Folk 'N' Hell: Fiery New Music From Scotland

Hemisphere Artists (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: February 25, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000005H72
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,665 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Flick It Up And Catch It - Jim Sutherland

2. Half Way Round/Walking The Line - Burach

3. If & When - Bongshang

4. The Pipe Tunes - Shooglenifty

5. Passing Away - Paul Mounsey

6. Sun Fire Majestic - The Colour Of Memory

7. The Jolly Beggar/The Man In Black - Coelbeg

8. Superwasp/Along The Coast Of Norway/Neckbuster - Seelyhoo

9. All Together - Dougie MacLean

10. By The Right - Fergus MacKenzie/Simon Thoumire

11. Beaujolais Nouveau - The Humpff Family

12. Grandmother's Eyes - Rock, Salt & Nails

13. Hoagies/Porshe - The Poozies

14. The Burning Of Auchindoun/Turn Again - The Iron Horse

15. O Ho Na Ribeannan/Sean Triubhas/Faca Tu Saor An T-Sabhaidh - Tannas

16. Bitter Honey - Khartoum Heroes

17. Willie's Aul' Trews/The Auld Reel 1/ The Auld 2 - Old Blind Dogs

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superior sampler of exciting new Scottish folk music, March 15, 1998

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This review is from: Folk 'N' Hell: Fiery New Music From Scotland (Audio CD)

I normally dread samplers, thinking that I will find perhaps one or two great performers stuck among tracks that I wouldn't want to hear twice; this is a happy exception.

This collection contains 17 tracks representing different performers of new Scottish music. The style is a combination of traditional folk melody with some jazz and rock augmentation. For the most part, the instruments are traditional guitar, pipes and drum (no bagpipes) with a little slide guitar, electric augmentation and synthesizer thrown in very unobtrusively. Roughly 3/4 of the album has vocal tracks, about three of which are already stuck in my head after a few listens.

My knowledge of Scottish music before this was limited to anonymous bagpiping and folk players and Mouth Music, a group which tends toward a more extreme synthesizer rock/hip-hop fusion with traditional Scottish singing; this album falls solidly in the middle with some modern jazz and rock influences thrown in. The recording has wonderful atmosphere and is worth hearing on headphones. END

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Beyond Desciption, November 2, 1999

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Robin S. Nathans (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Folk 'N' Hell: Fiery New Music From Scotland (Audio CD)

This is an excellent collection of some really great celtic music that makes a fantastic introduction to some very talented Scottish musicians. Buy this CD..this is the best record in my collection of 200+ CDs!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnifico Daddio, May 24, 2009

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D. Ditta "capeclone" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Folk 'N' Hell: Fiery New Music From Scotland (Audio CD)

I bought this cd for my dad. He had it when I was growing up and we painted signs together. Last year he lost it and so I went hunting. It is his favorite cd and I was so happy with the prompt delivery of a fully functioning product. I listened to the entire cd and it plays great, no skips, no nothing........very pleased.