Re: Dougie MacLean and Kate

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: : Elaine:
: : : Isn't Loreena great? "The Highwayman" IS particularly nice. What I really like about her music is the way she draws upon so many cultural influences ... like Middle Eastern & Sacred music.
: : : Very inspiring.

: : Yes, I like her voice and her choices of song.  The Highwayman is just such a nice ghost story!  Lovely lyrics!

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: : : Marcia, are you sure Penny GAVE those CDs to you????????

: : No, she didn't part with her CDs...just made me two tapes of her favorite songs from her collection.  Lots of different artists and selections.  About 4 hours worth of great music.  I had tended to buy a lot of Celtic instrumentals, and it wasn't until I heard these tapes from Penny, which are mostly vocals, that I discovered that all these Celtic songs are about war, death, ghosts, people getting their body parts lopped off, and things of that nature.  I guess their music is a real chronicle of their history, more or less.  Another of my favorites is called King Henry, about a "grizzly ghost"  (not to be confused with the ghost of a grizzly!), stomping around & yelling for "more meat!"  A wild tune!  

: : MMMMarcia

: Oh yes ... a chronicle of their history, collectively & personally, is very much what it is. It is the continuation of the early ballads & the minstrels. To sing about one's deeds (as in battle) or mourn losses, recount wrongs (as in political) does make for some rather interesting lyrics.

: Bet you were surprised to *hear* what those lovely instrumentals were telling you ...  


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