BBC Transatlantic Sessions (Series 2) vol 2 CD

(May 2013) 16 tracks: Tribute To Peadar O'Donnell / Takarazaka ( Jerry Douglas) * Trouble In The Fields (Maura O'Connell) * Piobaireachd Dhomhnaill Dhuibh (Black Donald's March) (Ishbel MacAskill) * The World Is What You Make It (Paul Brady) * The Glass Of Beer Set Western Lift / Traditional Reel/ Glass Of Beer (Sharon Shannon) * Nobody Wins (Radney Foster) * Boots Of Spanish Leather (Nanci Griffith) * Violet Tulloch - Queen Of Lerwick (Aly Bain) * Hummingbird (Eddi Reader) * La Danse De La Vie (The Dance Of Life) (Michael Douchet) * Forty Shades Of Green (Roseanne Cash) * Talk About Suffering / Incorporating A Traditional Reel (Rick Skaggs) * Cure For Life (James Grant) * The Mansion On The Hill (Sharon White) * Excuse Me Mister (John Martyn) * Urban Air (Ronan Browne).

Second collection of music from the second TV series.

Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain and dobro ace Jerry Douglas host a Highland gathering of the cream of Nashville, Irish and Scottish talent, resulting in a feast of entertainment not to be missed!

Vol 2 CD features a selection of music from the second television series of The Transatlantic Sessions, as screened on BBC TV. All Sixteen tracks on this CD have been taken directly from the original Pelicula Film sound recording: audio fully re-mastered (2013).

Transatlantic House Band: Aly Bain (fiddle), Jerry Douglas (dobro, lap steel guitar, vocals),
Michael Doucet (vocals, fiddle), Russ Barenberg (guitar, mandolin).

Featuring: Paul Brady (vocals, guitar, mandolin, whistles), Ronan Browne (whistles, flute, pipes), Rosanne Cash (vocals, guitar), Radney Foser (vocals, guitar), James Grant (vocals, guitar), Nanci Griffith (vocals, guitar), Boo Hewerdine (guitar, vocals), Ishbel Macaskill (vocals), Fiona Kennedy (vocals), John Leventhal (guitar), Iain MacDonald (pipes, whistles), John Martyn (vocals,guitar), Karen Matheson (vocals), Maura O'Connell (vocals), Eddi Reader (vocals, guitar), Sharon Shannon (accordion), Donald Shaw (accordion, keyboards), Ricky Skaggs (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar), Sharon White (vocals, guitar).