Albannach

[morrison]

Lot of drumming!

[Pour1Malt]

They're good, but there's a lot of better groups. Wolfstone, Rare Air, The Tannahill Weavers, and Deaf Shepherd all have amazing pipers!! I won't even metion the Battlefield Band. Have you heard the tune The Canongate Twitch? Mike Katz is brilliant!

ya arr sae wrang wee lad...

drums and pipes- that is a' ai need arr want...

ya add guitars, fiddles, arr keyboards (gasp )

an ya have ruined a perfectly guid thing!

[RK-REX]

Do we know their tour schedule for this summer in USA?

I have the album and it is well produced, they mellow out the rawness of the audio your hear on the vidoes. it is quite stiring music. I believe their motto is keep it tribal.

I highly recommend the album, I play it often on the way to work. Kind of like the movie Apoclypse Now with Wagner music on the chopper as the attack from the sunrise. Is that a weird anaology??? anyway it is better than a cup of starbucks to wake you up. And I dare anybody to cut me off in traffic while I am listening to Albanch.

I will raise my Claymore high and smite them.

The tour schedule is here, but the site is being updated as of today.

http://www.albannachonline.com/


And yes, I can see what you're saying even though I don't have the album yet. Their music appeals to me in a way that few things do. Like it strikes a chord deep, deep in my mind. Almost primal in a way. I'm thinking it's perfect warm up music for a rugby match.

[Dirka Skene]

I wonder if they'll be playing at the Arkansas games this year?

[JBfromBS]

I wonder if they'll be playing at the Arkansas games this year?

I don't know about Arkansas, but I'm pretty sure they're supposed to play the Greenville games this year. Also, I think they're supposed to be at Grandfather Mountain again (but I may be wrong about that one.)

Joe

[Kiltedmusiclover]

I don't know about Arkansas, but I'm pretty sure they're supposed to play the Greenville games this year. Also, I think they're supposed to be at Grandfather Mountain again (but I may be wrong about that one.)

Joe

Yes GM Games dates are on their tour page.
Check it out when it is back up.

They also are going to be playing at some other shows close to
NC/SC in April at the Loch Norman games near Charlotte,

http://www.ruralhillfarm.org/loch.htm

and in Raleigh I believe at

http://www.ncrenfaire.com/index.php

And in June at the Greenville SC games

http://greenvillegames.org/main.htm

[Barclay]

They are amazing - but it is a different experience. KiltedCodeWarrior turned me on to them last year, and while I love their CD (it's in heavy rotation on my MP3 player that I use in the gym), their is no comparison between recorded and live. If you have the opportunity, see them live. Hearing and feeling the drums and the wail of the pipes in such a primitive, tribal way is just indescribable.

In short, they rock!

[Jerry]

Thanks, Mike, that brings back fond memories of Frederick and Richmond last year. Everyone needs to see them at least once, in an open air setting, and with a large crowd to fully appreciate the effect the music has on everyone. You feel the music as much as hear it.

[Dirka Skene]

I would also like to know what kind of kilts they're wearing. They look like they're gathered in the back. Does anyone know what kind of kilts those are?

[Mike1]

I cannot recall the tartan, I think it's a corporate tartan if memory serves.

They are wearing belted plaids.