Who's your favourite Burns singer?

[James MacMillan]

I'm aging myself here, but I have an old recording by Dennis Day, that I don't think can be beat!

[macwilkin]

I'm aging myself here, but I have an old recording by Dennis Day, that I don't think can be beat!

I didn't know Dennis Day sang any of Burns' songs...

T.

[James MacMillan]

I didn't know Dennis Day sang any of Burns' songs...

T.

I'm going by memory here, and I will need to dig out the old 78, but I know I remember his voice and Burn's words.... ..... ..... ..... ..... of course, I have been wrong before!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Smithfield Faire's [I]Burns Night Out[I] is pretty good, I especially like their rendition of "Comin Through the Rye."

But my two favorites are Andy M' Stewart's Burns album (can't remember the title, it may just be Andy M. Stewart Sings the Songs of Robert Burns), and Dougie MacLean's Tribute, an album dedicated to the works of Robert Burns and Neil Gow.

People tend to think these days of Dougie as a singer/songwriter, and forget that he's also a expert fiddler.

Aye,
Matt

[RockyR]

I'm going to go in a COMPLETELY different direction (and give no offense to those bands listed here), but the Real McKenzies...

They may be crazy and loud and "rock and roll" Scottish, but they do a TON of Robbie Burns poems (and other assorted songs about Scotland, Football, Nessie, etc).

http://www.realmckenzies.com/

[Scotus]

I think Roddy Woomble does a wonderful job with Burns. Here he is, singing, _The Lea Rig_.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWBmVqY_hA4

Although not a song, if you like Burns, you have to listen to Dawn Steele doing _Tae a Louse_. She's a marvel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO_tdp8pYxg

Enjoy!

Scotus

[Coemgen]

Wow! Those are really good!

[Scotus]

The reason I like the way Roddy sings Burns is because he has so much passion in his voice. He does justice to the love song.

Scotus

[AL-58]

I have recently been listening to Eddi Reader doing the songs of Robert Burns, and have quite enjoyed her take on them.

*** on that defiately. I seen her perform a few weeks ago at two separate folk festivals(Canberra and Blue Mountains), the CD has been on very high rotation in our hoose since then, I was lucky enough to get the last copy she had with her. It gained her an MBE so she must have done it right by some.

By luck Folk Festivals and kilt-wearing comlement each other nicely

Al

[northernsky]

I have recently been listening to Eddi Reader doing the songs of Robert Burns, and have quite enjoyed her take on them.

Jeez, didn't know she sang Burns. She has wonderful voice (so does her brother, the lead in the pop band Trashcan Sinatras). My fav though is Andy M. Stewart.