This CD contains fourteen great tracks. The title track is an atmospheric , acoustic song about the well known beauty spotnear Glen Maye.
"Manannan's Road" is another track that is popular at their events. The strong Celtic melody and evocative words make it a highlight.
Their music is laid back, yet sparkling , and surprisingly contemporary.
Paul plays an electro-acoustic Taylor guitar , and does the vocals.
Ken plays an Anglo Concertina , and plays all sorts of harmonicas that all have different biases.
Ken loves Irish hornpipes, reels and jigs , and some are included on the CD
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A compilation of twenty three of the best and most popular Manx songs including Ellan Vannin and the National Manx Anthem.
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A CD of the best of Manx folk music from the seminal group Mactullagh Vannin who have influenced generations of Manx musicians.
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Skeeal is a five-piece band from the Isle of Man. Drawing on traditional and original material, they shape fouteen imaginative and thoughtful arrangements, moving between the Gaelic languages.
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Electro-acoustic group, Moot, perform traditional and original songs in both Manx Gaelic and English, presenting a fresh and sometimes quirky look at Island life. The band has performed at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient and competed in the finals of the Liet-Lavlut international song contest for minority languages in 2006.
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A CD of some of the most popular songs from the Manx National Songbook mixed in with some modern favourites as well, many arranged with orchestral accompaniment and featuring favourite Manx singers Graham and Nigel Crowe, Christine Bregazzi, Barbara Gale and Ernie Thorn.
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A CD by Manx choir Caarjyn Cooidjagh singing their unique style of choral arrangements of traditional and new Manx songs. Highly recommended.
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A CD of the best of Manx West Gallery music. Sung in churches throughout the British Isles in the 18th and 19th centuries, West Gallery music is being rediscovered, and the Isle of Man has a particularly rich tradition of this music. Performed by local choir Caarjyn Cooidjagh, the CD features authentic arrangements and instruments, including a serpent!
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 This new CD entitled Arraneyn (which simply means songs) features the Island's most well-known and respected speaker of Manx Gaelic, Brian Stowell.
Originally recorded in Peel in 1973, this collection of unaccompanied Manx ballads and songs was first released on vinyl as Arraneyn Beeal-arrish Vannin and represents some of the earliest recordings of traditional Manx songs. With such recordings of the Manx tradition in short supply, this new CD provides a window on the early stages of the Manx music revival.
The songs are performed in a straightforward style, and the clarity and energy of the unaccompanied singing means that the CD is perfect for singers who want to learn Manx songs.
Arraneyn contains some of the finest Manx ballads – songs of love, songs of the sea and popular ballads like ‘Ny kirree fo niaghtey’ (‘The sheep under the snow’) as well as lighter songs about dead hens and witches in corsets!
In fact, the original Manx versions of many well-known songs from the Manx National Song Book are here – including ‘Graih my Chree’ (‘Love of my Heart’) and ‘Arrane Oie Vie’ (‘The Goodnight Song’).
Full lyrics, translations and the extensive notes which accompanied the original recording are included on the disc as a PDF file.
This CD re-issue will prove intriguing to those who already know and love Manx music and to those who have yet to discover it.
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An exciting new CD from America! Carol Walker brings her own unique interpretation to Manx music. The CD features fifteen tunes from her book played beautifully on the Appalachian mountain dulcimer, harp, piano, melodica, upright bass, and vocals. Other musicians who feature on several tracks include her husband, Toby Walker and Brian Lindsay, a fiddle and whistle player. To purchase the accompanying book 'Tailless Tunes', please go the book section of this website.
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A selection of seventeen of TE Brown's Manx dialect poems read by Laurence Kermode. Laurence made the recording in 2006 at the age of 91. Laurence has been a performer all of his life and began reciting TE Brown when he was part of the popular Manx trio "Mike Lauire and Al" The recitations became a popular part of the act, thus resulting in the production of this CD.
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Read by Charles Guard, these are the original stories by Pam Way about Manxie, the Cat with no tail. This CD covers his first nine adventures that take him all around the Isle of Man and tests his nine lives
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