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Originally recorded in 1977 and reissued on CD in 1994, Song of the Seals is one of Jean Redpath's finest solo albums. As usual, she accompanies herself on guitar and, as is the case on a number of her records, she is also helped out by cellist Abby Newton, whose instrument adds a note of haunting melancholy to a number of the songs. Fiddler Jay Ungar contributes as well, but the focal point here is Redpath's sweetly rough mezzo-soprano and, of course, the songs themselves. All of them are lovely, but particular highlights include the gorgeous "Mill O'Tifty's Annie" (Child number 233) and the eerie title track, which draws on ancient Scottish legends of "seal folk" (who could "cast their sealskins and assume mortal form"). The album's emotional centerpiece, though, is the heartbreaking "College Boy," in which a young woman berates her father for marrying her to a teenage boy, then mourns her young groom's death. Highly recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Granville Bantock, ComposerLyricist - Harold Boulton, ComposerLyricist - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Newton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Redpath, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Eller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Originally recorded in 1977 and reissued on CD in 1994, Song of the Seals is one of Jean Redpath's finest solo albums. As usual, she accompanies herself on guitar and, as is the case on a number of her records, she is also helped out by cellist Abby Newton, whose instrument adds a note of haunting melancholy to a number of the songs. Fiddler Jay Ungar contributes as well, but the focal point here is Redpath's sweetly rough mezzo-soprano and, of course, the songs themselves. All of them are lovely, but particular highlights include the gorgeous "Mill O'Tifty's Annie" (Child number 233) and the eerie title track, which draws on ancient Scottish legends of "seal folk" (who could "cast their sealskins and assume mortal form"). The album's emotional centerpiece, though, is the heartbreaking "College Boy," in which a young woman berates her father for marrying her to a teenage boy, then mourns her young groom's death. Highly recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:34
- Main artists: Jean Redpath
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Philo
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Folk
© 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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