''Proterra'' is the twelfth
album
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by the
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
Celtic rock
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band
Runrig
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, with
Paul Mounsey
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A graduate of Trinity College, London, where he studied with Richard Arnell, Mounsey has composed for film, television, theatre, and television co ...
.
Track listing
# "The Old Boys" - 5:16
# "Proterra" - 5:35
# "Day of Days" - 3:38
# "Empty Glens" - 3:51
# "Gabriel's Sword" - 4:57
# "From the North" - 5:28
# "
An Toll Dubh"
(The Dungeon) - 2:28
# "There's a Need" - 3:34
# "Faileas air an Àirigh"
(Shadow on the Sheiling
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) - 4:06
# "Heading to Acadia" - 4:16
# "All the Miles" - 4:16
# "A Rèiteach"
(The Betrothal) - 5:19
# "Angels from the Ashes" - 3:25
Personnel
;Runrig
*Iain Bayne -
drums
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,
percussion
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*
Bruce Guthro
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-
lead vocals
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*Brian Hurren -
keyboards,
vocals
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*
Malcolm Jones -
guitar
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s,
accordion, vocals, pipes
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Calum Macdonald - percussion, vocals
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Rory Macdonald - vocals,
bass guitar
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Runrig albums
2003 albums
Scottish Gaelic music
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