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Has anyone listened to Bob McNeill's 2001 album, Covenant?
BOB MCNEILL
Bob McNeill emigrated to New Zealand from his native Scotland in 1998. He lives in the South Island, near Dunedin. A gifted songwriter, he was largely unknown until his first album Covenant was released in late 2001 and acclaimed by reviewers and audiences. Covenant then won the New Zealand Music Award for "Best Folk Album" for that year.
Winner of the "Best New Zealand Folk Album of 2001" Tui award.
Congratulations, Bob.
Music from Scotland, Ireland, England, Brittany and New Zealand is played on Irish bouzouki, shuttle pipes, fiddle and flute. Covenant features original music by Bob ( now living in Dunedin) who was inspired by the story of Margaret Wilson, a Covenanter executed in 1685 at Wigtown in the south west of Scotland. Aged only 18, she was drowned at the stake in the Solway Firth after refusing to take the Oath of Abjuration.
Tom Weston's/The auld house/Nel's kitchen (4:33) ; Margaret Wilson (1:44) ; Gilbert of Kirkowan (3:57) ; The martyr of the Solway (3:35) ; The thirsty man of Wigtown (4:03) / Bob McNeill -- The maids of Arrochar / Niel Gow (3:46) -- What gars ye greet, my bonnie lass? / words, John Barr ; music, Bob McNeill (2:43) -- The trip to Port Rush/What pain have I endured since last year? / Bob McNeill/traditional (3:18) -- Doun the burn, Davie / words, Robert Crawford/ music, Bob McNeill (3:29) -- Lord Baker / traditional (4:53) -- Le val Andre/An dro/Unknown jig / Bob McNeill/traditional (4:13) -- The bonnie lass of Albanie / Robert Burns (4:15) -- Mairi bhan og / traditional (2:34).
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