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fave it Modern Folk | Celtic
12 tracks | 49 minutes
Released May 2002
on The Bordercollies
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 Thunderhead Jig Set lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 Thunderhead Jig Set lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 Thunderhead Jig Set
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:15 Three Drunken Maidens lyrics BUY MP3 04:15 Three Drunken Maidens lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:15 Three Drunken Maidens
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:46 Carraig Rua lyrics BUY MP3 02:46 Carraig Rua lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:46 Carraig Rua
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:29 Jack Haggarty lyrics BUY MP3 05:29 Jack Haggarty lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:29 Jack Haggarty
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:34 The Storm - Tam Lin lyrics BUY MP3 06:34 The Storm - Tam Lin lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:34 The Storm - Tam Lin
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 Willie Taylor - Shawns Lament lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 Willie Taylor - Shawns Lament lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 Willie Taylor - Shawns Lament
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:43 Sovay, Sovay lyrics BUY MP3 02:43 Sovay, Sovay lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:43 Sovay, Sovay
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:34 MacArthur Road Set (reels) lyrics BUY MP3 03:34 MacArthur Road Set (reels) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:34 MacArthur Road Set (reels)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:08 Cloghinne Winds lyrics BUY MP3 04:08 Cloghinne Winds lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:08 Cloghinne Winds
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:56 Lassie Like That lyrics BUY MP3 03:56 Lassie Like That lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:56 Lassie Like That
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:12 True Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:12 True Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:12 True Love
A new contemporary celtic band featuring a unique blend of traditional celtic and folk influences with tight instrumentation and three part vocal harmonies.
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Hot new CD from Atlanta's favorite Celtic quartet featuring five new original BorderCollies songs. Read what the critics say!
"From the first note of this album's opening track, the "Thunderhead Jig Set," the Border Collies declare their ability to create a luminous brand of American Celtic folk. Featuring Michael Robbins on guitars, Katherine Irwin Thomas on fiddle, Howard Williams on mandolin, and vocalist/pennywhistler Caeri Tomson, this band creates music of celebration and joy. Balancing their own compositions with traditional tunes as well as covers by the likes of Dougie MacLean, the Collies effortlessly inhabit the world between tradition and innovation. They're not above taking a folk standard like "Three Drunken Maidens" and giving it a spritely new tune, revealing their genius through how good they make this new/old song sound.
↓ more ↓They toss off an instrumental workout of "Tam Lin" at the end of MacLean's "Waiting for the Storm" that positively struts and throbs with an exuberant, urgent energy. As a regional band with their roots in the Smoky Mountains (Swannanoa is the site of a North Carolina Celtic festival), the Border Collies may be Celtic music's best kept secret; but if this album is any indication, they won't be a secret for long." - Carl McColman, New Age Voice.
"A promising blast form the Deep South, The Road From Swananoa is a noteworthy effort -though I can't help feeling the best is yet to come." John O'Regan
"Traditional Celtic music quartet from Atlanta spins the usual assortment of high-steppin' jigs and reels with finesse, class, style and a refreshingly self-depreciating wit." - Creative Loafing.
"Atlanta's own BorderCollies playing traditional Celtic music with a polished ferocity and excellent, stop-on-a-dime instrumentation." - Ear Candy Magazine
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