Close to the Floor

David MacIsaac, Ashley MacIsaac | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 16, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000007QX6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #431,760 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Little House Around the Corner/Traditional Winston/The Wandering ...

2. 74th Highlanders'/Roderick MacDonald/Sandy Cameron/Creignish Hills

3. Hills of Lorne/Sir Archibald Dunbar/Traditional/Pat Carney's/Scour ...

4. The New Fiddle/Scotty's Favourite/3 Mile Bridge/Champion

5. Miss Lyall's/Miss Lyall's/Sandy Cameron's/Carigoim Broach

6. Livingstone Pond/Long Point/Campion

7. Lament for Prophet/Moxham Castle/Children's Reel/Dublin Reel

8. Miss Eleanor Stewart/Glen Grant/Miss Robertson/Donalbane

9. Blue Bonnets over the Border

10. Irish Lasses/Cambridge/Aubry Foley's

11. Bonnie Anne Anderson/Headlight/Believe It or Not/Mist over the Loch

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fiddle Fan's Fantasy!, July 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Close to the Floor (Audio CD)

"Close to the Floor", Ashley's first album, was released when he was just 17 years old. Out of my extensive collection of traditional fiddle music, "Close to the Floor" is still my favourite. No other recording approaches better the sound and feel of traditional Cape Breton music.

For you fiddle fans out there, Cape Breton is an island in Nova Scotia, one of Canada's Atlantic provinces. In the early 19th century, Cape Breton became the home of thousands of displaced Scottish highlanders wanting to flee the cultural oppression they faced under the English at home. Outside of Scotland itself, Cape Breton is where the most authentic Scottish music continues to exist today.

Listening to "Close to the Floor", one can get an appreciation of what a Cape Breton ceilidh (party) is really like. Simple, warm instrumentation, old tunes and energic fiddling makes this a great recording. Ashley demonstrates his virtuosity on fiddle, but also d! oes some stepdancing through the Miss Lyall's set and plays piano on another track.

This is a must-have!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Ceildh's!, June 18, 2002

By 

Catherine M. Dorkin "willow100cm" (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Close to the Floor (Audio CD)

Ashley MacIsaac is a rare talent that can put Celtic music into main stream and make it sound good. Close to the Floor though is not a blend of rave, trance, pop and rock with his dabblings on a fiddle. This is true Celtic music at its best.
11 Tradiational songs range from Jigs to Reels with wonderful sound and up-beat melodies that is sure to get you to your feet at least once during the 45+ minutes CD.
Tradiaitonal music and a great dinner music CD.