Alasdair Fraser and Paul Machlis - Skyedance

Alasdair Fraser (fiddle, viola)

Paul Machlis (piano, synthesizers)

Tommy Hayes (bodhran)

Todd Philips (bass)

Ron Wilson (drums)

A classic album with widespread appeal.  Alasdair Fraser and Paul Machlis together explore the breathtaking harmonic resonances of ancient Gaelic airs, with contemporary settings of tunes from the Reverend Patrick MacDonald's 1784 Collection of Highland Vocal Airs and Captain Simon Fraser's 1816 edition of Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles.



1 The Scolding Wives of Abertarff 
2 Eilean Beag Donn a' Chuain (Little Brown Island in the Sea) (Donald Morrison)
3 Skye Dance
4 Nighean Donn a' Chuailean Riomhaich
5 Ruileadh Cailleach, Sheatadh Cailleach (An Old Woman Would Reel, An Old Woman Would Set)   *  The Bird's Nest  *  Harris Dance
6 The JB Reel (J Murdoch Henderson)  *  The Shepherdess  *  The JB Reel
7 Harris Dance  *  Skye Dance  *  Lochiel's Awa' to France  *  Harris Dance
8 A Nochd Gur Faoin mo Chadal Dhomh (Tonight my sleep will be restless)