Finlay MacDonald, by Finlay MacDonald

Finlay MacDonald

by Finlay MacDonald

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1.	The Plagiarist/ The Night We had The Goats
2.	The Plagiarist/ The Night We had The Goats 09:50	buy track
3.	Angus Sutherland/ The Mountain Dairy Maid
4.	Angus Sutherland/ The Mountain Dairy Maid 02:04	buy track
5.	Jock the Box/ Trad reel 03:06	buy track
6.	Jock the Box/ Trad reel
7.	Captain McKerrell's/ Nigel Richards 04:06	buy track
8.	Captain McKerrell's/ Nigel Richards
9.	The Road to Loch Nam Bearnish/ Major Forbes/ Nameless/ Lord William 03:43	buy track
10.	The Road to Loch Nam Bearnish/ Major Forbes/ Nameless/ Lord William
11.	iss Gow/ The Cameronian Rant/ The Flaggon
12.	iss Gow/ The Cameronian Rant/ The Flaggon 02:26	buy track
13.	Lake Ochrid
14.	Lake Ochrid 04:18	buy track
15.	Waulking Song/ Greek Street 02:56	buy track
16.	Waulking Song/ Greek Street
17.	The Rusty Gun/ A.A. Cameron's/ The Meechans
18.	The Rusty Gun/ A.A. Cameron's/ The Meechans 05:33	buy track
19.	The Humpback Whale
20.	The Humpback Whale 03:23	buy track
21.	I Would Have Preferred Thee at First, but Not Now Sir/ Donald of the Sun/ Welcome Jo McAuley's
22.	I Would Have Preferred Thee at First, but Not Now Sir/ Donald of the Sun/ Welcome Jo McAuley's 02:55	buy track
23.	My Old Man is Long a' Dying/ An T-Ord Gallach/ Sugar Merchant 03:24	buy track
24.	My Old Man is Long a' Dying/ An T-Ord Gallach/ Sugar Merchant
25.	Cowden Hall 01:50	buy track
26.	Cowden Hall

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This self-titled CD, produced by Simon Thoumire, is a compilation of traditional and original pieces, showcasing Finlay MacDonald’s admirable skills as a bagpiper [Highland and Lowland] flute & whistle player and tune-writer. Young though he may be, this man clearly has much to offer the music world, and that of piping in particular. The album starts off at a blurring speed with two great pipes tunes The Plagiarist and The Night We had the Goats learned from inspirational pipers Allan MacDonald and Duncan Johnston. But it’s not all fast and furious; there are beautiful, tender moments in such offerings as the self-penned Cowden Hall, inspired by the area around Finlay’s home and Lake Ochrid, named for a little town on the Serbian border, with delectable piano accompaniment from Brian Kellock. Finlay dips into the old piping manuscripts and comes up with some real treasures such as the quaintly named I Would Have Preferred Thee at First, but not now Sir from the Gunn Collection and The Mountain Dairymaid from McPhedrans’s. There is even a song The Hump Backed Whale sung by Back of the Moon’s Findlay Napier. The musicianship on this CD is exemplary from all concerned and the arrangements on both traditional and contemporary sets demonstrate a pleasingly youthful diversity. Highly recommended.

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released January 22, 2014

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