#runrig — Public Fediverse posts
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Runrig – The Stamping Ground (2001, Scotland)
Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, 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, by the time we get to this, their 11th studio album, had gone through some changes including lead singer Donnie Monro leaving and being replaced by Canadian Bruce Guthro. This album brought renewed interest in the band particularly across the pond, and - though the tale is ultimately tragic - has even been played in outer space.
Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at https://linernotes.club/@1001otheralbu[email protected] or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/11/28/runrig-the-stamping-ground-2001-scotland/
Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/1071865367
Happy listening!
#Runrig #CelticRock #CelticFolk #CelticMusic #Scotland #music #1001OtherAlbums
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Runrig – The Stamping Ground (2001, Scotland)
Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, 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, by the time we get to this, their 11th studio album, had gone through some changes including lead singer Donnie Monro leaving and being replaced by Canadian Bruce Guthro. This album brought renewed interest in the band particularly across the pond, and - though the tale is ultimately tragic - has even been played in outer space.
Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at https://linernotes.club/@1001otheralbu[email protected] or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/11/28/runrig-the-stamping-ground-2001-scotland/
Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/1071865367
Happy listening!
#Runrig #CelticRock #CelticFolk #CelticMusic #Scotland #music #1001OtherAlbums
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Runrig – The Stamping Ground (2001, Scotland)
Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, 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, by the time we get to this, their 11th studio album, had gone through some changes including lead singer Donnie Monro leaving and being replaced by Canadian Bruce Guthro. This album brought renewed interest in the band particularly across the pond, and - though the tale is ultimately tragic - has even been played in outer space.
Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at https://linernotes.club/@1001otheralbu[email protected] or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/11/28/runrig-the-stamping-ground-2001-scotland/
Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/1071865367
Happy listening!
#Runrig #CelticRock #CelticFolk #CelticMusic #Scotland #music #1001OtherAlbums
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Runrig – The Stamping Ground (2001, Scotland)
Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, 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, by the time we get to this, their 11th studio album, had gone through some changes including lead singer Donnie Monro leaving and being replaced by Canadian Bruce Guthro. This album brought renewed interest in the band particularly across the pond, and - though the tale is ultimately tragic - has even been played in outer space.
Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at https://linernotes.club/@1001otheralbu[email protected] or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/11/28/runrig-the-stamping-ground-2001-scotland/
Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/1071865367
Happy listening!
#Runrig #CelticRock #CelticFolk #CelticMusic #Scotland #music #1001OtherAlbums
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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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Tales of True Crime, Orkney : Theft and Pickery
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Well we may not be getting to see Nicola Benedetti perform tonight in Dundee - thanks pesky cold! - but we do have a fab unwatched Runrig DVD in hand. So now watching their 1991 concerts. Fab. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304653/ #Music #Runrig
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Well we may not be getting to see Nicola Benedetti perform tonight in Dundee - thanks pesky cold! - but we do have a fab unwatched Runrig DVD in hand. So now watching their 1991 concerts. Fab. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304653/ #Music #Runrig
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Well we may not be getting to see Nicola Benedetti perform tonight in Dundee - thanks pesky cold! - but we do have a fab unwatched Runrig DVD in hand. So now watching their 1991 concerts. Fab. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304653/ #Music #Runrig
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Well we may not be getting to see Nicola Benedetti perform tonight in Dundee - thanks pesky cold! - but we do have a fab unwatched Runrig DVD in hand. So now watching their 1991 concerts. Fab. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304653/ #Music #Runrig
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Well we may not be getting to see Nicola Benedetti perform tonight in Dundee - thanks pesky cold! - but we do have a fab unwatched Runrig DVD in hand. So now watching their 1991 concerts. Fab. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304653/ #Music #Runrig
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"Hearthammer" - Runrig
#TOTP debut for Scotland's biggest band, a nostalgic trip through the band's youth.
The video was filmed at a hugemungous concert they'd played on the banks of Loch Lomond earlier in the summer; all 30,000 in the crowd were recorded singing on the 12-inch.
