Search - Catriona Mckay :: Starfish

Inventive modern Scottish folk instrumentals

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 09/03/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This set of inventive, modern Celtic instrumentals feature Scottish harpist Catriona McKay, along with guitarist Seamus Egan and others... The music is acoustic based and the instrumentation is traddy, though the approach is pretty jazzy, with unusual phrasing and rhythms... It's not totally my cup of tea, but folks who are looking for music that expands the boundaries of Celtic music will find this both challenging and aesthetically pleasant, sort of the trad equivalent of what David Grisman and his cohorts did for American bluegrass. Definitely worth checking out! (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To World Music)"

A classic recording

Kenn Stewart | Aberdeen, Scotland | 11/01/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Catriona McKay is a truly amazing musician and her stunning Clarsach playing doesn't get any better than her second solo cd. Here she shows her talent for composition and arrangment along with her wonderful playing. The other musicians especially Donald Grant on fiddle are the perfect match. Truly every track is faultless and with each listen grows even more satisfying as all classic albums should do. She is pushing the boundaries of Scotlands national instrument.



Check out Fiddlers Bid, The Chris Stout Quintet and the magestic Laebrack cd.



Stunning"