Rooz (album)
Rooz (English: Red) is third album by Cornish folk band Dalla. It was released in 2007[1], also as a download.
Some of the songs in the album are in the Cornish language.
Musician line-up
- Hilary Coleman: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Voice, Whistle, Rock Smashing.
- Neil Davey: Bouzouki, Mandolin, Fiddle, Crowdy Crawn[2], Voice, Clapping.
- Bec Applebee: Darabuka, Pandera[3], Voice, Clapping, Rock Smashing.
- Guests
- Genevieve Applebee: Rock Smashing.
- Pol Hodge: Voice.
Track listing
- Dean Younk a Gernow (The young man of Cornwall) - Slow duet
- Tane an Gove (The smith's fire) - Fast instrumental [4]
- Bal Maiden's Chant[5] Fast duet
- King of Sweden - also known as "Marriage may become a curse" - Instrumental faster and faster
- Can Dilly (Dilly song)[6] - Call and response song
- Tansys Golowan (Midsummer bonfire)[7] - Lively instrumental with world music flavour (Tune composed by J.Mills).
- Crantock Games [8] Slows and thoughtful interpretation for duet
- Descent[9]
- Seventeen Come Sunday[10] - Jolly duet
- Hernen Rooz (Red herring) - Instrumental, with an unusual finish
References
- ^ SOURCE: Sleeve notes 5-060109-992738
- ^ Crowdy Crawn: the Cornish version of a Bodhrán
- ^ Pandera: a Galician tambourine.
- ^ Tane an Gove: the title refers to Michael An Gof
- ^ Bal maiden: Bal=Mine. Bal Maidens were employed at the surface to break up ore-bearing rocks and to pick out the bits worth smelting.
- ^ The Dilly Song: Words and music at http://www.folkinfo.org
- ^ Tansys Galowan: Feast of St John (23 June) was the occasion for bonfires across Cornwall.
- ^ Crantock Games: The song commemorates a murder on the Crantock Feast Day 16 May 1721
- ^ Descent: The Cornish words are God's, when casting Lucifer into Hell in the Cornish drama Gwreans an Bys:The Creation of the World(William Jordan, 1611), spoken by Pol Hodge.
- ^ WP article: Seventeen Come Sunday gives words but a different version is used in Rootz.