Rooz (English: Red) is the third album by Cornish folk band Dalla. It was released in 2007,[1] also as a download.
Rooz | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 26, 2007 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 48:34 | |||
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Some of the songs in the album are in the Cornish language.
Track listing
edit- Dean Younk a Gernow (The young man of Cornwall) - Slow duet
- Tane an Gove (The smith's fire) - Fast instrumental [2]
- Bal Maiden's Chant[3] Fast duet
- King of Sweden - also known as "Marriage may become a curse" - Instrumental faster and faster
- Can Dilly (Dilly song)[4] - Call and response song
- Tansys Golowan (Midsummer bonfire)[5] - Lively instrumental with world music flavour (Tune composed by J. Mills).
- Crantock Games [6] Slow and thoughtful interpretation for duet
- Descent[7]
- Seventeen Come Sunday[8] - Jolly duet
- Hernen Rooz (Red herring) - Instrumental, with an unusual finish
Personnel
edit- Dalla members
- Hilary Coleman - Clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals, whistle, rock smashing
- Neil Davey - Bouzouki, mandolin, fiddle, crowdy crawn,[9] vocals, clapping
- Bec Applebee - Darabuka, pandera,[10] vocals, clapping, rock smashing
- Guests
- Genevieve Applebee - rock smashing
- Pol Hodge - vocals
References
edit- ^ SOURCE: Sleeve notes 5-060109-992738
- ^ Tane an Gove: the title refers to Michael An Gof
- ^ Bal maiden: Bal=Mine. Bal maidens were employed at the surface to break up ore-bearing rocks and to pick out the bits worth smelting.
- ^ The Dilly Song: Words and music at http://www.folkinfo.org
- ^ Tansys Galowan: Feast of St John (23 June) was the occasion for bonfires across Cornwall.
- ^ Crantock Games: The song commemorates a murder on the Crantock Feast Day 16 May 1721
- ^ Descent: The Cornish words are God's, when casting Lucifer into Hell in the Cornish drama Gwreans an Bys: The Creation of the World(William Jordan, 1611), spoken by Pol Hodge.
- ^ WP article: Seventeen Come Sunday gives words but a different version is used in Rooz.
- ^ Crowdy Crawn: the Cornish version of a Bodhrán
- ^ Pandera: a Galician tambourine.