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Murder & Mayhem
ISLA ST CLAIR

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"ISLA ST CLAIR BRINGS GENERATIONS OF SCOTTISH WAR-GAMING TO LIFE – IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR REAL SCOTS MINSTRELLING, THIS IS THE GENUINE ARTICLE" Sunday Times Magazine

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TRACKS
1. BARON OF BRACKLEY
2. BATTLE OF HARLAW
3. BARTHAMS DIRGE
4. TWA CORBIES
5. BANKS OF SWEET DUNDEE
6. HELEN OF KIRKCONNELL
7. EPPIE MORRIE
8. REYNARDINE
9. LAMMIKIN

GUESTS:
Joe O'Donnell on fiddle
Danny Prendergast on guitar

REVIEW:
"Isla St. Clair, an accomplished ballad singer from Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland, showcases the ballads of Scottish tradition with two discs of well-chosen songs. St. Clair recently returned to a singing career after an extended sabbatical as a mother and is dividing her time between recording music and supervising and performing in children's television shows. Like Kingdom Folk Band (see their album 'Restless'), she also chose simple guitar accompaniment, as any good singer-songwriter would. Many of the songs on these discs were adapted on the North American continent and can be found in their new forms in Niles' Ballad book that I recently reviewed. Listening to these albums, part of a series of traditional songs, it is easy to understand why St. Clair has enjoyed continued popularity as a traditional singer. Murder and Mayhem includes songs that are likely to be less familiar to audiences outside Scotland, such as "The Baron of Brackley" or "Helen of Kirkconnell." The liner notes provide a bit of a score card for the uninstructed, including historical details and a glossary of local terms that might be difficult to decipher ( for example, "lichted" means "dismounted"... who knew?). St. Clair's version of the popular "Twa Corbies" is haunting, as is tale of the vampire "Reynardine." All of the songs are well done, classic tales of a turbulent people willing to take matters into their own hand to secure love in the face of daunting odds, Byzantine politics, and betrayal by odious villains." Greenmanreviews.com

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The Scottish ballads in this album are brimming with intrigue, murder, blood feuds and betrayals, supported by the pride and courage of heroes or victims. This special edition is a unique collection of traditional ballads about Scotland's turbulent past.

Isla St Clair was twelve when she recorded the first of many ballads for the School of Scottish Studies, and which are still used as reference works. Today Isla is one of Scotland's top traditional singers.

duration: 40 mins approx

 
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