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Day Of Days (Runrig Album)
''Day of Days'' is a live album by Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig. The event at Stirling Castle celebrated their 30th anniversary, the band having been formed in 1973. Track listing # "Going Home" - 1:49 # "Hearthammer" - 5:09 # "Protect and Survive" - 5:07 # "Big Sky" - 7:41 # "Hearts of Olden Glory" - 4:57 # "Sìol Ghoraidh" (The Genealogy of Goraidh) - 5:53 # "Proterra" - 5:26 # "Running to the Light" - 5:02 # "The Stamping Ground" - 5:49 # "Maymorning" - 10:41 # "Faileas air an Àirigh" (Shadow on the Shieling) - 4:41 # "Book of Golden Stories" - 3:37 # "Day of Days" - 3:18 # "All the Miles" - 3:43 # "A Rèiteach" (The Betrothal) - 4:30 The album includes tracks from seven different studio albums: * The Highland Connection (1979): "Going Home" * The Cutter and the Clan (1987): "Protect and Survive" and "Hearts of Olden Glory" * Searchlight (1989): "Sìol Ghoraidh" * The Big Wheel (1991): "Hearthammer" * In Search of Angels (1999): "Big Sky" and "Maymorning" * The Stamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runrig
Runrig were a Scottish Celtic rock band formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973. From its inception, the band's line-up included songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald. The line-up during most of the 1980s and 1990s (the band's most successful period) also included Donnie Munro, Malcolm Jones, Iain Bayne, and Pete Wishart. Munro left the band in 1997 to pursue a career in politics and was replaced by Bruce Guthro. Wishart left in 2001 and was replaced by Brian Hurren. The band released fourteen studio albums, with a number of their songs sung in Scottish Gaelic. Initially formed as a three-piece dance band known as 'The Run Rig Dance Band', the band played several low key events, and has previously cited a ceilidh at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow as their first concert. Runrig's music is often described as a blend of folk and rock music, with the band's lyrics often focusing upon locations, history, politics, and people that are unique to Scotland. Songs also make references to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic Rock
Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context. It has been extremely prolific since the early 1970s and can be seen as a key foundation of the development of highly successful mainstream Celtic bands and popular musical performers, as well as creating important derivatives through further fusions. It has played a major role in the maintenance and definition of regional and national identities and in fostering a pan-Celtic culture. It has also helped to communicate those cultures to external audiences. Definition The style of music is the hybrid of traditional Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Breton musical forms with rock music. This has been achieved by the playing of traditional music, particularly ballads, jigs and reels with rock instrumentation; by the addition of traditional Celtic instruments, including the Celtic harp, tin whistle, uilleann pipes (or Irish Bag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proterra (album)
''Proterra'' is the twelfth album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, with Paul Mounsey. Track listing # "The Old Boys" - 5:16 # "Proterra" - 5:35 # "Day of Days" - 3:38 # "Empty Glens" - 3:51 # "Gabriel's Sword" - 4:57 # "From the North" - 5:28 # "An Toll Dubh" (The Dungeon) - 2:28 # "There's a Need" - 3:34 # "Faileas air an Àirigh" (Shadow on the Sheiling) - 4:06 # "Heading to Acadia" - 4:16 # "All the Miles" - 4:16 # "A Rèiteach" (The Betrothal) - 5:19 # "Angels from the Ashes" - 3:25 Personnel ;Runrig *Iain Bayne - drums, percussion *Bruce Guthro - lead vocals *Brian Hurren - keyboards, vocals * Malcolm Jones - guitars, accordion, vocals, pipes * Calum Macdonald - percussion, vocals * Rory Macdonald - vocals, bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything You See
''Everything You See'' is the thirteenth album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, released by Ridge Records in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2007. All songs were written by band members Calum and Rory Macdonald, except for "Sona" and "And the Accordions Played", which they co-wrote with fellow band members Malcolm Jones and Brian Hurren, respectively. As on all Runrig albums, several songs are written and performed in Scottish Gaelic, underlining the band's heritage. In Summer 2007, the band went on their ''Everything You See'' tour, promoting their newest album as well as older songs. The tour's main focus was Denmark (the track "In Scandinavia" commemorates the ancient link between Denmark and Scotland), Germany, and England, with originally only one concert being held in Scotland (at Drumnadrochit by Loch Ness). The tour was later extended to include several Scottish dates. The Loch Ness concert, entitled ''Beat the Drum'' after the chorus to the song "Pride of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish People
The Scots ( sco, Scots Fowk; gd, Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or ''Alba'') in the 9th century. In the following two centuries, the Celtic-speaking Cumbrians of Strathclyde and the Germanic-speaking Angles of north Northumbria became part of Scotland. In the High Middle Ages, during the 12th-century Davidian Revolution, small numbers of Norman nobles migrated to the Lowlands. In the 13th century, the Norse-Gaels of the Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from Scotland. The Latin word ''Scoti'' originally referred to the Gaels, but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland. Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stirling Castle
