Thirty years ago I, like many young(ish) lowland Scots, was going through a Runrig phase. Gaelic rock was the thing for us. Back then I had a wee boat moored at Port Sonachan on Loch Awe and fished from there in the summer. The local boatman was a man named Norman Macleod and he taught me over several seasons how to be safe on that big stretch of water. Out of fishing season I would go there to work on my wee boat and I had an old cassette player blasting out Runrig as I worked. Norman was not impressed by Runrig and said I should find something better. But he never told me what he meant by better. So one night I came home from work, turned on the tv and caught the end of a BBC Scotland programme. There was a band I didn't know singing a Gaelic song I'd never heard but it was brilliant and I had to find out more. Remember it's 1990's so no digital rewind. So I called directory enquiries and asked for the number of the BBC Scotland studios. Then I phoned them and asked if they could tell me who the band was on that programme. Turned out to be Capercaille, the song was Coisich a Ruin and I've been a fan ever since. Next time I went to Loch Awe to work on the boat I had Capercaille's Delirium album playing on my old cassette player and it got Norman's approval. But he already knew about them. And he said to me "Karen Mathieson is a local girl, she comes from a wee village just across the water over there !".
@adventureswithaurora
Жыл бұрын
I love this story!
@bobbyshafto3259
Жыл бұрын
Love the story,well worth enquiring who they were. First time I heard them was when Prince Charles went to Bernera,interviewed by Selina Scott "A Prince Among Islands". Since then I've bought umpteen of their fabulous albums,mainly on cd (Crosswinds on cassette) and seen them 6 times.....they're utterly amazing.
@johnmcnatty1710
8 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with a run rig phase though
@FIOREDIACACIA
5 ай бұрын
Vi ascolto dall' Italia, precisamente da Pisa. Siete fantastici, amo la vostra sonorità ❤
@erict956
Жыл бұрын
The Bodhrán player Marc Duff who's originally from Oban lives beside me and we were part of the team who brought the Mod to Falkirk in 2008. So many live gigs with so many people enjoying proper grass roots music. Just to let you know that Marc is a lovely wee guy with so much talent.
@hybridangel3403
3 жыл бұрын
It's nice listening to this. My great grandad Romney is from Scotland he had a plantation in the caribbean.
@yvonnemason9137
4 жыл бұрын
The best thing is seeing the very obvious fun they are all having playing this! Capercaillie rock!
@vickycampbell6311
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant! My favorite band of all time!!! What a line up! Thankyou!
@bobbyshafto3259
Жыл бұрын
What a collection of fabulous musicians ! Absolute TOP QUALITY.
@svitirur1665
3 жыл бұрын
great celtic music
@edwinvanderkooij8713
3 жыл бұрын
Perfect language ! Perfect music !
@georgehill6726
2 жыл бұрын
Still inspiring after all these years.
@marekpapaj
5 жыл бұрын
The Best feeling. Best wishes from Poland!
@Lorri555
10 жыл бұрын
They are still so fabulous..
@themysticmuse1111
6 жыл бұрын
Saw them in 91. Best live show I've ever seen. I've seen a lot,too.
@Michajeru
6 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful. Celtic music touches my soul.
@Valhalla88888
2 жыл бұрын
Best Celtic/Scots/Pictish band ever 🥳
@Skyebright1
Жыл бұрын
Scottish Gaelic, we don’t know much about the Pictish language
@timdanby6802
8 жыл бұрын
Oh for crying out loud,my feet are tapping all over the place again listening to Karen and Capercallie!
@alexsmith2526
4 жыл бұрын
makes me so home sick - stuck here in AUSTRALIA -
@fionaphillips3458
4 жыл бұрын
I feel the pull of the place too
@Larstig81
4 жыл бұрын
Same here. Love this kind of music! ☺
@queerchoreography54
5 жыл бұрын
They are consistently great. I usually complain about other Celtic groups who aren’t, but not this one!
@TheBanjogeorge
10 жыл бұрын
Taken from a great concert which was fantastic.
@Beezerjuice
10 жыл бұрын
Love this post. Had my toes to tappin, great group.
@hybridangel3403
4 жыл бұрын
My great great great grandfather is Scottish I felt drawn to this song
@TonyKitchen471
3 жыл бұрын
That's pure class
@ombra004
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you! She is wonderful, more and more!!!
@guase1
10 жыл бұрын
I was there..it was a beautiful night. please more videos about capercaillie and julie fowlis, thanks
@clairey6407
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!!!!
@eugecolcu
2 жыл бұрын
BRAVOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@machairflower
10 жыл бұрын
always enjoy your postings! Thanks!
@dinclo29100
10 жыл бұрын
Merci ...j'adore !!!
@DruidofAlbion
7 жыл бұрын
A rebel song broadcast on bbc. how wonderful :)
@jimthomson2684
4 жыл бұрын
Rebelling against what ? Please explain ?
