Silly Wizard - So Many Partings

Silly Wizard played a variety of Scottish folk music, both instrumental and vocal, from fast jigs and reels to slow airs. While the majority of the items they played were traditional songs or tunes, the band did write many compositions of their own. Phil Cunningham generally wrote instrumental music centered on the accordion, and Stewart wrote several songs in a style often distinctly traditional. Once Stewart's singing and the driving, impassioned instrumentals of the Cunningham brothers had established themselves at its centre, the group's overall sound changed little. So Many Partings was the third album by Silly Wizard released in 1979. On this album the songs "The Valley Of Strathmore" and "The Highland Clearances" were written by Andy M. Stewart.

Band
Phil Cunningham: Accordion, tin whistle, Synthesizers, piano, vocals
Johnny Cunningham: Fiddle, vocals
Martin Hadden: Electric bass, harmonium, guitar
Gordon Jones: Guitar, mandola, bodhran
Andy M. Stewart: Lead vocals, tenor banjo

Scarce O'Tatties/Lyndhurst

The Valley Of Strathmore

Bridget O'Malley (Brid Og Ni Mhaille)

A.A. Cameron's Strathspey/Mrs. Martha Knowles/The Pitnacree Ferryman/The New Shillin'

Donald McGillavry/O'Neill's Cavalry March

The Highland Clearances

Miss Catherine Brosnan

Wi' My Dog and Gun

Miss Shepherd/Sweeney's Buttermilk/McGlinchey's Reels

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Silly Wizard - So Many Partings

Celtic Fiddle Festival - Celtic Fiddle Festival

Celtic Fiddle Festival are a group of Celtic fiddlers active since 1993. Representing three of the main branches of Celtic culture, the members were Johnny Cunningham [late of Silly Wizard] of Scotland, Kevin Burke [best known for the Bothy Band] of Ireland, and Christian LeMaitre [member of Kornog] of Britanny. Since Cunningham's death in 2003, the group has continued to perform, replacing him with Andre Brunet [formerly of La Bottine Souriante] from Quebec. This is their first album released in 1993, it's a bit of a master class.

Cutting Bracken/Brisk Bob/Laird of Drumblair

Melodie/Rondes de Loudeac

Garrett Barry’s/Cliffs of Moher

Dionne Reel/Mouth of the Tobique

Larides de Pontivy et de Josselin

Mist Covered Mountains of Home

Pigeon on the Gate/Lafferty’s/Morning Dew

Suite de Loudeac

Music For A Found Harmonium/La Partida/Roumanian Tune/Calgary Polka/Leaving Brittany

Canyon Moonrise 11 Blair Atholl/The Cairdin O’t/Lexy McAskill

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Celtic Fiddle Festival - Celtic Fiddle Festival