> Folk Music > Records > Struileag: Children of the Smoke

Struileag: Children of the Smoke

Struileag: Children of the Smoke (La Banda LBCD001)

Children of the Smoke
Struileag

La Banda LBCD001 (CD, UK, 28 July 2014)

Composer, producer, artistic director: Jim Sutherland;
Executive producer Wezi Mhura;
Recorded and mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studio;
Additional engineering by Garry Boyle;
Poetry director Kevin MacNeil;
Community coordinator Naomi Elysia Harvey;
Cover photo by Victor Albrow, model Laura Paterson;
Sleeve design by The 16K Design Works

Musicians

Alistair Dixon: reading [1a];
Calum Barker: reading [1b, 10];
Fiona NicChoinnich: lead vocals [2];
Dave ‘Corvid’ McCallum: lead vocals [3, 8];
Kathleen MacInnes: lead vocals [3-4, 6, 9];
Joy Dunlop: lead vocals [5-6, 12];
Fiona Mackenzie: lead vocals [6, 11, 15];
Rachel Newton: lead vocals [6];
Alasdair MacIlleBhàin: lead vocals [7];
Brian Ó hEadhra: lead vocals [11];
Allan MacDonald: lead vocals [13];
Alasdair Whyte: lead vocals [14]

Seonaid Aitken: 1st violin, fiddle;
Anna-Wendy Stevenson: 2nd violin, fiddle;
Patsy Reid: viola, fiddle;
Christoff Fourie: cello;
Su-a Lee: cello;
Euan Burton: bass;
Fraser Fifield: low whistle, border pipes, soprano sax;
Angus Lyon: electric piano, accordion, piano;
Rachel Newton: clarsach, electric harp, fiddle;
Jim Rattigan: French horn;
Matheu Watson: acoustic guitar, fiddle, banjo, whistle;
Ben Holloway: electric guitar;
lain Sandilands: tuned percussion, hand percussion;
Alan Emslie: percussion, drum kit;
Jim Sutherland: synths, drum programming, percussion

Tracks

  1. Struileag (1.32)
  2. Clann a’ Cheò (Children of the Smoke) (4.33)
  3. O Mo Dhòthaich? / A’ Buain (O My Country? / Reaping) (4.45)
  4. Blasad nan Deur (Tasting Tears) (4.53)
  5. Làn-Phuing (Bullet Points) (3.17)
  6. Oran a’ Khookaburra (The Song of the Kookaburra) (2.09)
  7. Duan an Fhògaraich (The Refugee’s Plea) (2.44)
  8. A-rithist (Again) (3.32)
  9. Salm Na Mara (Psalm of the Sea) (5.46)
  10. Fiosaiche na Sioux (The Wise Man of the Sioux) (1.03)
  11. Souwanaquenapeke (4.08)
  12. Dia Leaf (God Be With You) (4.17)
  13. Coire na Mòrair (The Corrie of the Noble Chief) (2.26)
  14. Fon t-Sneachda (Under Snow) (5.50)
  15. An Cuan (The Ocean) (3.30)

Track 1 lyrics Caoimhin MacNeill;
Tracks 2, 5 lyrics Babs NicGriogair;
Tracks 3a, 8 lyrics Pàdraig MacAoidh;
Track 3b lyrics Pàdraig MacAoidh, Anna Frater;
Track 4 lyrics lain S. MacPherson;
Track 6 lyrics Dòmhnall S. Moireach;
Track 7 lyrics Gillebride MacMillan;
Track 9 lyrics Aonghas MacNeacail;
Track 10-11 lyrics Maoilios Caimbeul;
Track 12 lyrics Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul;
Track 13 lyrics Griogair Labhruidh;
Track 14 lyrics Mona NicLeòid;
Track 15 lyrics Ailean Dòmhnallach;
All music composed and arranged by Jim Sutherland