Revenge Of The Folksingers - Concerto Caledonia, Alasdair Roberts, Olivia Chaney, Mairi Campbell, Jim Moray, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness

Another hallmark collaboration from Concerto Caledonia and guests, this time created during a week’s residency in the Suffolk countryside. The traditional and original songs speak with a heart-rending clarity, and are interspersed with infectious tunes from old and new Scotland, all informed by the group’s magpie diversity and by Benjamin Britten’s folksong arrangements, which they found in the library in Aldeburgh. The resulting alchemy of nu-folk with an early music sensibility defies categorisation. 1        The Foggy Dew    2:152        The Salley Gardens    2:393        Bonnie Susie Cleland    5:024        My Lord Of Marche Paven / Galliard: Or Voy-Je Bien / The Trees They Do Grow High    6:275        Swimming In The Longest River    4:146        Up In The Morning Early    3:497        The Sacred Nine And The Primal Horde    6:028        Mack Beth / Sheugare Candle    3:359        Psalm 124 / The Freedom Come-All-Ye / The Red-Haired Boy    6:3110        Daddy Oh, I'm Hoovering