Anne Lorne Gillies - An Long Hirteach - St Kilda Mailboat

(June 2004) 20 tracks: Leac na Gàdaig (On a cliff-edge) * Gura Thall ann an Sòaigh (It was over in Soay) * Cas na caora Hirtich o (The St Kilda sheep's shank) * Do dhà shùil bheag bhiolach (Your two beady little eyes) * Òran luiadh Hirteach (St Kilda waulking-song) * Thulgag bhòidheach (Lovely "Tulgag") * Cha b'e sgioba na Faiche (Not the crew of the "Faiche") * Na tri Nèill chalma (The three brave Neils) * The Lady Grange * 'S truagh a Rìgh nach mi bha thallad o (I wish I was over there) * Iorram suirghe (A courtship rowing-song) * Òran na h-ighinne Hirtich (The St Kildan maiden's song) * Mo ghaol òigear a' chùil duinn (I love the brown-haired young man) * Rè an t-samhraidh bha mo dhùil ris (I waited for him all summer) * Tàladh cailin an fhuilt òr-bhuidhe (Lullaby for the golden-haired girl) * Ewan and the gold * St Kilda waulking-song * From St Kilda to Kings Cross * St Kilda's Parliament 1879-1979: the photographer revisits his picture * Tuireadh nan Hirteach (The Lament of the St Kildans).

Bringing to life the old songs of St Kilda. This album of both historical and musical importance has been launched by the National Trust for Scotland.

Dr Anne Lorne Gillies is a distinguished Gaelic singer, as well as an academic. Her collection of the old songs from the remote Scottish islands of St Kilda includes many which have never before been recorded.

The recording has been carefully researched, and brings to life the people who once lived in the islands. The songs tell the stories of the many characters who once lived in these remote islands, tales of love and longing and loss, work and play, happiness and sorrow.

With Rhona MacKay and Eddie McGuire.