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Post by Ginny on Jul 4, 2006 16:58:11 GMT -5
Ciaran and Fiona have a recording on the CD "Cape Breton by Request". Fiona sings lead vocals on the Rankin family classic "Fare Thee Well Love", with Ciaran on back-up vocals. It's a beautiful arrangement of the song. In fact, the whole CD is pretty good. I recommend it to anyone who is a lover of Cape Breton music.
Cheers,
Ginny
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Post by Joe on Jul 4, 2006 23:24:59 GMT -5
Hi Ginny, Thanks for the info!  I didn't know Ciaran was on it as well...I knew Fiona was. We'll have to put some info on this CD. Thanks again Joe |
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Post by Joe on Jul 8, 2006 0:11:06 GMT -5
Cape Breton By Request (Vol. 1) notes in b-o-l-d
1. The Island (The Barra MacNeils) ***
2. Getting Dark Again (Buddy MacDonald)***
3. Song For The Mira (Matt Minglewood) written by Allister MacGillivray
4. Fare Thee Well Love (Fiona MacGillivray)
5. Working Man (The Men Of The Deeps)
6. Dan R. Set (Buddy MacMaster)
7. Sid Mar Chaidh an Cal a Dholaid (The Cape Breton Chorale)
8. You’ll Be Home Again (Heather Rankin, Cookie Rankin & Doris Mason)
9. The Four Marys (John Allan Cameron)
10. Song For Peace (The Barra MacNeils)
11. Scotch Music (Howie MacDonald)
12. My Love, Cape Breton & Me (John Gracie)
13. Go Off On Your Way (Ronnie MacEachern)
14. Rise Again (Raylene Rankin)***
***Aselin sings these songs on her CD 'Sweet is the Melody'
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Post by Joe on Mar 1, 2008 11:52:10 GMT -5
what does everyone think of it? what songs are good? are there any samples of it available anywhere? thanks!
PS I know Fiona is on volume one! |
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Post by Joe on Mar 1, 2008 12:26:21 GMT -5
Hi NL, I moved your post over here  Three songs were covered by Aselin Debison...watch on YouTube. The Island Getting Dark Again Rise Again Fare Thee Well Love...as sung by Jimmy and Cookie Rankin. It's a very sad song. Song For The Mira...written by Fiona's dad! The Four Marys...this is a Christmas song. Very good too. Those are the only songs that I am familiar with. The other artists are well-loved and popular musicians from CB. You might want to try eBay for Volume One. |
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Post by Northern_Lights on Mar 1, 2008 13:20:37 GMT -5
ok thanks, I didn't see this thread both volumes are available on amazon, I think I LOVE The Island!!!!!! I'll watch the other videos to see if I like them- I like Fare Thee Well Love because Fiona sings it (never heard it sung!) and Song For the Mira is cool too! So I know 3 songs are good! |
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Post by mott on Mar 6, 2008 19:19:17 GMT -5
Last year I saw Tommy Fleming do "Fare Thee Well Love" at the Celtic Fest in Chicago. He was great but the Rankins do it better. I saw the Aselin video of "The Island"... she sings very well but I didn't think much of the song. Perhaps because I'm not from Cape Breton and can't relate like the natives in the video can. There must be a lot of pride in the island that I can't relate to, being a landlubber.  |
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Post by Northern_Lights on Mar 6, 2008 19:25:45 GMT -5
I love the Island- it is one song that I know will be great on the CB by Request albums!
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Post by Joe on Mar 20, 2016 19:47:02 GMT -5
Fiona shared this on her public Facebook page!
As Ginny introduced above in the first post of ths thread, here is Fiona, aged 12, singing 'Fare Thee Well, Love' ...
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Post by garthmoe on Apr 25, 2016 20:17:57 GMT -5
Thanks Ginny for the interesting post re Cape Breton. A few months ago, I moved and only recently, while unpacking some papers, I came across a booklet of poems I had written and presented to The Cottars at an outdoor concert in Maxville, Ontario in 2004. Some of the poems I wrote were about the Cottars (I wrote a poem for each one of them) but I also had written one specifically about Cape Breton. I had visited Cape Breton in 1999 and I saw Roseanne for the first time performing at a ceilidh at a church hall in Baddeck, NS when she was 8 or 9 years old. I was greatly moved by the whole of Cape Breton and when I wrote the poem - Take-Me-Home Song - I tried to put myself in the position of a native son who was thinking about his homeland. I'm not claiming to be a good poet, but I thought that some of you might like to read about the places and things I had seen on the island. (The attachment is a Jpeg so you may have to enlarge it a bit. I just got a new scanner and I still learning how to use it.) If the file is unreadable, let me know and I'll re-type it. Cheers, Garth  PS OOPS!!!!! I was just checking some of my previous posts and I realize that I already posted quite a few of the poems I wrote way back in Dec. 2006 and January 2007. I think you might be able to access them by clicking on my user name and looking at all my postings. (Time must be flying by. I had completely forgotten posting the poems before.) |
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Post by Joe on May 6, 2016 17:31:46 GMT -5
Hi Garth! Thank SO much for sharing! Your attachment and its words are simply amazing! Those poems would make some lovely songs! -- Joe |
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Post by jason22 on Mar 27, 2021 21:19:09 GMT -5
Hi NL, I moved your post over here Three songs were covered by Aselin Debison...watch on YouTube. The Island Getting Dark Again Rise Again Fare Thee Well Love...as sung by Jimmy and Cookie Rankin. It's a very sad song. Song For The Mira...written by Fiona's dad! The Four Marys...this is a Christmas song. Very good too. Those are the only songs that I am familiar with. The other artists are well-loved and popular musicians from CB. You might want to try eBay for Volume One. Here is one more song from the album , that I found on YouTube just now . |
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Post by Joe on Mar 29, 2021 21:42:28 GMT -5
Another gem! Wonderful; I love it,  |
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I didn't know Ciaran was on it as well...I knew Fiona was.
