a r t i s t : Shooglenifty
t i t l e : Troots
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : none
g e n r e : Celtic
r l s. d a t e : May/2007
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 67,0 MB
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Shooglenifty are at the forefront of the folk/fusion Celtic
music scene, with their trademark combination of superb
musicianship, ensemble cohesion and inventiveness.
Three years after Tasmanian mandolin player Luke Plumb and
bassist Quee McArthur joined the band, Troots is their most
mature album to date, integrating acoustic melodies -
performed by the frontline partnership of Angus Grant on
fiddle alongside Luke - with contemporary grooves.
Recorded between tours of Australia, Europe and the USA in
2006, their fifth studio album Troots is a new collection of
tunes composed by members of the band, as well as adaptations
of a traditional (200 year-old) Scottish pipe tune and a
Balkan folk song. All tunes were written and arranged by
Shooglenifty (except Walter C Douglas by P/M Donald Macleod).
One track features the extraordinary vocals of North American
Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis. Shooglenifty first met
Tanya in the Canadian Yukon territory, where they were thrown
together during a workshop at the Yellowknife Folk Festival.
They were reunited at the Salmon Arm Festival in the Canadian
Rockies, where again the band and Tanya found their kindred
spirits took the roof off the venue. Tanya's urgent
otherworldly vocals meld uniquely with the band's rhythmic and
melodic textures.
Angus Grant (fiddle), Luke Plumb (mandolin, bouzouki, tenor
banjo, piano, guitar), Malcolm Crosbie (guitars), Garry
Finlayson (banjos, banjax, guitar), Ranald (Quee) MacArthur
(electric and double basses, programming) and James Mackintosh
(traps kit, percussion, programming).
With Tanya Tagaq Gilles (vocals) and Kaela Rowan (vocals).
"The globetrotting Scots band demonstrate their musical
ability and imagination in another album packed with their
trademark melodic grooves... Troots once again proves
Shooglenifty's talent for music rooted in home traditions but
with proven international appeal." (Norman Chalmers, Scotland
on Sunday)
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01-mcconnell's rant [03:54]
02-excess baggage [03:32]
03-she's a keeper - the lead break - the trim controller [06:14]
04-charlie and the professor - the tap inn - the dazzler [05:54]
05-loreen's tune [03:01]
06-ful' tae the heid o' troots - ako uram il zaginam - [06:34]
32 bars of filth
07-the eccentric [04:42]
08-the patient nurses - wattle grove - another bucket of [05:50]
eels
09-walter c douglas [04:27]
10-jane's dance [04:59]
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49:07 min