celtic concert ㉖ CATHY~ANN MacPHEE 'mouth music' : PUIRT A BEUL

[@bluecamus5162]

I'm here because I just watched the film, 'I Know Where I'm Going', and it's supposed depiction of Colonsay and it's rendition of the puirt a beul 'Macafee', which threw me for a loop. I find the idea of vocalized dance music fascinating and it's all very new to me. Mom was born Fee and is directly descended from the MacPhees of the Hebrides. We've been in America 270 years and my mother knew nothing of her Scots heritage. I'm reclaiming a little piece of it for myself. Thank you.

[@uptonsavoie]

My Macneil ancestor came from Barra, Cathy-Ann's home, where they still speak Scots Gaelic. The castle of the Clan Macneil still stands on a desolate rock off Barra.

[@123tgw]

I love Catherine-Ann MacPhee's voice and these Gaelic songs. Bought her album 'Canan nan Gaidheal' (Language of the Gael) while living and working on the Isle of Sky in 1994 and was fortunate enough to travel from Stornaway on Lewis all the way south to Barra in the Western Isles. Would dearly love to have been able to listen to her sing live. Amazing rythym in that old style of singing too and such history.

[@jeanellamcphie2053]

So very good very enjoyable

[@darkfey1963]

Oh,what a voice!

[@bocklinskitten4335]

what a great performance is this! i tried learning gaelic, it didn´t work, ok ,i´m german speaking....such a difficult thing!, but loooove this language! but singing so fast with such a perfect articulation is just amazing, love listening to you, Catherine- Ann, amazing!

[@darkfey1963]

No,waulking songs came out as accompaniment to waulking/milling tweed fabric and had lyrics that told a story,pretty much.Puirt a beul stood in for instrumental music.This is to the best of my knowledge,there are probably plenty of people who know better than I do and may contradict me here.Capercaillie put out an album called Sidewaulk that has examples of waulking songs,such as "Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda".You should check it out.

[@rabby-u]

Wow

[@GreenManelishi]

Is this music/singing "Waulking Songs"?

[@adventureswithaurora]

They're puirt-à-beul, AKA mouth music. They were used to sing when instruments were on the down-low, so that people could dance to 'em. :)