Sally Greenberg's World
of Folk & Celtic Music

Favorite Artist: Dougie MacLean

Close Seconds: Dick Gaughan, Jez Lowe, Pete Morton, Leon Rosselson

Favorite Album: "Real Estate" by Dougie MacLean

Favorite Song: "Rank and Roses" by Dougie MacLean (from the album "Indigenous")

[Any number of Dougie MacLean's or Jez Lowe's songs could have gone here. After hearing Dougie tell the story behind this song, however, this one beat out the competition...]

Desert Island Disk List (A Baker's Dozen - I never could limit myself to 10...):

• Tim Buckley - "Goodbye & Hello"
• Ferron - "Shadows on a Dime"
• Dick Gaughan - "A Different Kind of Love Song"*
• Dick Gaughan - "Live in Edinburgh"*
• James Keelaghan - "My Skies"
• Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies - "Tenterhooks"*
• Dougie MacLean - "Indigenous"*
• Dougie MacLean - "Real Estate"
• Pete Morton - "Courage, Love and Grace"
• Old Blind Dogs - "Close to the Bone"
• Leon Rosselson - "I Didn't Mean It" (LP)
• Allan Taylor - "Sometimes/The Lady"
• The Wyrd Sisters - "Inside the Dreaming"

Current Disks in Heavy Rotation (in no particular order):

• Various - "Fyre and Sworde" (Fellside)
• Various - "Celtic Roots" (RCA/BMG)
• Steve Tilston - "Solorubato" (Fellside)
• Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies - "The Parish Notices" (Green Linnet)
• Tony McManus - "Porquoi Quebec" (Greentrax)
• Seelyhoo - "Leetera" (Greentrax)
• Various - "The Transatlantic Story" (Transatlantic)
• Billy Bragg & Wilco - "Mermaid Avenue" (Elektra)
• Martin Carthy - "The Kershaw Sessions" (Strange Roots)
• Dansaul - "Foot & Mouth" (Dansaul)
• Fairport Convention - "Fiddlestix" (Raven)
• John Gorka - "After Yesterday" (Red House)
• Lucky Bags - "Food for Thought" (Fellside)
• Ewan MacColl - "Antiquities" (Snapper Music)
• Parcel O'Rogues - "Parcel O'Rogues" (Temple, cassette)
• Kate Rusby - "Cowsong" (Pure, EP)
• Solas - "The Words that Remain" (Shanachie)
• Karan Casey - "Songlines" (Shanachie)
• Tabache - "Waves of Rush" (Lochshore)
• Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley - "Huldreland" (Greentax)
• Various - "Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf" (Red House)

My listening tastes vary somewhat over time as a function of my mood, new releases, live performances, exposure to new styles, etc. Here are the people (in addition to those mentioned above) whose albums are currently spending a lot of time in my stereo system.

Kate Rusby		Caswell & Carnahan		Old Blind Dogs
Roy Bailey		Jennifer Berezan		Eric Bogle
Capercaillie		Carnahan & Petrie		Martin Carthy
Ceolbeg			Figgy Duff			Greg Greenway
Priscilla Herdman	Steeleye Span			Janis Ian
The Iron Horse		Pat Kilbride			Andy Irvine
Llan de Cubel		Ewan MacColl/Peggy Seeger	Geraldine MacGowan/Oisin
Mr Fox/Bob Pegg		Eileen McGann			Brian Peters
Christy Moore		Carrie Newcomer			Colum Sands
Phil Ochs		The Oyster Band			The Poozies
Fairport Convention	Rock, Salt & Nails		Garnet Rogers
Runrig			Tommy Sands			Sharon Shannon
Richard Shindell	Michelle Shocked		Shooglenifty
Fred Small		Judy Small			Spirit of the West
Davy Steele		Ralph McTell			Kathryn Tickell
Steve Tilston		Robb Johnson			Ian Bruce
Sandra Kerr		Janet Russell			Robin & Barry Dransfield
Cheryl Wheeler		Chris Williamson		Wolfstone
Kate Wolf		Whippersnapper			June Tabor
Show of Hands		Pentangle			Bill Staines

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