Michael Marra with Mr McFall's Chamber - Recorded Live On Tour

(September 2010) 23 tracks (60 mins): The Lonesome Death Of Francis Clarke * The Slave's Lament * Hamish (The Goalie) * The Beast * Niel Gow's Apprentice * Happed In Mist * The Clock * Monkey Hair * Schenectady Calling Peerie Willie Johnson * Pius Porteous * Green Grow The Rashes * Farlow * Frida Kahlo's Welcome To The Tay Bridge Bar.

Live recordings from shows performed around Scotland, with ten tracks of Michael's spoken introductions to the songs and full lyrics included in the CD booklet.

The superb musicianship of Mr McFall's Chamber is the perfect counterpoint for the gravelly voice and grand piano of Michael Marra. The incredible wit and street-wise wisdom of the songs make for fascinating listening.

Michael Marra (vocals, piano, guitar) with Mr McFall's Chamber - Robert McFall (violin, mandolin), Brian Schiele (viola), Su-a Lee (cello, musical saw), Rick Standley (double bass, bass guitar) and Phil Alexander (accordion, harmonium, glockenspiel, vocals).

"Marra's music has broad horizons. His songs' subjects roam across Mull and Shetland, over the Canadian prairies to Schenectady, New York home of swing-era jazz broadcasting, and down into Mexico. But his muse is governed by sound Dundonian principles, including the futility of going in the huff and the folly of vanity..." (The Herald)

"Mr McFall's Chamber are the jewel in the Scottish musical crown, continually pushing the envelope of repertoire and style..." (The Scotsman)

"To Dundonians, he's the troubadour poet who has sculpted from the rhythms and accents of their city a songbook so comprehensive it should be required listening for anyone venturing over the Tay Bridge. To football fans he's the author of Hamish The Goalie, an ode in song to Hamish McAlpine, the legendary Dundee United stopper. And to connoisseurs of Scottish music he shares best-kept-secret status with people like Bert Jansch and Davy Graham.' (Sunday Herald)

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