2008 marks
over 20 years in the
recording and
touring career of
the Barra MacNeils.
To celebrate this,
the group has
released a 20th
Anniversary CD that
covers the span of
the Barra MacNeils’
entire career. The
album features
essential recordings
from various
releases over the
years, plus a new
track, 'Chasing The
Sun', that was
co-written by Grammy
Award winner Gordie
Sampson along with
Cape Breton’s own,
Fred Lavery.
Clumsy
Lover
Set
My
Heart’s
In The
Highlands
Our
Highland
Queen
Song For
Peace
Michael
Anthony’s
Birthday
In The
Wink of
an Eye
Dougie
Mac
Coaltown
Road
Willie
C.
The
Longest
Day
Rattlin
Roarin
Willie
Am Pige
Ruadh
(The Red
Jug)
Glasgow
City
Police
Pipers
Seallaibh
Curaidh
Eoghainn
Caledonia
The
Brolum
Set
Haven’t
Got A
Care
Don’t
Call Me
Early
Dance
With Me
Daily
Chasing
The Sun
(new
track)
Darling
Be Home
Soon
Didn’t
Hear The
Train
The
Maids of
Arrochar
24. The
Island
Released in 2005
Available on CD
Cost: $20.00 CAD
All At Once
Featured Track
David
Francey's
songs are
just so
accessible.
The refrains
are so
infectious. A
Thousand
Miles
really
features the
Barra's
distict
vocal
stylings.
Haven't
Got a
Care
A
Thousand
Miles
The
Keeping
It Reel
One Wild
Rose
Dougie
Mac
Gearan
na
Maighdinn
You
Couldn't
Have
Come At
A Better
Time
Craobh
Nan
Ubhal
Dance
With Me
Daily
Horses,
Geese
and One
Old Man
Penny
Hill
Tiree
Love
Song
Michael
Anthony's
Birthday
Released in 2006
Available on CD
Cost: $20.00 CAD
The Christmas Album II
Christmas Album II is the Barra MacNeils’ second
seasonal recording, following 1999’s The Christmas
Album. Recorded at Kyle and Anita MacNeil’s home on the
Mira and Soundpark Studio, Cape Breton,
NS. Engineered by Jamie Foulds and Boyd
MacNeil.
Produced by The Barra MacNeils.
I Saw
Three Ships
At Last
I’m Ready For Christmas
On The
Very First Christmas
Angels
We Have Heard On High
Good
King Wenceslas
The
Gathering Set
Christmas Together
Childhood Christmas
Ave
Maria
Dancing
Angels
Merrily
On High
Joy To
The World
Oran
nan Cailleachan (Song Of The Old
Ladies)
Christmas Ceilidh
Samhach
an Oidhch’ (Silent Night)
Released in 2001
SOLD OUT.
OUT OF STOCK.
Cape Breton Christmas
DVD
Live Christmas Concert, as seen on
television, plus a visit to Cape Breton,
interviews with the Barras at home at
Christmas and a Barra MacNeils music
video.
Carol of
the Bells
Snow Plough
Set
Taladh
Chriosda
O Holy
Night
O Come
Divine Messiah
God Rest Ye
Merry Gentlemen
Auld Lang
Syne
Christmas
in Killarny
Released in 2000 Available on CD
Cost: $20.00 CAD
Racket in the Attic
Featured Tracks
Don’t Call Me Early
Rattlin’ Roarin’ Willie
Second Hand News
Longest Day
Queen Of Argyle
Misty Moisty Morning
By Northern Light
Everytime
Racket In The Attic
Come High, Come Low
Nancy O
Tullochgorum
Released in 1999
Available on CD
Cost: $20.00 CAD
Available on Casette
Cost: $12.00 CAD
The Christmas Album Featured Tracks
God Rest Ye
Merry Gentlemen
Children's
Winter
Carol of
the Bells
Ann am
Baile Ri'oghail Dhaibhidh (Once in
David's Royal City)
Singing in
the Streets
Christmas
Comes But Once a Year (Christmas in
Carrick)
Christmas
in Killarney
Snowplow
Set
O Holy
Night
Galician
Carol
O Come
Divine Messiah
Taladh
Chriosda (Christ Child Lullaby)
Party in
Washabuckt
Auld Lang
Syne
Released in 1997
Until Now
Featured Track
Banks of
the Roses
Clumsy
Lover Set
Darling Be
Home Soon
Mouth Music
'97
Ian Hardie
Set
My Hearts
in the Highlands
Coal Town
Road
Going Down
The Road
Brolum Set
Song For
Peace
Row, Row,
Row
The Island
The Marquis
of Huntly's Snuff Mill
Mouth Music
'97 (Bonus)
Released in 1995
The Question
Featured Tracks
Myopic
Seallaibh
Curaidh Eoghainn
The Ballad
of Lucy Jordan
Going Down
the Road
Oh My
She The
Ocean
17
Turquoise
Shoes
The
Question
Falling
Part of Me
All or
Nothing
Goin' Back
Released in 1994
Available on CD
Cost: $20.00 CAD
The Traditional Album Featured Track
The Clumsy
Lovers Set
Celtic Harp
Tribute To
Robert Stubbert
The Visit
Medley
The Maids
of Arrochar
The Brolum
Set
Twice A
Year Fiddler
March -
Strathspeys - Reels
Memories of
Mary Ann MacKenzie
Wedding
Party Medley
Toonik Tyme
Twin
Fiddles
Niel Gow's
Lament For The Death Of His Second
Wife
Released in 1993
Available on CD
Cost: $20.00 CAD
Closer to Paradise
Featured Track
We
Celebrate
Darling
Be Home Soon
When
I’m Away From You
Closer
To Paradise
Chase
The Man
Dancing
We Would Go
In The
Wink Of An Eye
Frostbite
Caledonia
Jigs:
The Dusty Windowsill/The O’Keeffe’s
of Dublin
