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Prachtige muziek en ook nog opgenomen op het Schotse eiland Eigg aan de westkust, waar ik diverse malen geweest ben. Twee keer raak.  
Kijk naar het filmpje (The Making Of Songs of Separation) in de link en je snapt dat ik regelmatig terugkeer. Daarnaast is dit de muziek waar ik mijn muzikale reis 5 jaar geleden op Usenet mee gestart ben, dus soms komen uiteinden van lijnen samen om een cirkel te vormen. Dat is dus nu net gebeurd.

De inspiratie voor deze samenkomst van alleen vrouwelijke artiesten komt uit het referendum dat in 2014 gehouden werd over hun onafhankelijkheid van Engeland.

Op de site stond de volgende omschrijving:

Reflections on the parting of ways
Songs of Separation brought together ten female folk musicians from Scotland and England, to create a recording which reflects on the issue of ‘separation’ in its many forms, through traditional song. Celebrating the similarities and differences in our musical, linguistic and cultural heritage, and set in the context of a post-referendum world, the work aims to prompt new thinking about the issue of separation as it occurs in all our lives. 

The SoS musician team brought together the musical skills and ‘big thinking’ of Eliza Carthy and Karine Polwart, two of the UK’s most celebrated voices, Mary Macmaster and Kate Young, two boundary-breaking Scots, Hannah James, Hazel Askew and Rowan Rheingans, from the award winning English ensemble Lady Maisery, Jenn Butterworth and Jenny Hill, brilliant backline players who have worked in both English and Scottish trad scenes, and Hannah Read, a New York-based musician who spent much of her childhood on the Isle of Eigg. 
It was a week of wonderful music making and compelling discussion!

Taking place on the beautiful Isle of Eigg in June 2015, the musicians spent an intensive week rehearsing and recording, including site recordings at the two sites central to the ‘Big Women of Eigg’ legend. As with all islands, Eigg has its own stories of separation to tell. The journey across the water allowed the musicians a sense of space and time to really immerse themselves in exceptional music making.

Tracklist:
01 - Echo Mocks the Corncrake
02 - It Was a for Our Rightfu King
03 - Poor Man's Lamentation
04 - S Trom an Direadh (Sad the Climbing)
05 - S Muladach Mi 'S Mi Air M'aineoil (Sad Am I and in a Strange Place)
06 - Cleaning the Stones
07 - Unst Boat Song
08 - London Lights
09 - Sea King
10 - Soil and Soul
11 - Over the Border
12 - Road Less Travelled

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