COMD2093 Various Artists - The Portraits and the Music

Various Artists - The Portraits and the Music
Alison Kinnaird
Battlefield Band
Mike Katz
Dougie Pincock
Alasdair White
Pat Kilbride
Flora MacNeil
Brian Miller
Scott Skinner
Aly Bain
COMD2093

This new Temple Records release features music and song written or inspired by some of the great Scots in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and played by some of Scotlands top musicians. Complemented by the portraits, this CD offers a vivid experience of a vital cultural life that continues to inform and enrich the new Scotland.

Musicians include: Aly Bain, Alison Kinnaird, Aileen Carr, Brian Miller, Scott Skinner, Alasdair White, Pat Kilbride, Flora MacNeil, Alan Reid, Rob van Sante, Mike Katz, Battlefield Band, Dougie Pincock, Pete Clark, Davy Steel, Neil Johnstone, Martin MacLeod, Jim Leighton, John McCusker

...this album is partly intended as a bridge between the living music of Scotland, and those who would appreciate the Gallery's portraits but perhaps have yet to let themselves enjoy the richness of the peoples music.
Any listener would, I believe, agree that this laudable aim has been well and truly achieved in this elegant album, which is thoroughly thought provoking as well as patriotic - in the nicest possible way
The Scots Magazine

Track list

1. CHAPEL KEITHACK
Aly Bain & Alison Kinnaird
2. ODE ON THE DEATH OF FRANCOIS II
Aileen Carr & Brian Miller
3. SEAN TREWS / THE BUNGALOW / MISS SHEPHERD
Scott Skinner, Alasdair White & Pat Kilbride
4. MO RUN GEAL
Flora MacNeil & Alison Kinnaird
5. TWA BONNIE MAIDS
Alan Reid, Rob van Sante & Alasdair White
6. CAOINEADH RIOGHAIL
Alison Kinnaird
7. THE ATHOLL AND BREADALBANE GATHERING / THE BOAT LEAKS / NIGHEAN BHAN A MHUILLEIR
Mike Katz
8. JOCK O HAZELDEAN
Jimmy Hutchison
9. HILL HOUSE
THE PHILOSOPHERS CHAIR
Battlefield Band
10. MONTROSE
Battlefield Band
11. THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE
Dougie Pincock
12.RANTIN ROVIN ROBIN
Battlefield Band
13. NEIL GOWS LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER DONALD
Pete Clark, Neil Johnstone, Martin MacLeod, Jim Leighton
14. NORLAND WIND
Davy Steele, John McCusker, Alan Reid