MUSICIANS: Billy Jackson - Clarsach, whistles, double bass; Tony Cuffe - Guitar; Iain MacDonald - Highland Bagpipe, flute. John Martin - Fiddles, viola. (All members of 'Ossian'). Jim Sutherland - Bodhran, double bass, percussion. (Member of "The Easy Club'). CATHERINE-ANN MACPHEE, who hails from Barra, has worked as an actress and singer with 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland since 1981, travelling all over Scotland and playing in .Moscow, Leningrad, Tbilisi, Toronto, Cape Breton and Berlin. Early in 1989 she appeared on television in the widely acclaimed "There Is a Happy Land", another very successful 7:84 production. Everywhere Catherine-Ann ssng people asked for her record but previously she had never been coaxed into the recording studio. Then 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland and Greentrax Records got together and "Canan Nan Gaidheal" is the result. CATHERINE-ANN is not only a fine singer, with a clarity of voice and range envied by many but she has a warm, cheerful personality which we believe has been captured on tape and you're bound to 'hear her smile' on some tracks. As John McGrath says in the sleeve notes, "She is a singer with a huge and wonderful repertoire, a voice that speaks straight to the heart, conveying a depth of experience way beyond her years....". On the album Catherine-Ann sings a nicely balanced mixture of Puirt-A-BeuI, Waulking, Rowing and other songs. Some are unaccompanied, allowing the voice - said to be the greatest instrument of all - to carry the song, while others are accompanied by the very talented musicians mentioned above. The Album was recorded by Pete Haigh at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh, in September, 1987, and was produced by Jim Sutherland. |
