Bonnie Rideout
A Scottish Fiddle Collection
As heard on stages from Scotland's Edinburgh International Festival to America's Kennedy Center, Bonnie Rideout's unique style has been called "...dazzling fiddle playing from an authority in her genre." (Billboard Magazine)
Here are the best and most often requested of her traditional tunes, highland bagpipe music & ancient Gaelic melodies. (61:03 minutes)
Tune List
Listen
to samples of tracks 1, 9, and 10.
-
Mrs.
Gunn's Strathspey / Sweet Molly / The Wise Maid (3:28) - Grace Hay's Delight/Dunkeld House/Mrs.McGee's Reel (4:13)
- Pipe Major William Wilson(3:41)
- Brose and Butter/Cuzle Together/Elsie Marly (4:46)
- The Seagulls of Scarba/How I Passed the Winter/Fair John's Sister/St. Kilda Dance (4:19)
- Ghillie Callum/Highland Rant/Ryan's Rant (5:37)
- Corn Riggs/The Old Grey Cat/Ships are a' Sailing (4:27)
- Amazing Grace (2:26)
-
Yell Yell (2:49)
Soft
May Morn / Islay and Kintyre / Early on a May Morning (2:28)- The Champion of the Seas/Over the Isles to America/ Pop Goes the Weasel/Rossie Castle (5:14)
- North Highland Tunes (5:21)
- Bonny Jean O' Aberdeen (3:25)
- Miss Gordon of Park/Craigellachie Lassies/ The Honourable Mrs. Drummond Of Perth's Delight (4:00)
- Old Reels: Grant's Rant/Nighean Doon/The Brown-haired Daughter/Innes of Sandsides'/Mo Chuachag Laghach/The Gentle Milkmaid/Stuart's Rant (4:16)
Track information and Bonnie Rideout CDs featured on A Scottish Fiddle Collection:
1. Mrs. Gunn's Strathspey/Sweet Molly/The
Wise Maid (3:27)
Fiddle,
Uilleann pipes (Eric Rigler); pennywhistle, bodhran (Chris Caswell); guitar
(Al Petteway); cello (Abby Newton) from Kindred Spirits
2. Grace Hay's Delight/Dunkeld House/Mrs.
McGee's Reel (4:12)
Fiddle, 12-string guitar, cittern (Robin Bullock); bodhran (Paddy League)from
Scottish Fire
3. Pipe Major William Wilson (3:41)
Fiddle, Highland bagpipe
(Eric Rigler) from Celtic Circles
4. Brose and Butter/Cuzle Together/Elsie
Marly (4:46)
Viola, Uilleann pipes (Jerry O'Sullivan); bodhran, udu, djembe
(Paddy League) from Scottish Fire
5. The Seagulls of Scarba/How I Passed
the Winter/Fair John's Sister/St. Kilda Dance (4:18)
Fiddle, piano
(Betty Rideout) from Soft May Morn
6. Ghillie Callum/Highland Rant/Ryan's
Rant (5:37)
Fiddle, Scottish small-pipes (Eric Rigler); guitar (Charlie
Wilkie); bodhran (Myron Bretholz) from Celtic Circles
7. Corn Riggs/The Old Grey Cat/Ships a'
Sailing (4:27)
Fiddle,
guitar (Al Petteway); pennywhistle, bodhran (Chris Caswell) from Gi'me Elbow
Room
8.
Amazing Grace (2:26
Fiddle, Highland bagpipe (Mike Rogers [soloist],
The City of Washington Pipe Band) from Scottish Rant
9. Yell Yell (2:49)
Fiddle,
guitar (Charlie Wilkie); viola da gamba (Carolyn Surrick); bass (Charlie Pilzer)
from Celtic Circles
10. Soft May Morn/Islay and Kintyre/Early
on a May Morning (2:27)
Fiddle, piano (Betty Rideout) from Soft May Morn
11. The Champion
of the Seas/Over the Isles to America/Pop Goes the Weasel/Rossie Castle (5:14)
Fiddle, guitar (Al Petteway); cittern (Robin Bullock); bodhran (Paddy League)
from Scottish Fire
12. North Highland Tunes (5:23)
Fiddle, viola, bodhran
(Myron Brethholz) from Celtic Circles
13. Bonny Jean o' Aberdeen (3:24)
Fiddle, wire-strung Celtic harp (Chris Caswell); cello (Abby Newton) from Kindred
Spirits
14. Miss Gordon Of Park/Craigellachie Lassies/The
Honourable Mrs. Drummond of Perth's Delight (4:00)
Fiddle, cittern, guitar (Robin Bullock)
from Kindred Spirits
15. Old Reels: Grant's Rant/Nighean Doon/The
Brown-haired Daughter/Innes of Sandsides'/Mo Chuachag Laghach/The Gentle
Milkmaid/Stuart's Rant (4:15)
Fiddle, guitar (Al Petteway); Shepherd "A" smallpipes
(Vic Frank); bodhran (Paddy League) from Scottish Rant
CREDITS: Compiled, mastered and edited by Charlie Pilzer, Airshow, Inc., Springfield, VA. Executive Producer: Maggie Sansone; Graphic Designer: Charlene Osman; Editing: Betsy Chalfin; Artist photo: Chris Moscatiello; Cover photo: Scott Morrow - Phosphor.
More CDs by Bonnie Rideout
Soft May Morn (MM 208)
Celtic Circles (MM209)
Kindred Spirits (MM214)
Gi'me Elbow Room (MM219)
Scottish Fire (MM222)
Scottish Rant (MM223)
A Scottish Christmas (MM215)
Scottish Reflections (MM225)

