Mairi
MacInnes
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Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX092 (1995)
You can buy this album online at MusicScotland
14 tracks:
Puirt a Beul (Mouth Music) * Lyrics * Sound Sample
Follow the Light * Lyrics * Sound Sample
Cum Ar 'Naire (Keep in Mind) * Lyrics
Come Back to Me (Till Dhachaidh Luaidh) * Lyrics
Neamhnaid Gheal Dochais (Precious White Pearl of Hope) * Lyrics * Sound Sample
Sit at My Table
Fraoch a Rònaidh (Heather from Rona) * Lyrics
Far from Home * Lyrics * Sound Sample
Fear a Bhata * Lyrics
Precious Days * Sound Sample
Mile Marphaisg Air a Ghaol (A Thousand Death Shrouds on Love) * Lyrics
Eilean M'Araich (Isle of Arran) * Lyrics * Sound Sample
Puirt a Beul (Mouth Music) * Lyrics
This Feeling Inside * Lyrics * Sound Sample

"The charms of This Feeling Inside are less up-front but are many, and increase on repeated listening... Highly recommended... Her golden liquid voice can alternate with ease between being sweet and light or powerful and dark, sometimes almost at the same time..."
(Bob Walton, FRoots)

"She sings Gaelic traditional songs with a timeless grace. MacInnes is a powerful singer with a sanguine lift on the fast pieces and a plaintive keening on the slower numbers. She includes a couple of marathon mouth music sets (each with four songs run together) to affirm her reputation as one of the finest of Gaelic singers..."
(Ivan Em, Dirty Linen)

This Feeling Inside, produced by William Jackson, has received much acclaim and has won her many admirers. The title track, describing the importance and the whole meaning of being a Gael, is a personal insight of the singer. This song in particular has been singled out for much attention. Robbie Shepherd, presenter of the Take the Floor and The Reel Blend on Radio Scotland, described it as:

"...one of my all time favourite tracks"

John O'Regan, broadcaster and freelance journalist called it:

"...a showstopper"

This track is likely to become a favourite and synonymous with the name Mairi MacInnes.

She has also broken new ground with this new album by including material co-written with her husband Steve Evans. The album has been hailed as a major achievement not only for Mairi but Gaelic singing.

On the album Mairi is ably assisted by William Jackson on clarsach, whistles and bodhran; Tony McManus on guitar; Foz Paterson on keyboards; Wendy Weatherby on cello and Fred Morrison on the bagpipes.

There are no pretences about Mairi MacInnes, just listening to this album will convince you that she sings from the heart with great dignity and sincerity. The added bonus is that not only has Mairi a beautiful voice but she is an authentic Gaelic singer.

"The added bonus is that in her partner, Steve Evans, she has found the perfect songwriting foil and a short listen to Follow the Light or the ode to beauty and joy of parenthood, Precious Days, will prove that this one partnership will run and run and run. Glorious."
(Sean McGhee, Rock'n'Reel)

"I was very moved by the album and the depth of her expression and her voice has a round, light quality" (MacDuff's Kilt)