Tag Archives: Scottish music

Natalie MacMaster’s Blueprint

Posted on 9th March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Rick Hayes wrote this review. Natalie MacMaster has effectively moved from the kitchen to the concert hall without missing a beat on her latest CD Blueprint. This collection of tunes is big in a lot of ways. It is big … Continue reading →

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Natalie MacMaster’s In My Hands

Posted on 9th March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Chuck Lipsig wrote this review. “Wow!” If I could get away with a one word review of Natalie MacMaster‘s latest CD, In My Hands, that would be it. Usually, when I review a CD, I listen to it one or … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s No Gods

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. It’s serendipitous how sometimes you find a “new” artist via a cover version of a song. In this case, the song was “No Gods and Precious Few Heroes,” which I first heard on Dick Gaughan’s … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill and Tom McDonagh’s Horses for Courses

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Cat Eldridge

There’s a photo of Brian McNeill getting ready to kiss a horse on the final page of the Horses for Courses liner notes. Or at the very least he’s talking to it in a rather intimate manner. It’s a very … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s The Busker And The Devil’s Only Daughter

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Cat Eldridge

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. There is more to Brian McNeill’s albums than just the music they contain, although if you put one on without knowing a thing about McNeill, reading the liner notes or even looking at the song … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s The Back o’ the North Wind

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Gary Whitehouse

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. Subtitled “Tales of the Scots in America,” this fine collection of songs and tunes is inspired by Scots men and women, some you probably have heard of, and some you likely have not, all of … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s To Answer The Peacock

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. This CD is subtitled “Music For The Scottish Fiddle,” and that’s exactly what it’s all about – the fiddle takes center stage in this recording, dancing its heart out, strutting its stuff like … well, … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s The Busker

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Cat Eldridge

I really hate to pan this novel as Brian McNeill’s a great musician, but I have to as he’s a lousy fiction writer. I love his music – I have every one of his post-Batties albums, but this is not … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s To Answer The Peacock

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. Well, if you’ve heard the CD of the same name, you’ve also heard the first chapter of this book. (If you haven’t heard the CD … well, what are you waiting for? It’s one of … Continue reading →

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Blazin’ Fiddles’ Live

Posted on 30th October 2020 by Robert

When our Editor and Publisher (also known as “the Chief”) first broached the idea of my reviewing a Blazin’ Fiddles release, I was hesitant. “A whole orchestra?” said I. “Of fiddles?” (Well, that’s what he said it was.) Somehow I … Continue reading →

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