Manx Gaelic singer Ruth Keggin was awarded a grant by Culture Vannin to produce a solo album of traditional and contemporary Manx songs. The twelve track album was recorded on the West coast of Scotland and features vocals, guitar, double bass, fiddle and wooden flute.
CD cover Sheear (‘Westward’) is a live studio recording featuring an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary Manx Gaelic songs, arranged in a fresh and imaginative way.
Ruth (vocals, piano and flute) performs along with guitarist David Pearce and double-bassist Vanessa McWilliam. Irish flautist and sean nos singer Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Manx fiddle player Tomas Callister also feature on several songs.
The twelve-track album comprises a plethora of different textures, from unaccompanied pieces like Arrane y skeddan (Song of the herring) through to a more unusual soundscape of bowed guitar, prepared piano, shimmering fiddle and eerie double-bass harmonics used in Tree eeasteyryn boghtey (Three poor fishermen).
CD cover Sheear (‘Westward’) is a live studio recording featuring an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary Manx Gaelic songs, arranged in a fresh and imaginative way.
Ruth (vocals, piano and flute) performs along with guitarist David Pearce and double-bassist Vanessa McWilliam. Irish flautist and sean nos singer Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Manx fiddle player Tomas Callister also feature on several songs.
The twelve-track album comprises a plethora of different textures, from unaccompanied pieces like Arrane y skeddan (Song of the herring) through to a more unusual soundscape of bowed guitar, prepared piano, shimmering fiddle and eerie double-bass harmonics used in Tree eeasteyryn boghtey (Three poor fishermen).
Tracklist:
1. Fin as Oshin
2. Keayrt dooyrt my ghraih veen rhym
3. The road to Clady
4. Oikan ayns Bethlehem
5. Roish my row flaunys er ny chroo
6. She 'neen aeg mish as aalin
7. Tree eeasteyryn boghtey
8. Carval Chreneash
9. Arrane y skeddan
10. Graih foalsey
11. S'feayr yn oie
12. Holdfast
Ruth Keggin: vocals, piano, flute
David Pearce: guitar
Vanessa McWilliam: double bass
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin: irish flute, sean nos sing
Tomas Callister: fiddle
1. Fin as Oshin
2. Keayrt dooyrt my ghraih veen rhym
3. The road to Clady
4. Oikan ayns Bethlehem
5. Roish my row flaunys er ny chroo
6. She 'neen aeg mish as aalin
7. Tree eeasteyryn boghtey
8. Carval Chreneash
9. Arrane y skeddan
10. Graih foalsey
11. S'feayr yn oie
12. Holdfast
Ruth Keggin: vocals, piano, flute
David Pearce: guitar
Vanessa McWilliam: double bass
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin: irish flute, sean nos sing
Tomas Callister: fiddle
