learning from past recordings of South Uist tradition bearers. Alongside Hall (harmonium, piano, flute, and whistle), the album features Megan Henderson (fiddle and voice), Ali Hutton (bodhrán, guitar, whistle, great highland bagpipes) and Rachel Newton (clàrsach, electric harp and voice).

Tracks:
01 - Mairead nan Cuiread
02 - O Phiuthrag Olc O Phiuthar
03 - B' Fheàrr Leam nan Tigeadh Mo Robairneach Gaolach
04 - Clann Ghriogair air Fògradh
05 - Cailleach Mhòr Stadhlaigh
06 - An t-Òg Uasal
07 - Guile Gì Guile Gò
08 - Air Failirinn Illirinn Ochorinn O
09 - Dhìrich mi Suas Gualann an t-Slèibhe
10 - A Fhleasgaich Bhàin
11 - Mo Rùn Geal Òg (Cumha Uilleim Shiosalaich)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0SkvUdHggM