Susan McKeown & The Chanting House
『Bones』
CD: Sheila-na-Gig Music, U.S.A.
SNG-701 (1995)
1. Cé Leis é? (Whose is this? / Whose is he?)
Susan: Guitar
Chris Guitar
Michelle: Cello
Lindsey: Bass
Joe: Drums, Percussion
Jimi: Hammond Organ
2. Albatross
Chris: Guitar
Michelle: Cello
Lindsey: Bass
Joe: Drums, Percussion
Jimi: Hammond Organ
3. Snakes / Miná na hÉireann (The Women of Erin)
Chris: Guitar, Harmonium
Michelle: Cello
Lindsey: Bass
Joe: Drums, Percussion
Jimi: Hammond Organ
Shawn: Cymbals on Mná ha hÉireann
4. Heart
Chris: Guitar
Michelle: Cello
Lindsey: Bass
Joe: Cymbals, Percussion
Johnny: Fiddle
5. Westron Wynde / Westlin Winds
Chris: Guitar
Michelle: Cello
Lindsey: Bass
Joe: Drums
Johnny: Fiddle
6. Salomé
Chris: Guitar
Michelle: Cello
Lindsey: Bass, Bass Clarinet
Joe: Drums, Percussion
Jimi: Hammond Organ, Mellotron
Susan and Eoin: Background Vocals
7. Jericho
Susan: Guitar
Chris: Guitar, Bouzouki
Michelle: Cello
Lindsey: Bass, Tin Whistle
Joe: Drums
Jerry: Uilleann Pipes
Jimi: Bass Pedals
8. Love & Superstition
Chris: Guitar
Michelle: Cello, Accordion
Lindsey: Bass
Joe: Drums
Susan and Michelle: Background Vocals
9. Gorm
Gorm means blue
The melody and Irish lyrics are a keen, from the Irish "caoin"; to keen or lament, to cry or weep. This pre-Christian ritual was orally passed down through generations of women, in Ireland and elsewhere.
10. Curiouser
Eoin: Guitar
Jimi: Electric 12 string, Bass Pedals
Tom: Hurdy Gurdy, Bagpipe
11. I Know I Know
Chris: Guitar
Michelle: Cello
Lindsey: Bass
Joe: Drums
Jimi: Hammond Organ
Tom: Hurdy Gurdy
12. Storm in a Teacup
Susan: Bodhran
Chris: Guitar
Michelle: Cello
Lindsey: Bass
Joe: Percussion
Jimi: Mellotron
Eoin: Background Vocals
13. Bones
Chris: Harmonium
Michelle: Cello
Jimi: Dobro
Johnny: Fiddle
Tom: Sackbut, Hurdy Gurdy
SUSAN MCKEOWN & THE CHANTING HOUSE
Chris Cunningham, Michelle Kinney, Lindsey Horner and Joe Trump
THE HOUSE GUESTS
Johnny Cunningham, Jerry O'Sullivan, Shawn Pelton, Eoin Woods, Tom Zajac and Jimi Zhivago
All songs by Susan McKeown except: *Mná na hÉireann*, by Peadar Ó Doimín (1704?-1769) & Seán Ó Riada (1931-1971); *Westron Wynde*, lyrics anonymous, ninth century; *Westlin Winds*, by Robert Burns (1759-1796); Melody and Irish lyrics of *Gorm* thought to be from the singing of Peg Flaherty, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell on Inishmore island, June 1955.
All arrangements by Susan McKeown & The Chanting House except: *I Know I Know* and *Heart* arranged by Susan McKeown, John Doyle & The Chanting House; *Curiouser* arranged by McKeown, Doyle, Woods, Zajac, Zhivago; *Westron Wynde / Westlin Winds* arranged by Susan McKeown, Paula Potocki & The Chanting House.
Recorded at Mission Sound, Brooklyn, NY
Produced by Jimi Zhivago
Mixed by Steve Rosenthal at The Magic Shop, NYC
Engineered by Oliver Straus
Assistant Engineer: Joe Warda
Digital Editing by Oliver Straus
Mastered at The Master Cutting Room, NYC
Design: Katie Andresen & Becky Uberti
Cover Artwork: Carl Wolentarsky
Artwork Photography: Kevin Noble
Other Photography: Brendan Jamieson, Bill Ritchey
*Susan Thinking of Paris* (C) Bonnie Brown
*Toilette Matinale* c. 1925, Brittany (C) Photo le Doare
◆本CDについて◆
アイルランドのシンガー＆ソングライター、スーザン・マッキョーンの1stCD。ややダークで狂的な感じで、タイプとしてはジョニ・ミッチェルとかナタリー・マーチャントあたりに近いです。アコースティック主体ながらも尖ったアレンジで、チェロが印象的です。#6と#12にはメロトロンも入っています。
★★★★★
Salomé
I Know I Know
Storm In a Teacup
