The Hills of Lorne
Anne Lorne Gillies
We are very sorry that this CD is not available at this time. However please note that dut to demand we intend to make an updated album when time permits.
Mod Gold Medal winner Anne Lorne Gillies* takes the title of this album from that corner of Scotland which she loves the best: "I was brought up between the sea and the mountains in Argyll," she explains. "and I'll always think of Oban and Lorne as my home, however far away I may be."
*Winner of the Ratcliff Prize 2006 for her acclaimed book Songs of Gaelic Scotland (awarded annually for an important contribution by an individual to the study of Folklore or Folk Life in Great Britain and Ireland)
The songs
- The Hills of Lorne
- The Dark Island
- I know A Lad
- Banks Of Sicily
- Salt Sea Wine
- Glencoe
- Think On Me
- A Land For All Seasons
- Sandy At Sunset
- Bonnie Gallawa'
- Dumbarton's Drums
- Dark Lochnagar
- Golden Wedding Ring
- Farewell my Love
The Musicians
- Piano / Keyboards: David Pringle
- Guitar: Duncan Findlay
- Bass: Graham Brierton
- Drums: Roy Sneddon
- Flute: Barbara Gaskell
- Strings: David Smith Strings
- Arranged and Produced by David Pringle
"She certainly has travelled a long way since those early days as a budding Gaelic singer. She has endeared herself to television audiences throughout Britain by her sensitive singing and friendly personality: her concert appearances have ranged from Brechin to Brighton, from Ardnamurchan to America; on her previous recordings she has sung songs in many styles and in several languages.
Anne Lorne Gillies returns home on this album - home to the songs of Scotland, the songs her audiences love to hear wherever she goes. All the favourites are here - from the haunting pipe-tunes of Dark Island and Banks of Sicily to beloved gems like Bonnie Gallawa' and Dark Lochnagar sparkling here in their brand new settings.
More modern Scots songs are well-represented - from the lyrical Land For All Seasons and Roddy MacMillan's Farewell My Love (already ranking among the classics) to Anne's own compositions, including the beautiful Hills of Lorne written to a Scots fiddle tune. And yet these new songs hang like pearls on a thread alongside the centuries-old Gaelic piper's warning Woman of the Glen 'tis time you arose which heralds the bleak song on the Massacre of Glencoe - or beside the delightful cameo of yesteryear Think on Me. Every song is arranged with the same sense of style and modern awareness, and all are sung with an expressive delicacy which creates a mood of intimacy and enhances each word of every lyric."
Among Anne's other albums available are:
- The Lady of the Lake
- White Rose o' June
- An Long Hirteach / St Kilda Mailboat
- Anne Lorne Gillies sings the Songs of the Gaels
Anne's celebrated book Songs of Gaelic Scotland (£30 hardback) is published by Birlinn (Edinburgh) is sold by most bookshops but please email if you have any difficulties.