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Runrig – The Stamping Ground (2001, Scotland)
Our next spotlight is on number 6 on The List, submitted by Almandine.
Formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973, Runrig was a much-beloved Celtic rock band that, among other things, was the first to have a song sung in Scottish Gaelic make the UK Singles Charts. By the time we get to this, their 11th studio album, they had long expanded their sound beyond traditional ceilidh/pastoral folk to be more folk rock, sung more songs in English than Gaelic, and had a number of line-up changes including lead singer Donnie Monro leaving (in 1997) and being replaced by Canadian Bruce Guthro. It apparently took a bit to get fans onboard with the change in lead vocalist, but this album brought renewed interest in the band (particularly across the pond) and it was ultimately their most successful. This album has even been played in outer space, taken onboard the space shuttle Columbia by American NASA astronaut Laurel Clark on the ill-fated STS-107 mission in 2003. The shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry but Clark’s CD copy was somehow found by NASA investigators in what little wreckage survived, in a field somewhere in Texas. Clark’s family presented the CD to Runrig, and the CD would later become part of a museum exhibition on the band (I’m not crying you’re crying).[1]
#celticFolk #celticMusic #celticRock #gaelicMusic #laurelClark #runrig #scotland #scottishMusic
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Runrig – The Stamping Ground (2001, Scotland)
Our next spotlight is on number 6 on The List, submitted by Almandine.
Formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973, Runrig was a much-beloved Celtic rock band that, among other things, was the first to have a song sung in Scottish Gaelic make the UK Singles Charts. By the time we get to this, their 11th studio album, they had long expanded their sound beyond traditional ceilidh/pastoral folk to be more folk rock, sung more songs in English than Gaelic, and had a number of line-up changes including lead singer Donnie Monro leaving (in 1997) and being replaced by Canadian Bruce Guthro. It apparently took a bit to get fans onboard with the change in lead vocalist, but this album brought renewed interest in the band (particularly across the pond) and it was ultimately their most successful. This album has even been played in outer space, taken onboard the space shuttle Columbia by American NASA astronaut Laurel Clark on the ill-fated STS-107 mission in 2003. The shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry but Clark’s CD copy was somehow found by NASA investigators in what little wreckage survived, in a field somewhere in Texas. Clark’s family presented the CD to Runrig, and the CD would later become part of a museum exhibition on the band (I’m not crying you’re crying).[1]
#celticFolk #celticMusic #celticRock #gaelicMusic #laurelClark #runrig #scotland #scottishMusic
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Runrig – The Stamping Ground (2001, Scotland)
Our next spotlight is on number 6 on The List, submitted by Almandine.
Formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973, Runrig was a much-beloved Celtic rock band that, among other things, was the first to have a song sung in Scottish Gaelic make the UK Singles Charts. By the time we get to this, their 11th studio album, they had long expanded their sound beyond traditional ceilidh/pastoral folk to be more folk rock, sung more songs in English than Gaelic, and had a number of line-up changes including lead singer Donnie Monro leaving (in 1997) and being replaced by Canadian Bruce Guthro. It apparently took a bit to get fans onboard with the change in lead vocalist, but this album brought renewed interest in the band (particularly across the pond) and it was ultimately their most successful. This album has even been played in outer space, taken onboard the space shuttle Columbia by American NASA astronaut Laurel Clark on the ill-fated STS-107 mission in 2003. The shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry but Clark’s CD copy was somehow found by NASA investigators in what little wreckage survived, in a field somewhere in Texas. Clark’s family presented the CD to Runrig, and the CD would later become part of a museum exhibition on the band (I’m not crying you’re crying).[1]
#celticFolk #celticMusic #celticRock #gaelicMusic #laurelClark #runrig #scotland #scottishMusic
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Runrig – The Stamping Ground (2001, Scotland)
Our next spotlight is on number 6 on The List, submitted by Almandine.
Formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973, Runrig was a much-beloved Celtic rock band that, among other things, was the first to have a song sung in Scottish Gaelic make the UK Singles Charts. By the time we get to this, their 11th studio album, they had long expanded their sound beyond traditional ceilidh/pastoral folk to be more folk rock, sung more songs in English than Gaelic, and had a number of line-up changes including lead singer Donnie Monro leaving (in 1997) and being replaced by Canadian Bruce Guthro. It apparently took a bit to get fans onboard with the change in lead vocalist, but this album brought renewed interest in the band (particularly across the pond) and it was ultimately their most successful. This album has even been played in outer space, taken onboard the space shuttle Columbia by American NASA astronaut Laurel Clark on the ill-fated STS-107 mission in 2003. The shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry but Clark’s CD copy was somehow found by NASA investigators in what little wreckage survived, in a field somewhere in Texas. Clark’s family presented the CD to Runrig, and the CD would later become part of a museum exhibition on the band (I’m not crying you’re crying).[1]
#celticFolk #celticMusic #celticRock #gaelicMusic #laurelClark #runrig #scotland #scottishMusic
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We've just discovered that there's a remastered 20-track rerelease of Runrig's "The Cutter and the Clan" album (1987). This was my first Runrig album, bought on cassette when I was still at school in Hawick. And we think it was maybe my husband's first Runrig album too, bought early on at university. So no surprise, that's what we're listening to now. https://open.spotify.com/album/2A46JhDLTE2PBAMDJqlI8d #Runrig #Music #80s #1980s #ScottishMusic #80sMusic #Gaelic #GaelicMusic #TheCutterAndTheClan
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Very sad to hear #Niteworks are disbanding next year, they are one of my favourite modern Scottish bands and a much needed non-folk #Gaelic band. Their work even partially inspired me to pick up Gaelic on Duolingo, and made me believe that contemporary genre representation is crucial to linguistic preservation and revival.
Air Fair an La is probably their biggest hit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfKOnXPvtB4#electronica #music #electronicmusic #gaidligh #GaelicMusic #scottishmusic
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How very sad. #RIP #BruceGuthro. He was a fine addition to the #Runrig lineup after Donnie left. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66727738 #Music #Canada #NovaScotia #ScottishMusic #CanadianMusic #GaelicMusic #TraditionalMusic #FolkMusic #CapeBreton #Gaelic #Scotland
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Starting to watch (recorded) the Sabhal Mòr Ostaig @ 50 celebratory #concert from 2023 #CelticConnections. Gorgeous #Gaelic #music. For viewers in the UK it’s available on catchup on the iPlayer for some weeks yet. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001kyxc/sabhal-mor-ostaig-50 #GaelicSongs #GaelicMusic #Gaidhlig #OrainNanGaidheal #Glasgow #Skye #Scotland #ScottishMusic #JulieFowlis #DonnieMunro
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"Las" by Ross Ainslie, Brighde Chaimbeul https://songwhip.com/rossainslie/las
#GaelicMusic
#Bagpipes
#RossAinslie
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"The Reeling" by Brighde Chaimbeul https://songwhip.com/brighde-chaimbeul/the-reeling
#GaelicMusic
#Bagpipes
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"Carry Them with Us" by Brighde Chaimbeul https://songwhip.com/brighde-chaimbeul/carry-them-with-us
#GaelicMusic
#Bagpipes
#BríghdeChaimbeul