Name: Crosswinds
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Crosswinds

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Album: Crosswinds
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Puirt a Beul/Snug in a Blanket	More Info...	0:06
2)	Soraidh Bhaum Gu Barraidh	More Info...	0:03
3)	Glen Orchy/Rory MacLeod	More Info...	0:03
4)	Am Buachaille Ban	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Haggis	More Info...	0:06
6)	Brenda Stubbert's Set	More Info...	0:03
7)	Ma Theid Mise Tuilleagh	More Info...	0:03
8)	David Glen's	More Info...	0:04
9)	Urnaigh A 'Bhan-Thigreach	More Info...	0:03
10)	My Laggan Love/Fox On the Town	More Info...	0:04
11)	An Ribhinn Donn	More Info...	0:03

Album: Crosswinds
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Puirt a Beul/Snug in a Blanket	More Info...	0:06
2)	Soraidh Bhaum Gu Barraidh	More Info...	0:03
3)	Glen Orchy/Rory MacLeod	More Info...	0:03
4)	Am Buachaille Ban	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Haggis	More Info...	0:06
6)	Brenda Stubbert's Set	More Info...	0:03
7)	Ma Theid Mise Tuilleagh	More Info...	0:03
8)	David Glen's	More Info...	0:04
9)	Urnaigh A 'Bhan-Thigreach	More Info...	0:03
10)	My Laggan Love/Fox On the Town	More Info...	0:04
11)	An Ribhinn Donn	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Capercaillie: Karen Matheson (vocals), Shaun Craig (guitar, bouzouki, background vocals, percussion), Charlie McKerron (fiddle, background vocals), Marc Duff (recorder, whistle, bouzouki, background vocals), Donald Shaw (accordion, keyboards, background vocals), Martin MacLeod (bass, fiddle, background vocals).
Recorded at Cava Studio 1, Glasgow, Scotland in July, 1986.
On the band's debut album, you can hear Capercaillie mapping out what would become its signature sound -- a musical style built on a deep foundation of Celtic tradition but incorporating modern technology and dance-oriented rhythms. It's a fusion that makes purist folkies cringe, but Capercaillie has achieved significant success with it. Crosswinds is more traditional than the band's later efforts; although synthesized keyboards and distinctly non-Celtic percussion are used throughout, the album is dominated by sets of traditional dance tunes and songs like "My Lagan Love." If there's a complaint to be made at all, it's that the lustrous voice of Karen Matheson is too rarely placed front and center. She opens the album with a lovely piece of puirt a beul (a rhythmic singing style used in Scotland to accompany dancing), and practically steals the show with her rendition of the gorgeous "Soraidh Bhuam Gu Barraidh." The instrumentals are also excellent, but not quite as distinctive as her singing -- strangely, the funk basslines that play such an important part in Capercaillie's musical strategy are kept far back in the mix. ~ Rick Anderson