@DruidofAlbion
4 жыл бұрын
@@jimthomson2684 Cant remember leaving that comment Jim .. great tune .. a real foot tapper
@sheilaburke6898
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@andrewx7806
9 жыл бұрын
soulful music.
@lawsonbob
10 жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of Karen.
@yolynaranjoespumadevenus402
8 жыл бұрын
bello....
@fionaphillips3458
4 жыл бұрын
Joyfulness
@qpon66
9 жыл бұрын
I see where Eluveitie got their source material from for Calling the Rain :P
@aidenwinter1117
4 жыл бұрын
I like this less energetic version slightly more than the original but I like both
@midgetfriz14
10 жыл бұрын
OMG I was there it was awesome!! :D
@donwilsmore3945
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark ,the whistle player ...remember Danesbury fete in 85 ?...and also saw capercaillie at the Cambridge folk festival in 86 ...
@rogerscott9332
6 жыл бұрын
Like fine whiskey.
@ellynmacgregor8210
4 жыл бұрын
Or (to be more Scottish about it) WHISKY. ;-)
@soupdragon151
2 жыл бұрын
Or as it is in the original gaelic, Uisge (Beatha) "the water of life" ;)
@sirderam1
7 жыл бұрын
If your foot isn't tapping to this you'd better check to make sure you still have a pulse.
@fabcillo
10 жыл бұрын
Wonderful wonderful wonderful! tomtscotland, your postings are always excellent. Has the BBC broadcasted the whole concert? Or will in the near future? We count on you… :-)
@tomtscotland
10 жыл бұрын
Whole concert has been broadcast. I will be posting more Capercaillie soon.
@JLBodhran
9 жыл бұрын
tomtscotland Are you sure it was the whole concert? Not just a selection of tracks? Because i've seen an audience video of them doing Dr. MacPhail's reel which wasn't in the concert shown on Alba.
@midgetfriz14
9 жыл бұрын
***** The actual concert was about 2.5-3 hours and they only showed about an hour or something on alba :( It was probably the best concert I have ever been to!
@JLBodhran
9 жыл бұрын
Having seen them at folk festivals a few times, I was surprised at how... cold & stifiled the concert seemed on TV, but that's probably to do with how they mixed the audio for the broadcast. Plus in a big concert hall it would be like that anyway.
@midgetfriz14
9 жыл бұрын
***** The audience were quite subdued during the first half but there was pretty much a ceilidh going on down the front towards the end! I was near the back unfortunately.
@nh6music
10 жыл бұрын
Great! Where was the concert?
@johnmacleod4481
7 жыл бұрын
I'm trying without success to find a song called 'Peigi Ghordain I wonder if you know of it at all I'd be more than grateful to you ,thank you so much
@cahillgreg
6 жыл бұрын
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@1blastman
4 жыл бұрын
Do they ever come to America?
@naoise8604
9 жыл бұрын
Usefull Refs:- ------------- Good references for Scottish Tunes & Gaidhlig Songs (both in Gaidhlig & translations):- Ceol nam Feis: Collection of Songs and Music from the Scottish Gaelic Tradition ISBN-10: 0952868709 Ceol nam Feis 2 ISBN-10: 0952868717 To contact Scottish Gaidhlig speakers check out:- ------------- AnGealBhan CeolSCraic org GlaschuBeo Bord Na Gaidhlig FaceBook - MusicAndBanter
@ShikataGaNai100
3 жыл бұрын
Karen Matheson FTW!
@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath
9 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the most bizarre videos I've ever seen lol
@johnzab5091
5 жыл бұрын
You had better get used to it... Gaelic is the main language of heaven!
@janetmackinnon3411
Жыл бұрын
Could we have a translation, please?
@what-uc
10 ай бұрын
Celtic Lyrics Corner is the place to go
@derekmcdonald8801
Жыл бұрын
Mi red d in e btoom
@ddzz9462
5 жыл бұрын
How Is this song danced?
@jamesoneill3922
3 жыл бұрын
It's a walking song. Not for dancing to. But they are playing it in 4/4
@zebulongrasko
4 жыл бұрын
Скрипочка присутствует. Скотты!
@sharperguy
7 жыл бұрын
Yikes they need to turn the levels up on the backing singers. These TV sound guys don't know anything. Great performance though.
@barbkatz1070
6 жыл бұрын
Still great - a little too slick but with all the electronics, what can any one expect?/I guess the electronics will eventually ruin all authentic folk music. Not the fault of the band; the fault of what the audience demands.
@edelahaye
5 жыл бұрын
What electronics ? The keyboard, the bass, the sound system What's your point exactly. The real problem here is that the bagpipes are too weakly mixed to be heard and this is a pity. The rest is excellent.
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