''The Boathouse'' is the tenth album by
Celtic band
Gaelic Storm
Gaelic Storm is a Celtic band founded in Santa Monica, California in 1996. Their musical output includes pieces from traditional Irish music, Scottish music, and original tunes in both the Celtic and Celtic rock genres. The band had its first ...
. It was released on August 20, 2013. The name of the album refers to a boathouse in
Annapolis, Maryland, where the tracks were recorded.
It spent two weeks at #1 on the ''
Billboard'' World Album chart.
Track listing
# "
Yarmouth Town
"Yarmouth Town" is a traditional English song. It is a shanty about the town of Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast. It recounts a story of a young woman, the daughter of a pub landlord, who takes many lovers amongst the sailors passing throug ...
" - 4:35
# "Girls of Dublin Town" - 3:00
# "Liverpool Judies" - 3:45
# "
My Son John
''My Son John'' is a 1952 American political drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Robert Walker and Dean Jagger. Walker plays the title character, a middle-class college graduate whom his parents suspect may ...
" - 3:30
# "
Down to Old Maui" - 4:35
# "
Mingulay Boat Song
The "Mingulay Boat Song" is a song written by Sir Hugh S. Roberton (1874–1952) in the 1930s. The melody is described in Roberton's ''Songs of the Isles'' as a traditional Gaels, Gaelic tune, probably titled "Lochaber". The tune was part of an old ...
" - 5:00
# "Cape Cod Girls" - 3:26
# "Weary Whaling Grounds" - 3:09
# "Essequibo River" - 3:51
# "Watery Grave" (Steve Twigger) - 4:15
# "Whiskey Johnny" - 2:41
# "William Hollander" - 4:39
All are arrangements of traditional songs, except Watery Grave.
References
Gaelic Storm albums
2013 albums
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