Audio CD review:
Ashley MacIsaac - Close to the Floor

Ashley MacIsaac - Close to the Floor

Band: Ashley MacIsaac Title: Close to the Floor Rating: Release Date: 16 June, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Little House Around The Corner/Traditional Winston/The Wandering Minstrel 2: 74th Highlanders'/Roderick MacDonald/Sandy Cameron/Creignish Hills/A Pipe Tune/A Mary Mac Donald 3: Hills Of Lorne/Sir Archibald Dunbar/Traditional/Pat Carney's/Scourdiness/Mrs. Duff 4: The New Fiddle/Scotty's Favourite/3 Mile Bridge/Champion 5: Miss Lyall's/Miss Lyall's/Sandy Cameron's/Carigoim Broach 6: Livingstone Pond/Long Point/Campion 7: Lament For Prophet/Moxham Castle/Children's Reel/Dublin Reel 8: Miss Elanor Stewart/Glen Grant/Miss Robertson/Donalbane 9: Blue Bonnets Over The Boarder 10: Irish Lasses/Cambridge/Aubry Foley's 11: Bonnie Anne Anderson/Headlight/Believe It Or Not/Mist Over The Loch

Customer Reviews Great for Ceildh's! Close to the Floor though is not a blend of rave, trance, pop and rock with his dabblings on a fiddle. Ashley MacIsaac is a rare talent that can put Celtic music into main stream and make it sound good. This is true Celtic music at its best. 11 Tradiational songs range from Jigs to Reels with wonderful sound and up-beat melodies that is sure to get you to your feet at least once during the 45+ minutes CD. Tradiaitonal music and a great dinner music CD. Fiddle Fan's Fantasy! Out of my extensive collection of traditional fiddle music, "Close to the Floor" is still my favourite. "Close to the Floor", Ashley's first album, was released when he was just 17 years old. No other recording approaches better the sound and feel of traditional Cape Breton music. For you fiddle fans out there, Cape Breton is an island in Nova Scotia, one of Canada's Atlantic provinces. In the early 19th century, Cape Breton became the home of thousands of displaced Scottish highlanders wanting to flee the cultural oppression they faced under the English at home. Outside of Scotland itself, Cape Breton is where the most authentic Scottish music continues to exist today. Listening to "Close to the Floor", one can get an appreciation of what a Cape Breton ceilidh (party) is really like. Simple, warm instrumentation, old tunes and energic fiddling makes this a great recording. Ashley demonstrates his virtuosity on fiddle, but also d! oes some stepdancing through the Miss Lyall's set and plays piano on another track. This is a must-have!. . You can see a complete list of all Ashley MacIsaac discography, or go back to the Ashley MacIsaac tabs