A Two-fer Trip to Them Thar Isles

I ain't never been to them Scot nor Irelandish lands, though much of my fambly done come from thar long ago.

Here we got a two-disc set from 2000.

DISC 1:

Jeff Victor - Lifescapes, Scottish Moors (53:49)

01. The Ghost Piper of an Allt Mor (2:34)

02. The Mermaid's Tears (5:07)

03. Farewell to the Lasses of Mon Tays (2:29)

04. The Widow of Loch Lemond (6:15)

05. The Rowan Tree Trilogy (6:48)

06. Tir-nan-Og (The Land pf Eternal Youth) (7:16)

07. 7th Child of the 7th Child (7:26)

08. Dance of the Dumfrieshire Dwarves (3:41)

09. The Fisherman's Sorrow/The Battle Cry of Killecrankie (9:56)

10. Epilogue: Farewell (2:16)

DISC 2:

Jeff Victor - Emerald Isle (58:37)

01. The Emerald Isles (8:08)

02. She Wove a Cloak of Many Yarns (5:44)

03. The Jolly Beggar (3:26)

04. Fair, Brown and Trembling (6:59)

05. Yellow Lilly (5:37)

06. Keester McGee's Favorite Drinking Song (3:20)

07. The Rose of Tralee/Danny Boy (8:30)

08. The Enchanted Valley/Farewell to Ireland (5:35)

09. Spike Island Lasses (3:41)

10. Amanda's Wedding (7:38)

This is as stereotypical as you might imagine.  That understood, most is just dandy.  However, I must draw the line.  BAGPIPES ARE ATROCIOUS.  Hearing a bagpipe for any amount of time longer than ten seconds should be considered torture under the Geneva Convention.

The bagpipes are confined to disc 1.  Nowhere near as egregious, yet still irritating, are the pennywhistle-type stylings heard in some of disc 2’s offerings.

But track 6 of disc 2, the so-called “Keester McGee's Favorite Drinking Song,” is offensive in concept as well has ham-handed in execution.

You’ve been warned!  If you wish to proceed anyway, a little of this aural atmospherics may go a long way.

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See you Monday.

  

Do Dead Men Sing?

Listen, to find out!

01. High Barbary (2:13)

02. Gathering Peasecods (2:18)

03. The Jovial Broome Man (1:55)

04. Newcastle (2:24)

05. Al Die Willen Als Kaperen Varen (0:40)

06. Bravade (1:48)

07. The Fourteenth of February (1:47)

08. Jenny Pluck Pears (2:42)

09. Captain Ward and the Rainbow (1:40)

10. Haul on the Bowline (0:48)

11. La Matelotte/The Female Sailor (2:09)

12. The Downfall of Piracy (3:28)

13. Cuckolds All Awry (1:13)

14. Jonas and the Devil (2:54)

15. Epping Forest (1:57)

16. Flying Cloud (4:09)

17. Lord Mayo (2:25)

18. Down Among the Dead Men (1:58)

On this 2018 release, some tracks are performed acapella, and that’s a dang shame.  In fact, this fun ride would be funner if we had a more polished singer.  The guest singer on Track 9 is welcome.

Some are vocals plus fiddle, some are fiddle only, with a couple of guest instruments.

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Stereotypical, If I’m Not Mystiquen!

It's a 2001 release.

01. Skibbereen (3:52)

02. Cliffs of Doneen (4:59)

03. Planxty Lady Wrixon (4:23)

04. The Lamentation of Owen Roe O'Neill (4:12)

05. Planxty George Brabazon (4:40)

06. The Foggy Dew (6:06)

07. The Banks of Claudy (4:19)

08. Angel of Monmouth (4:17)

09. Highland Dance (3:46)

10. Spancil Hill (4:03)

11. Buachaill on Eirne (4:44)

12. Faire Mehli (4:34)

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Sniffing the Flowers

It's a 1997 release.

01. Wildwood Flower (2:45)

02. The Water Is Wide (2:32)

03. Swanee River (3:40)

04. Hard Times Come Again No More (2:29)

05. Red Wing (2:46)

06. The Ash Grove (2:05)

07. Danny Boy (2:41)

08. My Old Kentucky Home (3:03)

09. Bonny Eloise (2:41)

10. Simple Gifts (2:47)

11. Scarborough Fair (2:42)

12. Gentle Annie (3:39)

13. Lorena (2:31)

14. Red River Valley (1:43)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

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It’s perfectly OK stuff, ranging from older things to things you might have heard on Sixties AM radio.  See you Thursday.

  

Shamrocks and Spurs

It's a 1996 release.

01. The Trail to Mexico / In the Tap Room / The Banshee (3:23)

02. Shenandoah (3:30)

03. Little Joe, the Wrangler (2:11)

04. The Lily of the West (4:23)

05. Garry Owen / Custer Died a-Runnin' / Off 'til Monday (3:39)

06. Lady in Green (3:49)

07. The Colorado Trail (2:44)

08. I'd Like to Be in Texas When They Round Up in the Spring / The Maid Behind the Bar (3:32)

09. Tempting the Salmon to Come to the Fly (3:47)

10. Down by the Brazos (4:21)

11. Goodby, Old Paint / Leavin' Cheyenne / The Strawberry Roan / Whoopie Ti Yi Yo / Git Along, Little Dogies (5:00)

12. The Girl I Left Behind Me (2:59)

13. Annie Laurie (4:29)

CORRECTED WeTransfer LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS!

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I must say this is pretty fun, even if the songs have silly lyrics.

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Who Celt It Dealt It!

Welcome to this month's SPOCK'S OUTTA COUNTY CORK, featuring folk music (or semi-related to folk music) from anywhere on the dang planet.

Here we have a1993 cassette from Brentwood Music.

01. Pride of the Parrish (2:50)

02. Ellacombe (2:29)

03. Bunessan (3:20)

04. All Things Bright and Beautiful (2:25)

05. The Merry Quaker (3:04)

06. Slane (3:06)

07. Aberystwyth (2:15)

08. Let All Things Now Liviing (2:23)

09. St Patrick's Day (3:00)

10. The King of Love My Shepherd Is (2:46)

11. Amazing Grace (3:35)

It’s a very charming instrumental nod to Celtic or neo-Celtic musical styles.  Sometimes too clinically correct?  But I daresay you’ll like it.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

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See you Thursday!