If you are new to Dougie MacLean, this and his album "Riof" are two great places to start. The concert format in "Dougie MacLean Live" heightens the emotion and beauty of his music in a way that the live format only can. The songs are as applicable to the American experience as they are to his Scottish roots.
"Long awaited live album includes previously unreleased track Talking With My Father. This album was a recording of concerts two years and half a world apart. The first six songs were taken from a solo concert in the Main Auditorium of the Glasgow Royal Concer Hall during the Celtic Connections Festival in January 1998. The other songs were recorded during Port Fairy Folk Festival in Australia in March 2000....TRACKS..She Will Find Me, Scythe Song, Rescue Me, Rite of Passage, All Together, Green Grow the Rashes, Ready for the Storm, Feel So Near, Talking With My Father, Singing Land, Caledonia, This Love Will Carry."
You may sample Dougie's songs by clicking on the songs below the photo.
Click here to hear Dougie MacLean's "Scythe" on You Tube.
Click here to hear Kathy Mattea and Dougie MacLean perform "Ready for the Storm"
Click here to hear Dougie MacLean perform the classic "Caledonia"
Click here to hear the Celtic Woman perfoming "Caldonia"
I stumbled across Dougie MacLean by accident and was hooked the first time I heard him. Like Mary Black and Eva Cassidy, Dougie would not be considered a part of the "sporting lifestyle" genre, but the fact is that his haunting, beautiful melodies bring to mind the outdoors and its natural beauty. He is an aclaimed musician - coming from the Tay Valley in Perthshire Scotland. His songs r... [Read More]
