Revenge Of The Folksingers - Concerto Caledonia, Alasdair Roberts, Olivia Chaney, Mairi Campbell, Jim Moray, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness

Another hallmark collaboration from Concerto Caledonia and guests, this time created during a week’s residency in the Suffolk countryside. The traditional and original songs speak with a heart-rending clarity, and are interspersed with infectious tunes from old and new Scotland, all informed by the group’s magpie diversity and by Benjamin Britten’s folksong arrangements, which they found in the library in Aldeburgh. The resulting alchemy of nu-folk with an early music sensibility defies categorisation.

1        The Foggy Dew    2:15
2        The Salley Gardens    2:39
3        Bonnie Susie Cleland    5:02
4        My Lord Of Marche Paven / Galliard: Or Voy-Je Bien / The Trees They Do Grow High    6:27
5        Swimming In The Longest River    4:14
6        Up In The Morning Early    3:49
7        The Sacred Nine And The Primal Horde    6:02
8        Mack Beth / Sheugare Candle    3:35
9        Psalm 124 / The Freedom Come-All-Ye / The Red-Haired Boy    6:31
10        Daddy Oh, I'm Hoovering    4:07
11        Delighted / The Lincolnshire Poacher    3:41
12        False Lover John    4:59
13        OK, I'll Count To 8    1:21
14        Laddie Lie Near Me    4:46
15        Losing What You Find    3:28
16        A Scots Tune / O Can We See Cushions    5:05
17        The King's Horses    4:49