Feast

[Joe]

UPDATED ON JULY 27, 2008

• no release date set, possibly Sept-Oct.
  
  
• music is recorded, still in mastering and post-production
  
  
• The CD will include two songs composed by Fiona; other songs are a mix of instrumentals and vocals
  
  
• Several of the tracks will feature The Cottars’ acoustic accompaniment backed by Toronto Symphony strings (and solo cello). Fiona’s originals have some of that rich string backing -- and sound just great. Celtic Classical Crossover, anyone? The Toronto Symphony were also recruited for
  
  Gordon Lightfoot's song "Your Love's Return" (Song for Stephen Foster)
  
  Ciarán's

  “I’ve been a Lightfoot fan for years and we just found the perfect song that hadn’t been as well known as some of his other works and did an arrangement of it and I personally was very excited to try that because I was such a great follower of his.”

[Joe]

Finally!

Canadian Celtic sensation, The Cottars, will release "Feast ", February 9 on Rounder Records.

track listing
1. Overture

2. Fare Thee Well, Northumberland (arr. Peter Knight)
-- The Purple Wave

3. Seagull (arr. Peter Knight)

4. Munster Suite
--My Darling Asleep
--The Munster Buttermilk
--The Frieze Britches

5. Your Love's Return (Song For Stephen Foster)

6. Young Munro

7. Contradiction Set
--Carter Mackenzie's
--The Hurricane
--The Contradiction

8. Leave Tomorrow Till It Comes (arr. Glenn Yarbrough)

9. On a Pier (arr. Fiona MacGillivray)

10. The 23rd of June

11. Hymn For N (arr. Fiona MacGillivray)

12. Goodnight To You (Oidhche Mhath Leibh) (arr. trad.)

dirtylinen.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/the-cottars-to-release-new-album-feast/

[Joe]

The Cottars' upcoming album "Feast" is receiving some wonderful reviews.

Here is one from Universal Music Classical...

www.iclassics.com/cottars/about/

[Joe]

With the release of "Feast" less than two weeks away, Rounder Records have audio samples of The Cottars next album...

www.rounder.com/artist/music/default.aspx?pid=63875&aid=98062

Some great covers of Gordon Lightfoot, Steeleye Span, and Glenn Yarbrough...simply amazing!

[Joe]

Amazon.com have already shipped my two copies of "Feast".

One for me and one for a friend in West Sussex

Joe

[roger]

Hi Joe,

Well, there's a coincidence. I had no idea you knew someone else in West Sussex! I will have to track him down and see if I can borrow it!

Cheers my friend,
Roger

[Joe]

Feb 8, 2010 21:25:21 GMT @roger said:

Hi Joe,

Well, there's a coincidence. I had no idea you knew someone else in West Sussex! I will have to track him down and see if I can borrow it!

Cheers my friend,
Roger

No worries...I've fixed it with your postman to give it to you first!

There is an article in today's Cape Breton Post about the CD...
www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=325275&sc=147

Enjoy,
Joe