Rooz (album)
For other uses, see Rooz (disambiguation).
| Rooz | ||||
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| Studio album by Dalla | ||||
| Released | April 26, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 48:34 | |||
| Dalla chronology | ||||
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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.
Track listing
- Dean Younk a Gernow (The young man of Cornwall) - Slow duet
- Tane an Gove (The smith's fire) - Fast instrumental [2]
- Bal Maiden's Chant[3] Fast duet
- King of Sweden - also known as "Marriage may become a curse" - Instrumental faster and faster
- Can Dilly (Dilly song)[4] - Call and response song
- Tansys Golowan (Midsummer bonfire)[5] - Lively instrumental with world music flavour (Tune composed by J.Mills).
- Crantock Games [6] Slows and thoughtful interpretation for duet
- Descent[7]
- Seventeen Come Sunday[8] - Jolly duet
- Hernen Rooz (Red herring) - Instrumental, with an unusual finish
Personnel
- Dalla members
- Hilary Coleman - Clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals, whistle, rock smashing
- Neil Davey - Bouzouki, mandolin, fiddle, crowdy crawn,[9] vocals, clapping
- Bec Applebee - Darabuka, pandera,[10] vocals, clapping, rock smashing
- Guests
- Genevieve Applebee - rock smashing
- Pol Hodge - vocals
References
- ↑ SOURCE: Sleeve notes 5-060109-992738
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Crowdy Crawn: the Cornish version of a Bodhrán
- ↑ Pandera: a Galician tambourine.
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