Mànran (album)
Encyclopedia
Mànran is a 2011 album
, the debut LP by Scottish
Celtic rock
band Mànran
. It includes their download single Latha Math
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, the debut LP by Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Celtic rock
Celtic rock
Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock and a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context...
band Mànran
Mànran
Mànran is a Scottish band that was established in June 2010. The band plays a mixture of styles incorporating Gaelic traditions, Scottish folk music and Rock....
. It includes their download single Latha Math
Latha Math
"Latha Math" is a single from Scottish Gaelic group, Mànran. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2011 as a digital download. The band were aiming to be the first Gaelic song in the Top 40 for the 21st Century. While the band reached 32 mid-week, they slipped out of the top...
.
Track listing
- Fingal's Cave - 3:00
- Reels - 3:33
- Glaodh an Iar - 3:51
- Oran na CloicheOran na CloicheOran na Cloiche is a Scottish Gaelic folk song, written by poet Donald Macintyre. It documents the return of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland, which was retrieved from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1950 by students...
- 3:05 - Speybay Switch - 5:56
- Maraiche nan Aigh - 4:45
- The Open Door - 3:47
- Latha MathLatha Math"Latha Math" is a single from Scottish Gaelic group, Mànran. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2011 as a digital download. The band were aiming to be the first Gaelic song in the Top 40 for the 21st Century. While the band reached 32 mid-week, they slipped out of the top...
- 3:31 - Scottische - 5:04
- An Eala BhànAn Eala BhánAn Eala Bhàn is a Scottish Gaelic love song composed by Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna during the Battle of the Somme. It is addressed to Mhagaidh Nic Leòid, his sweetheart at the time of World War I....
- 4:49 - Chasing Daylight - 3:11
- Puirt - 3:34
Personnel
- Scott MacKay: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Norrie MacIver: lead vocalsLead vocalistThe lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
- Gary InnesGary InnesGary Innes is a Scottish musician, star shinty player and broadcaster from Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Scotland. He is a wizard accordion player and established Scottish shinty Internationalist...
: accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist.... - Calum Stewart: flute, small pipes
- Ewen HendersonEwen Henderson (musician)Ewen Henderson is a multi-instrumentalist folk musician from Fort William, Scotland.-Musical career:...
: bagpipesBagpipesBagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
, fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music... - Ross Saunders: bass