Mackenzie and William Jackson - Notes from a Hebridean Island

(July 2001) 14 tracks: Anna Bheag (Wee Anna) * MacPhee's Reel, Marion and Donald, Tail Toddle * Ba Mo Leanabh (O My Baby) * Barbara's Jig, Kenny MacDonald's Jig, Joseph MacDonald's Jig * A Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals * Blue Ribbon, Scottish Measure * The Battle of Waterloo, The Wee Highland Laddie * Skye Dance, Harris Dance * The Mermaid's Song * Chaidh Mi'n Traigh a Deanamh Maoraich (I Went to the Beach to Collect Shellfish) * Co Bheir Mi Leam * Rory Dall's Sister's Lament * Iain Ruaidh's Lament (Tuireadh Ian Ruaidh) * Looking South Over the Border.

Gaelic song and instrumental. William Jackson (gut-strung harp, wire-strung harp, whistles, laud, piano), Mackenzie - Eilidh, Gillian and Fiona (vocals) - James MacIntosh (highland pipes, smallpipes), Tony McManus (guitars), Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle), Ian Lowthian (accordion), Calum Malcolm (bass, keyboards). Produced by Calum Malcolm.

"Multi-instrumentalist William Jackson remains steeped in deepest Highland tradition - most of the reels and pipe pieces on this latest record date back centuries. It's the crystal clear voices of the three Mackenzie sisters of Lewis that steal the show here, however" (The Observer)