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Stuart Eaglesham
Wolfstone are a Scottish musical group founded in 1989, who play Celtic rock. Their repertoire consists of both original songs and traditional folk pieces. They have released seven studio albums, the latest, '' Terra Firma'', in 2007. The band record on their own label, Once Bitten Records. The group are named after the "Wolfstone", a Pictish stone originally sited at Ardross, Easter Ross, close to where the band initially recorded. History Formation (1989–1991) The roots of Wolfstone go back to when fiddler Duncan Chisholm met guitarist Stuart Eaglesham at a pub session. An idea becoming realised, Stuart's brother and keyboard player, Struan Eaglesham, was offered a place in the line-up, as was piper Allan Wilson from Bonar Bridge. Roger Niven from the Black Isle played guitar, but was soon replaced by Andy Murray. In 1989, Wolfstone performed their opening show at the first Highland Traditional Music Festival in Dingwall, supplemented by sequenced bass and drums. Followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Rebel Music
In the music of Ireland, Irish rebel songs are folk songs which are primarily about the various rebellions against British Crown rule. Songs about prior rebellions are a popular topic of choice among musicians which supported Irish nationalism and republicanism. When they discuss events during the 20th and 21st centuries, Irish rebel songs focus on physical force Irish republicanism in the context of the Easter Rising, the Irish War of Independence, the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War, and, more recently, the Troubles in Northern Ireland. History The tradition of rebel music in Ireland date back to the period of English (and later British) crown rule, and describe historical events in Irish history such as rebellions against the Crown and reinforcing a desire for self-determination among the Irish people and the Irish diaspora. As well as a deep-rooted sense of tradition, rebel songs have nonetheless remained contemporary, and since the end of the Irish Civi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unleashed (Wolfstone Album)
''Unleashed'' is the official debut album of Scottish Celtic rock band Wolfstone. It was released in 1991. Track listing # "Cleveland Park" - 4:16 #*Cleveland Park #*The Banks of the Allan #*Kenny Gillies of Portnalong, Skye # "Song for Yesterday" - 5:25 # "The Silver Spear" - 3:54 #*Paddy Fehey's #*The Silver Spear # "Sleepy Toon" - 3:52 # "Hector the Hero" - 5:08 # "The Howl" - 7:31 #*The Louis Reel #*Morrison's Jig #*The Shoe Polisher's Jig # "Here Is Where the Heart Is" - 5:14 #*Lily the Pict #*Here Is Where the Heart Is # "Hard Heart" - 5:44 # "Erin" - 5:45 #*The Coast of Austria #*Toss the Feathers #*Farewell to Erin #*Captain Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree Preview A preview containing both re-recordings of earlier tracks and samples from the album was issued before its release in 1991, entitled ''Unleashed: The Preview''. Track listing #"Erin" #"Song for Yesterday" #"Ready for the Storm" #"A Stoir Moi Chroi" Personnel *Duncan Chisholm: fiddle *Stuart Eaglesham: acoustic guita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Half Tail
''The Half Tail'' is the fourth album by Scottish Celtic rock group Wolfstone. It was released in 1996. It was released in August 1996, first in limited quantities on 6 August, followed by a wider release on 26 August. A promo poster for 26 August was distributed. Reviews were positive for the album. Track listing # "Zeto" - 4:13 #*Zeto the Bubbleman #*Electric Chopsticks # "Tall Ships" - 4:56 # "Gillies" - 6:42 #*The Sleeping Tune #*The Noose and the Gillies # "Heart and Soul" - 3:17 # "Granny Hogg's Enormous Wallet" - 3:43 #*Duncan Chisholm #*Granny Hogg's Enormous Wallet # "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" - 5:54 #*Bonnie Ship the Diamond #*The Last Leviathan # "Glenglass" - 5:26 # "Clueless" - 3:57 #*Clueless #*Fleshmarket Close #*The Steampacket # "No Tie Ups" - 4:07 Personnel *Duncan Chisholm: fiddle *Stuart Eaglesham: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, whistle *Struan Eaglesham: keyboards *Ivan Drever Ivan Drever is a Scottish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of The Dog (Wolfstone Album)
''Year of the Dog'' is the third album by Scottish people, Scottish Celtic rock group Wolfstone. It was released in 1994. Track listing # "Holy Ground" - 3:57 # "Ballavanich" - 4:45 #*The Boys from Ballavanich #*Mrs. Crehan's # "The Sea King" - 6:03 # "Brave Foot Soldiers" - 4:50 # "Double Rise Set" - 5:25 #*Gingerhog's No.2 #*The Double Rise #*Crossing the Mince #*Give Us a Drink of Water # "White Gown" - 4:26 # "Morag's Reels" - 5:19 #*Morag's Reel #*Laura Lynn Cunningham #*The Harsh February #*Miss Lyall # "Braes of Sutherland" - 7:29 #*Braes of Sutherland #*The Youngest Ancient Mariner # "Dinner's Set" - 4:14 #*Dinner's Dangerous River Jacket #*Richard Dwyer's Reel #*Sandy MacLeod of Garafad Liner notes *"Holy Ground": ''This song was written about the Irish conflict where religion is still used as an excuse for violence.'' *"The Sea King": ''This song came to life through an old traditional Orkney poem which Ivan unearthed and set to music some years ago.'' *"Brave Foot So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Horizons
