Forerunner (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Forerunner
Type = Album
Artist = The Cottars


Released = 2006
Recorded = 2005
Genre = International / Folk Celtic
Length = 41:52
Label = Rounder Records
Producer = Gordie Sampson, Allister MacGillivray
Reviews =
* "Amazon.com" Rating|5|5 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000BYR9ZE / 11]
Last album = "On Fire"
(2004)
This album = "Forerunner"
(2006)|The third album by the Eastern-Canadian Celtic band The Cottars.

Track listing

# Waterlily "(Karine Polwart/Bay Songs Ltd., ASCAP)" – 4:29
# Miss Casey Medley – 1:59
#* Miss Casey's Jig "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
#* The Humours of Ballinafauna "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
# Byker Hill "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)" – 2:48
# Atlantic Blue " Ron Hynes/Blue Murder/Sold For A Song, SOCAN)" – 4:14
# Some Polkas – 3:14
#* Johnny Mickey's Polka "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
#* Ballydesmond Polka "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
#* The Magic Slipper Polka "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
# Pat Works On The Railway "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)" – 4:25
# Georgia Lee "(Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music)" – 4:34
# Sliabh Na mBan "(trad., arr. Ciarán MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)" – 3:04
# Home By Bearna "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)" – 2:33
#* Jo MacPhee's Jig "(Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
# Send Me A River "(Sinéad Lohan/RykoMusic Ltd. MCPS)" – 3:45
# Honeysuckle Medley – 4:10
#* The Honeysuckle Hornpipe "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
#* The Dancing Strathspey "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
#* Jenny Dang the Weaver "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
#* The Randy Wife of Greelaw "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
#* Crossing the Minch "(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)"
# Hold On "(Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music)" – 4:37

Credits

*Lakewind Sound sessions (Cape Breton Island)
** The Cottars
*** Ciarán MacGillivray: vocals, piano, guitar, Strat, Bb whistle, bodhrán, accordion
*** Fiona MacGillivray: vocals, whistle, bodhrán
*** Jimmy MacKenzie: guitar, tenor banjo
*** Roseanne MacKenzie: harmony vocals, fiddle, percussion
** Additional Musicians
*** Jamie Gatti - bass
*** Allister MacGillivray
*** Beverly MacGillivray
*Sound Emporium sessions (Nashville)
** Gordie Sampson: guitar, bouzouki, piano
** Mike Brignardello: bass
** Tom Bukovac: guitars, piano
** Shannon Forrest: drums, percussion
** David Henry: cello
** Jimmy Rankin: additional vocals on "Atlantic Blue"

Previous Recordings

* "Made In Cape Breton" - 2002
* "On Fire" - 2004