Bonnie Rideout - Scottish Fire

(March 2000) 12 tracks: Grant's Rant / The Brown-Haired Daughter / Innes of Sandsides' / The Gentle Milkmaid / Stuart's Rant * The Champion of the Seas / Over the Isles to America / Pop Goes the Weasel / Rossie Castle * Oh Onochie O * Grace Hay's Delight / Dunkeld House / Mrs. McGee's Reel * The Highlands of Scotland / The Lowlands of Scotland / Kelo House / Miss Clementina Stewart * Lude's Lament * The Brown-Haired Lad / O My Boatman * Tibby Fouller O' the Glen / The Lonach Highland Fling / Miss Shepherd / Dr. Gordon Stables' Reel * Brose and Butter / Cuzle Together / Elsie Marly * What the Devil Ails You! / Loch Ness * The 156th Brigade at the Battle of Romani * Purser's Air / Fishing off Eilean Na H'airde / Drinan Jig.

One of the finest Scottish fiddlers of our time, Bonnie Rideout brings a brilliant virtuosity to the evocative music of the Highland. From Scotland's Edinburgh International Festival to America's Kennedy Center, her fiery performances of ancient Gaelic melodies, strathspeys, jigs and reels ignite the rich musical traditions of her Scottish heritage.

BONNIE RIDEOUT (Fiddle and Viola), JERRY O'SULLIVAN (Uilleann Pipes and Scottish Small-pipes), MIKE GREEN (Great Highland Pipes), AL PETTEWAY (Guitar), ROBIN BULLOCK (Guitar and Cittern), MAGGIE SANSONE (Hammered Dulcimer), TINA CHANCEY (Viola da Gamba), PADDY LEAGUE (Bodhran, Snare, Udu and Djembe), JON QUIGG (Snare and Bass Drums).

"Her playing is so intensely personal and emotional that one feels like an eavesdropper." (THE GLASGOW HERALD)

" ... a sizzling virtuosic rampage"