''Burning Horizons'' is a 1993 EP by Scottish Celtic rock band Wolfstone Wolfstone are a Scottish people, Scottish musical group founded in 1989, who play Celtic rock. Their repertoire consists of both original songs and traditional folk pieces. They have released seven studio albums, the latest, ''Terra Firma (Wol .... The second track, "Battle", is one of the band's better known performances, awarding itself as the first track on '' Pick of the Litter'', the band's 1997 "best-of" album. It is also on '' The Best...Scottish Album in the World...Ever!'', which entered the UK compilations chart at no. 9 the same year. An earlier version of the song was on the band's album ''Wolfstone II''. Track listing # "Burning Horizons" - 5:22 # "Battle" - 3:36 #*The Battle of the Somme #*The Bugle Horn #*The Atholl Highlanders # "The Prophet" - 3:44 Personnel * Duncan Chisholm: fiddle *Stuart Eaglesham: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Struan Eaglesham: keyboards * Ivan Drever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children In Need
''BBC Children in Need'' is the BBC's UK Charitable organization, charity dedicated to supporting disadvantaged children and young people across the country. Established in 1980, the organisation has raised over £1 billion by 2023 through its fundraising efforts. The charity's flagship event is an annual telethon broadcast every November on BBC One and BBC Two. #Pudsey Bear, Pudsey Bear has served as its mascot, while the late Sir Terry Wogan hosted the event for 35 years. As a cornerstone of British television, Children in Need is one of the UK's two major telethons, alongside Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. It remains the BBC's sole in-house charity. Originally broadcast from the Television Centre, London, BBC Television Centre, the telethon relocated to the BBC Elstree Centre between 2013 and 2020 following the closure of the former. Historically lasting up to seven hours, the event was streamlined to a three-hour programme (7:00 pm to 10:00 pm) from 2020 onwards. To accommod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Bennett
Martyn Bennett (17 February 1971 – 30 January 2005) was a Canadian-Scottish musician who was influential in the evolution of modern Celtic fusion, a blending of traditional Celtic music, Celtic and modern music. He was a piper, violinist, composer and producer. Diagnosis of serious illness at the age of thirty curtailed his live performances, although he completed a further two albums in the studio. He died from cancer in 2005, fifteen months after the release of his fifth album ''Grit (Martyn Bennett album), Grit''. Early life He was born Martyn Bennett-Knight in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. His father, Ian Knight, was a Welsh geologist and musician. His mother was Margaret Bennett (writer), Margaret Bennett, a singer and folklorist who was born on Skye. His grandfather, George Bennett, was also an enthusiastic piper. Martyn Bennett spent the first five years of his life in the Codroy Valley, where Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic and traditional music were parts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Duncan (piper)
Gordon Duncan (14 May 1964 – 14 December 2005) was a Scottish bagpiper, low whistle player and composer. Early life Duncan was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire on 14 May 1964. His parents were tenant farmer and bothy ballad singer Jock Duncan and Frances Duncan. Jock Duncan joined the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board shortly after Duncan's birth and the family moved to Thurso then to Pitlochry. Initially taught by his father, Gordon began his piping career at the age of 10, winning many junior competitions under the tuition of Walter Drysdale, but started to lose interest in competition piping by the age of 18, at which point he was an apprentice joiner. Career He attracted attention from folk bands, touring the US and Europe with the Tannahill Weavers, Wolfstone and Ceolbeg and became associated with Dougie MacLean, playing low whistle on his albums. He began composing soon afterwards, having travelled across Europe and been exposed to other traditions, especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chase (Wolfstone Album)
''The Chase'' is the second album by Scottish Celtic rock group Wolfstone. It was released in 1992. Track listing # "Tinnie Run" - 3:44 #*The Road to Mount Tinnie Run #*The Boys of Ballymoat #*Alan MacPherson of Mosspark # "Glass and the Can" - 4:37 # "The Prophet" - 3:47 # "The Appropriate Dipstick" - 4:19 #*Lori Connor #*The Appropriate Dipstick #*John Keith Laing # "Flames and Hearts" - 5:03 # "The £10 Float" - 5:16 #*Kinnaird House #*The £10 Float #*The Cottage in the Grove # "Close It Down" - 4:38 #*Close It Down #*Duncan Johnstone # "Jake's Tune" - 4:34 # "The Early Mist" - 4:19 # "Cannot Lay Me Down" - 6:27 #*Cannot Lay Me Down #*The Lady of Ardross Personnel *Duncan Chisholm: fiddle *Stuart Eaglesham: guitar, vocals *Struan Eaglesham: keyboards *Ivan Drever Ivan Drever is a Scottish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He often tours with fiddler Duncan Chisholm who founded the Celtic rock band Wolfstone which Drever joined in 1990 but left in later years. Drever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hothouse Flowers
Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock band that combine traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock. Formed in 1985 in Dublin, they started as street performers. Their first album, ''People'' (1988), was the most successful debut album in Irish history, reaching No. 1 in Ireland and No. 2 in the UK. After two more albums and extensive touring, the group separated in 1994. Since getting back together in 1998, the band members have been sporadically issuing new songs and touring, but also pursuing solo careers. Career The group first formed in 1985 when Liam Ó Maonlaí and Fiachna Ó Braonáin, who had known each other as children in an Irish-speaking school, Coláiste Eoin in Booterstown, Dublin, began performing as street musicians, also known as buskers, on the streets of Dublin as "The Incomparable Benzini Brothers". They were soon joined by Peter O'Toole and had won a street-entertainer award within a year. They renamed the group "Hothouse Flowers" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
