''The Highland Connection'' is the second album by
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 foundat ...
band
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 succe ...
. 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
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