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. The castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. It is surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, giving it a strong defensive position. Its strategic location, guarding what was, until the 1890s, the farthest downstream crossing of the River Forth, has made it an important fortification in the region from the earliest times. Most of the principal buildings of the castle date from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A few structures remain from the fourteenth century, while the outer defences fronting the town date from the early eighteenth century. Before the union with England, Stirling Castle was also one of the most used of the many Scottish royal residences, very much a palace as well as a fortress. Several Scottish Kings and Queens have been crowned at Stirling, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Highland Connection
''The Highland Connection'' is the second album by Celtic rock band Runrig. It was released in 1979. Track listing # "Gamhna Gealla" (White Stirks) - 3:38 # "Màiri" - 2:56 # "What Time" - 2:30 # "Fichead Bliadhna" / "Na Luing air Seòladh" (Twenty Years) - 7:50 # "Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (1984) ''Elm'', Cambridge University Press.) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Ce ..." - 5:02 # "Na h-Uain a's t-Earrach" (The Lambs in the Springtime) - 3:38 # "Foghar nan Eilean '78" (Island Autumn '78) - 3:15 # "The Twenty-Five Pounder" - 2:22 # "Going Home" - 3:49 # "Morning Tide" - 4:41 # "Cearcal a' Chuain" (The Ocean Cycle) - 2:47 External links Runrig's official website 1979 albums Scottish Gaelic music Runrig albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cutter And The Clan
''The Cutter and the Clan'' is the fifth album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig. It was the band's breakthrough album, taking them from cottage industry to the international stage. It was also the first Runrig album to feature keyboard player Pete Wishart - forming the "classic" line-up of the band through what would be their most commercially successful period. Originally recorded on the band’s own Ridge label, it was taken on board by Chrysalis Records as part of a 1987 major recording contract which heralded a string of hit albums that would last until the mid 1990s with singer Donnie Munro's departure from the band a decade later. Highlights include the song "An Ubhal as Àirde", which was later to become the first and only Scottish Gaelic language song to reach the UK Top 20, reaching #18 in 1995, Name of artist: "Runrig", Title of song: "An Ubhal As Airde (The Highest Apple)". Position: 18, Date: May 1995. following its use in an advert for Carlsberg lager. Trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Searchlight (album)
''Searchlight'' is a 1989 album, the sixth by Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig. Track listing All songs written by Calum Macdonald and Rory Macdonald. # "News from Heaven" - 3:36 # "Every River" - 4:46 # "City of Lights" - 4:25 # "Èirinn" (Ireland) - 4:55 # "Tìr A' Mhurain" (Land of the Marram Grass) - 3:54 # "World Appeal" - 2:20 # "Tear Down These Walls" - 4:08 # "Only the Brave" - 3:58 # "Sìol Ghoraidh" (The Genealogy of Goraidh) - 5:21 # "That Final Mile" - 3:07 # "Smalltown" - 4:02 # "Precious Years" - 4:46 Personnel ;Runrig *Iain Bayne - drums, percussion * Malcolm Jones - guitars, mandolin, accordion *Calum Macdonald - percussion * Rory Macdonald - vocals, bass guitar *Donnie Munro - lead vocals * Peter Wishart - keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Wheel (album)
''The Big Wheel'' is a studio album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, released in 1991. The album peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. Critical reception ''The Kitchener-Waterloo Record'' wrote that "Donnie Munro's vocals drive the songs, but Iain Bayne's superbly produced drums power the band itself." The ''Calgary Herald'' labeled the album "an inoffensive, watered-down brand of Celtic rock... Uninspiring but professional." Track listing All songs written by Calum Macdonald and Rory Macdonald. # "Headlights" - 5:09 # "Healer in Your Heart" - 5:34 # "Abhainn an t-Sluaigh" (The Crowded River) - 5:17 # "Always the Winner" - 5:41 # "This Beautiful Pain" - 4:15 # "An Cuibhle Mòr" (The Big Wheel) - 6:07 # "Edge of the World" - 5:00 # "Hearthammer" - 4:27 # "I'll Keep Coming Home" - 2:33 # "Flower of the West" - 6:36 Personnel ;Runrig *Iain Bayne - drums, percussion * Malcolm Jones - guitars, banjo, accordion *Calum Macdonald - percussion * Rory Macdonald - bass guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stamping Ground
''The Stamping Ground'' is the eleventh studio album by Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, released on 6 May 2001 on Ridge Records. The album marks the final appearance of keyboardist Peter Wishart, who departed from the band to follow a career in politics. A copy of the album was aboard STS-107, and it was among the personal effects that were recovered following the reentry destruction of Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' on 1 February 2003. The song "Running to the Light" had been used for astronaut Laurel Clark's wake-up call during the mission. Track listing # "Book of Golden Stories" - 3:52 # "The Stamping Ground" - 5:25 # "An Sabhal aig Nèill" (Neil's Barn) - 3:21 # "Wall of China" / "One Man" - 3:49 # "The Engine Room" - 3:23 # "One Thing" - 5:01 # "The Ship" - 6:05 # "The Summer Walkers" - 4:50 # "Running to the Light" - 5:00 # "Òran Ailein" (Alan's Song) / "Leaving Strathconon" - 6:00 # "Big Songs of Hope and Cheer" - 4:26 # "Òran" (Song) - 5:31 Personnel ;Runrig *Iain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
