Capercaillie
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Biography
[Edit]The musical traditions of Scotland are fused with the dynamic drive and electronic instrumentation of contemporary music by Capercaillie (pronounced: Kap-ir-kay-lee). While their initial repertoire focused on traditional tunes collected from Christine Primrose, Flora MacNeill, and Na h'Oganaich, the group has increasingly incorporated modern influences. In a review of their 1999 album, To the Moon, Victor Arenas wrote, "It has been more than a decade of a constant evolution, of modeling their traditional past with those modern ingredients that have made of their music that for which no doubt they will be known in the future."
The inspiration for Capercaillie was sparked in the early '80s by high school friendsKaren Matheson (grand-daughter of traditional Scottish vocalist Elizabeth MacNeill and a former member of a folk group the Etives), and English-born/Scotland-raised keyboard player Donald Shaw. The original band included Scottish bodhran and whistle player Marc Duff (who had played in several bands with Shaw), fiddler and vocalist Joan MacLachlan, guitar and bouzouki player Shaun Craig, and bass and fiddle player Martin MacLeod. After building a reputation with local performances, the band recorded their debut album, Cascade, in a fast-paced, three-day recording session.
Capercaillie has gone through numerous personnel changes with only Matheson, Shaw, and Duff remaining from the original group. Shortly after British fiddler Charlie MacNeill replaced Elizabeth MacNeill in 1991, the band recorded their second album, Crosswinds, and embarked on their first American tour. Their earliest success came in 1988 with their commissioned soundtrack for a television series about the history of Gaelic Scots, The Blood Is Strong. A soundtrack album, introducing Irvine, Scotland-born bassist John Saich, sold more than 100,000 copies in Scotland and was reissued on CD in 1995.
With the addition of influential Irish bouzouki and guitar player and vocalist Manus Lunny in 1989, Capercaillie became one of Celtic music's most respected ensembles. At the same time, they continued to reach to a much larger audience. With their fourth album, Sidewaulk, produced by Lunny's brother Donal, the band began to incorporate English-language lyrics. The group reached their creative peak with their fifth album, Delirium, in 1991. A ground-breaking fusion of traditional and modern influences, the album included "Coisich a Ruin," a 400-year old song that became the first Scots Gaelic song to reach the U.K. Top 40 when it was used as the theme song for a British television show featuring Prince Charles, A Prince Among Islands, and "Breisleach," which featured lyrics by Edinburgh-based poet Angus Dudb (Black Angus), and became the theme song of a Gaelic-language soap opera Machair.
In 1992, Capercaillie released Get Out, featuring live tracks and tunes from earlier albums, and a video, Two Nights of Delirium, that captured the band's live performances. Although their albums Secret People, released in 1993, and Capercaillie, released the following year, featuring new tunes and remixed versions of earlier material, were highly criticized for their overly commercial sound. Capercaillie's soundtrack for the film, Rob Roy, was released in 1995, and the group rebounded with the impressive albums, To the Moon in 1996 and Beautiful Wasteland in 1997; Nadurra followed in 2000.
Title: Grace And Pride: The Anthology 2004-1984 (CD1)
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: To the Moon
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: New Age, Rock, Folk Rock, World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic, Celtic
Title: Capercaillie
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: New Age, World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic, Folk
Title: Grace And Pride: The Anthology 2004-1984 {CD2}
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Capercaillie (A Collection)
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: New Age, Rock, World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: Get Out
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: New Age, Alternative Rock, World Music, Pop, Alternative, Celtic, Folk
Title: Dusk Till Dawn - The Best Of Capercallie
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: World Music, Celtic, Folk
Title: Glenfinnan (Songs of the '45)
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: Choice Language
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: New Age, Rock, World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: Grace And Pride Anthology (Disc 1)
Artist: Capercaillie
Genre: New Age, World Music, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Collections
Title: Equinox: Magick Music
Genre: Rock
Title: Green Linnet Records - 25 Years of Celtic Music
Genre: World Music
Title: Celtics Voices
Genre: World Music
Title: 40e Festival Interceltique de Lorient
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: Putumayo Presents Celtic Cafe
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Celtic Twilight, Vol. 6
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Folktopia, Vol. 1
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Song of the Green Linnet, Vol. 2
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Rough Guide To Celtic Music (2nd Edition)
Genre: World Music
Title: Summer Folk Festival compilation
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Rough Guide to Celtic Women
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Les Titres Essentiels Celtiques
Genre: World Music
Title: Celtic Woman, Vol. 2
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Saint Patrick's Day
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: World Voices
Genre: World Music
Title: Vocal Lounge
Genre: New Age
Title: Mystera VIII
Genre: Celtic Rock
Title: Mystera II
Genre: New Age
Title: Mystera VI
Genre: New Age
Title: The Blood Is Strong
Genre: Celtic Rock
Title: Celtic Spirit Of Scotland CD1
Genre: Celtic
Title: Celtic Spirit Of Scotland CD2
Genre: Celtic
Title: Naciones Celtas (Disc 1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Celtic Myst: Top 100 (Disc 4)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rough Guide To Celtic Women (CD1)
Genre: Celtic
Title: Heart Of The Celts
Genre: World Music
Title: Pure... Celtic
Genre: New Age, World Music
Title: The Rough Guide To Scottish Folk
Genre: World Music
Title: The Rough Guide To Celtic Music 2005
Genre: World Music
Title: The Best Of Celtic Song
Genre: World Music
Title: Ambient Chillout Mix 4 - Winter 2005
Genre: Electronica
Title: Ambient Chillout Mix 4
Genre: Electronica
Title: Best Relax (CD2)
Title: Celtic Songs
Genre: Celtic
Title: Vocal New Age Hits 2
Title: Victoria: Songs Of Victory
Genre: New Age
Title: The Best Scottish Album In The World... Ever! (CD2)
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock, Folk
Title: Die Hit-Giganten - Best Of Keltica (CD3)
Genre: New Age, Blues, World Music, Celtic, Folk
Title: Mystera 2000
Genre: Celtic Rock
Title: Cambridge Folk Festival Celebrating 50 Years
Genre: Blues, Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: Celtic Odyssey
Genre: World Music, Celtic, Folk
Title: Putumayo Presents: Celtic Women
Genre: Reggae, World Music, Latin, Ethnic , Folk
Featuring albums
Title: A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: Her Infinite Variety Celtic Women In Music & Song Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: Her Infinite Variety Celtic Women In Music & Song Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music
Title: Vintage Folk Festival Favourites
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Putumayo Presents: 10th Anniversary Collection (1 Of 2)
Artist: Putumayo
Genre: Blues, World Music, Pop