Forerunner (album)

The third album by the Eastern-Canadian Celtic band The Cottars.

Track listing

1. Waterlily (Karine Polwart/Bay Songs Ltd., ASCAP) – 4:29
2. Miss Casey Medley – 1:59
   • Miss Casey's Jig (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
   • The Humours of Ballinafauna (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
3. Byker Hill (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 2:48
4. Atlantic Blue Ron Hynes/Blue Murder/Sold For A Song, SOCAN) – 4:14
5. Some Polkas – 3:14
   • Johnny Mickey's Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
   • Ballydesmond Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
   • The Magic Slipper Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
6. Pat Works On The Railway (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 4:25
7. Georgia Lee (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music) – 4:34
8. Sliabh Na mBan (trad., arr. Ciarán MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 3:04
9. Home By Bearna (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 2:33
   • Jo MacPhee's Jig (Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
10. Send Me A River (Sinéad Lohan/RykoMusic Ltd. MCPS) – 3:45
11. Honeysuckle Medley – 4:10
    • The Honeysuckle Hornpipe (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
    • The Dancing Strathspey (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
    • Jenny Dang the Weaver (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
    • The Randy Wife of Greelaw (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
    • Crossing the Minch (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
12. Hold On (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music) – 4:37

Credits

• Lakewind Sound sessions (Cape Breton Island)
  • The Cottars
    • Ciarán MacGillivray: vocals, piano, guitar, Strat, Bb whistle, bodhrán, accordion
    • Fiona MacGillivray: vocals, whistle, bodhrán
    • Jimmy MacKenzie: guitar, tenor banjo
    • Roseanne MacKenzie: harmony vocals, fiddle, percussion
  • Additional Musicians
    • Jamie Gatti - bass
    • Allister MacGillivray
    • Beverly MacGillivray
• Sound Emporium sessions (Nashville)
  • Gordie Sampson: guitar, bouzouki, piano
  • Mike Brignardello: bass
  • Tom Bukovac: guitars, piano
  • Shannon Forrest: drums, percussion
  • David Henry: cello
  • Jimmy Rankin: additional vocals on Atlantic Blue

Previous Recordings

• Made In Cape Breton - 2002
• On Fire - 2004