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"Hearthammer" - Runrig
#TOTP debut for Scotland's biggest band, a nostalgic trip through the band's youth.
The video was filmed at a hugemungous concert they'd played on the banks of Loch Lomond earlier in the summer; all 30,000 in the crowd were recorded singing on the 12-inch.
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"Hearthammer" - Runrig
#TOTP debut for Scotland's biggest band, a nostalgic trip through the band's youth.
The video was filmed at a hugemungous concert they'd played on the banks of Loch Lomond earlier in the summer; all 30,000 in the crowd were recorded singing on the 12-inch.
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"Hearthammer" - Runrig
#TOTP debut for Scotland's biggest band, a nostalgic trip through the band's youth.
The video was filmed at a hugemungous concert they'd played on the banks of Loch Lomond earlier in the summer; all 30,000 in the crowd were recorded singing on the 12-inch.
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I remember first encountering Runrig back in the mid-1990s. They stayed my #1 fave band for about 15yr. It took discovering symphonic heavy metal to shift that sorta-fandom a couple of years ago.
Still good to recall the old favourites once in a blue moon though.
🎵
Once in a moment, the sun goes down
Protect and survive🎵spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DrpeRz9VzrCtprFcdm3sl?si=8b498b2b23cd4279 ;
or Tidal:
https://tidal.com/browse/track/234645920?u ;and somehow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_and_Survive seems faintly relevant
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I remember first encountering Runrig back in the mid-1990s. They stayed my #1 fave band for about 15yr. It took discovering symphonic heavy metal to shift that sorta-fandom a couple of years ago.
Still good to recall the old favourites once in a blue moon though.
🎵
Once in a moment, the sun goes down
Protect and survive🎵spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DrpeRz9VzrCtprFcdm3sl?si=8b498b2b23cd4279 ;
or Tidal:
https://tidal.com/browse/track/234645920?u ;and somehow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_and_Survive seems faintly relevant
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I remember first encountering Runrig back in the mid-1990s. They stayed my #1 fave band for about 15yr. It took discovering symphonic heavy metal to shift that sorta-fandom a couple of years ago.
Still good to recall the old favourites once in a blue moon though.
🎵
Once in a moment, the sun goes down
Protect and survive🎵spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DrpeRz9VzrCtprFcdm3sl?si=8b498b2b23cd4279 ;
or Tidal:
https://tidal.com/browse/track/234645920?u ;and somehow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_and_Survive seems faintly relevant
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I remember first encountering Runrig back in the mid-1990s. They stayed my #1 fave band for about 15yr. It took discovering symphonic heavy metal to shift that sorta-fandom a couple of years ago.
Still good to recall the old favourites once in a blue moon though.
🎵
Once in a moment, the sun goes down
Protect and survive🎵spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DrpeRz9VzrCtprFcdm3sl?si=8b498b2b23cd4279 ;
or Tidal:
https://tidal.com/browse/track/234645920?u ;and somehow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_and_Survive seems faintly relevant
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I remember first encountering Runrig back in the mid-1990s. They stayed my #1 fave band for about 15yr. It took discovering symphonic heavy metal to shift that sorta-fandom a couple of years ago.
Still good to recall the old favourites once in a blue moon though.
🎵
Once in a moment, the sun goes down
Protect and survive🎵spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DrpeRz9VzrCtprFcdm3sl?si=8b498b2b23cd4279 ;
or Tidal:
https://tidal.com/browse/track/234645920?u ;and somehow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_and_Survive seems faintly relevant
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Well, I made the mistake of listening to #Runrig ‘s live version of #LochLomond this morning and now I’m pining for a beloved #archaeology project instead of drafting this stakeholder presentation. 😭
Suffer with me!
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Well, I made the mistake of listening to #Runrig ‘s live version of #LochLomond this morning and now I’m pining for a beloved #archaeology project instead of drafting this stakeholder presentation. 😭
Suffer with me!
