Track listing

[Joe]

Track listing (courtesy of Wikipedia)

1. Waterlily (Karine Polwart/Bay Songs Ltd., ASCAP) – 4:29

2. Miss Casey Medley – 1:59
---Miss Casey's Jig (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
---The Humours of Ballinafauna (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)

3. Byker Hill (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 2:48

4. Atlantic Blue (Ron Hynes/Blue Murder/Sold For A Song, SOCAN) – 4:14

5. Some Polkas – 3:14
--Johnny Mickey's Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
--Ballydesmond Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
--The Magic Slipper Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)

6. Pat Works On The Railway (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 4:25
---The Dusty Windowsill (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)

7. Georgia Lee (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music) – 4:34

8. Sliabh Na mBan (trad., arr. Ciarán MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 3:04

9. Home By Bearna (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 2:33
--Jo MacPhee's Jig (Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)

10. Send Me A River (Sinéad Lohan/RykoMusic Ltd. MCPS) – 3:45

11. Honeysuckle Medley – 4:10
--The Honeysuckle Hornpipe (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
--The Dancing Strathspey (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
--Jenny Dang the Weaver (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
--The Randy Wife of Greelaw (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
--Crossing the Minch (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)

12. Hold On (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music) – 4:37

[ashotinthedark]

Byker Hill is amazing. It hits me somewhere deep, and for some reason...it makes me want to pray. I have no idea why.

[Joe]

ashotinthedark said:

Byker Hill is amazing. It hits me somewhere deep, and for some reason...it makes me want to pray. I have no idea why.

I like Byker Hill also. My favs are Pat Works on the Railway and Atlantic Blue.

[paraclete]

My favorite is Send Me a River. What an absolute gorgeous song! Waterlily and Georgia Lee are both in the same vein; really moving songs that put you through the wringer emotionally. Fiona's voice is such a heartbreaker, but you can hear Rosie's harmony vocals contribute a lot as well...I'd love to hear more from her. Home by Bearna and Pat Works on the Railway are great trad songs for which Ciaran's voice is well suited. Byker Hill is just in a category of it's own, very catchy, very intense! The instrumental staples show off how much they all are growing as musicians...Jimmy's Cape Breton guitar work is amazing and is there anything Rosie can't do with that violin? Hold On is a great single, I agree with you there. It has different flavors to it that make it difficult to place...people who don't listen to Celtic would be able to listen without prejudice I think. Overall, this is a great album, and I can't wait for the next one!

[Joe]

Hi Meredith,

I agree with everything you wrote...a marvelous sum-up of the album! Waterlily is really the first song in which you can clearly hear Rosie on harmony vocals.

The Cottars were just played on the online Cape Breton radio station that I like... www.coastalradio.ca/phpsite/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=45 ... they show what's being played and what's up next!

[Ginny]

I absolutely love Pat Works on the Railway...when I saw them perform it in concert, I walked away singing it. When I bought Forerunner, it was the first song I listened to. I also really like The Honeysuckle Medley. I think they've performed it every time I've seen them live

[Joe]

ginny said:

what the heck?

Hey Ginny,

Those were just some garbage posts from someone and they have been banned.

First Mate Ginny, do you think that guests should become a member first, before they can post messages?

Joe

[Ginny]

Well Captain Joe
It doesn't take much effort to become a member...so I think they should become a member first

Cheers from the first mate,
Ginny

[Joe]

Well said, Ginny. Now guests can view posts but can't post/reply.