THE GREAT GAELIC SOUND OF NA H-OGANAICH
(ALL GAELIC ALL VOCAL)
Beltona Sword, 1973, SBE 145
This vocal trio was formed early in 1971 by Margaret MacLeod, Noel Eadie and Donnie MacLeod in Glasgow. They won the Celtavision Song Contest during the Pan -Celtic Week in Killarney in 1971. Then they recorded 3 albums for Beltona Sword a division of Decca.
This is the first LP including mi le m'uilinn composed by Murdo MacFarlane with which they won the competition mentionned. They sing and play guitars, double bass and add occasionnally some drumming.
Out of 12 songs, only 3 are traditional but the other songs sound traditional, musically at least.
This show the great vitality of Gaelic-speaking people until now for the number of bands and composers is big compared to the small population of Gaelic Scotland.
This band is one of my favourite Scottish folk revival groups with their nice balance between tradition and modernity (at the time) and their excellent rendering of these beautiful melodies so typical of Gaelic Scotland.
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