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Well, I made the mistake of listening to #Runrig ‘s live version of #LochLomond this morning and now I’m pining for a beloved #archaeology project instead of drafting this stakeholder presentation. 😭
Suffer with me!
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Well, I made the mistake of listening to #Runrig ‘s live version of #LochLomond this morning and now I’m pining for a beloved #archaeology project instead of drafting this stakeholder presentation. 😭
Suffer with me!
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Well, I made the mistake of listening to #Runrig ‘s live version of #LochLomond this morning and now I’m pining for a beloved #archaeology project instead of drafting this stakeholder presentation. 😭
Suffer with me!
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Our current viewing. It’s a 2-part documentary about a Runrig tribute band, and is still on the iPlayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002b9gt/beat-the-drum-dileab-runrig #Runrig #Gaelic #Music #Scotland
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Our current viewing. It’s a 2-part documentary about a Runrig tribute band, and is still on the iPlayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002b9gt/beat-the-drum-dileab-runrig #Runrig #Gaelic #Music #Scotland
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Our current viewing. It’s a 2-part documentary about a Runrig tribute band, and is still on the iPlayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002b9gt/beat-the-drum-dileab-runrig #Runrig #Gaelic #Music #Scotland
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Our current viewing. It’s a 2-part documentary about a Runrig tribute band, and is still on the iPlayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002b9gt/beat-the-drum-dileab-runrig #Runrig #Gaelic #Music #Scotland
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Our current viewing. It’s a 2-part documentary about a Runrig tribute band, and is still on the iPlayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002b9gt/beat-the-drum-dileab-runrig #Runrig #Gaelic #Music #Scotland
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Runrig - "The greatest flame"
It's like standing on a clifftop, looking out over the wild Atlantic.
Originally from the "Amazing Things" album, which was Runrig at their most anthemic. Re-released to promote "Long Distance", the group's best-of album, and as good an intro as any.
They'd performed the song on #TOTP back in May 1993, back when the set was dressed with flaming braziers.
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Runrig - "The greatest flame"
It's like standing on a clifftop, looking out over the wild Atlantic.
Originally from the "Amazing Things" album, which was Runrig at their most anthemic. Re-released to promote "Long Distance", the group's best-of album, and as good an intro as any.
They'd performed the song on #TOTP back in May 1993, back when the set was dressed with flaming braziers.
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Runrig - "The greatest flame"
It's like standing on a clifftop, looking out over the wild Atlantic.
Originally from the "Amazing Things" album, which was Runrig at their most anthemic. Re-released to promote "Long Distance", the group's best-of album, and as good an intro as any.
They'd performed the song on #TOTP back in May 1993, back when the set was dressed with flaming braziers.
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Runrig - "The greatest flame"
It's like standing on a clifftop, looking out over the wild Atlantic.
Originally from the "Amazing Things" album, which was Runrig at their most anthemic. Re-released to promote "Long Distance", the group's best-of album, and as good an intro as any.
They'd performed the song on #TOTP back in May 1993, back when the set was dressed with flaming braziers.
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Runrig - "The greatest flame"
It's like standing on a clifftop, looking out over the wild Atlantic.
Originally from the "Amazing Things" album, which was Runrig at their most anthemic. Re-released to promote "Long Distance", the group's best-of album, and as good an intro as any.
They'd performed the song on #TOTP back in May 1993, back when the set was dressed with flaming braziers.
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Runrig: Fichead Bliadhna
Critique Scotland's education system until the early 1980s when native #Gaelic -speaking children were often beaten for using their mother-tongue.
Freedom of the moor
Freedom of the hill
And then to school at the end of summer
Children,
Five years of age,
Without a word of English in our heads -
Runrig: Fichead Bliadhna
Critique Scotland's education system until the early 1980s when native #Gaelic -speaking children were often beaten for using their mother-tongue.
Freedom of the moor
Freedom of the hill
And then to school at the end of summer
Children,
Five years of age,
Without a word of English in our heads
