Recordings

"Margaret One of the major figures of the modern Scottish revival"
— Hamish Henderson

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	Margaret Bennett joins with friends from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drame (RSAMD) and Aberfeldy District Gaelic Choir for this lovely CD of Scots and Gaelic song inspired by Margaret's invitation to Festival 500 (July 2007) in Newfoundland, where thousands of singers from all over the world spend a week together celebrating the voice and the joy of singing. Accompanied by Seylan Baxter, Cheyenne Brown, Heather Downie, Ruairidh MacMillan and Stuart Peters.Song lyrics. Get CD at
	In the Sunny Long Ago Nostalgic and sentimental, but with a keen ear for the lithe beauty of some of Scottish trad's song repertoire, Margaret Bennett, native of the Isle of Skye is a throwback to another time. When accordion and fiddle did the two-step and 'Sweet Forget Me Nots' rang from the wireless. Still, this is a lovingly honed collection.. read more. Song lyrics. Get CD at

Glen Lyon Martyn Bennett's, Glen Lyon, features a cycle of Gaelic songs across five generation from his great-great grandfather, Peter Stewart throught s his mother Margaret's singing to his own Generation.Song lyrics
"...Glen Lyon is a bold, brilliant and often deeply moving synthesis of modern studio capabilities and the ageless potency of ancient songs, catalysed by one of the most fertile musical minds in the business." read more Sunday Herald.
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A' The Bairns O Adam -Hamish Henderson Tribute Album -The CD features a selection of his wonderful songs and poems. Interpreted by Rod Paterson, Alison McMorland, Adam McNaughtan, The Corrie Folk Trio, Margaret Bennett, Geordie MacIntyre, Dick Gaughan, Gordeanna McCulloch, Allan MacDonald & Dr Fred Freeman, Eurydice Choir, Jeannie Robertson, Hamish Henderson... read more
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LET SCOTLAND FLOURISH - Bands, fiddlers and pipers, tunes and songs from the bright young stars of Scottish traditional music, who represent a rich musical heritage and thriving culture.
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SCOTTISH WOMEN-The popular Gaelic and Scots songs on this album were recorded from live concerts during the Scottish Women tour of 2002.
The cast of singers included Sheila Stewart, Sheena Wellington, Ishbel McAskill, Elspeth Cowie, Corrina Hewat, Annie Grace, Karine Polwart, Emily Smith, Mairi MacInnes, Anna Murray, Ray Fisher, Margaret Bennett, Maggie MacInnes and MacKenzie .
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Orain nan Gaidheal— The Song of the Gael, was the title given to a series of seven concerts and a church service of praise featured at the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Edinburgh International Festival in 1997. Featuring Ishbel MacAskill, Mary Ann Kennedy, Mary Smith, Margaret Stewart, Catherine-Ann MacPhee, Kenna Campbell, Maggie MacInnes, Margaret Bennett, Flora MacNeil, Rona Lightfoot, Fred Morrison and others.
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GAELIC SONGS OF SCOTLAND - From Alan Lomax’s Hebridean odyssey in the summer of 1951 comes this selection of songs habitually used by women to accompany daily or seasonal toil: the tending of cattle, the carding and spinning of wool, the shrinking of tweed through the communal task of waulking. All the tracks from the original field recordings, made in the islands of Barra, South Uist and Benbecula, with an additional two recorded in Glasgow from a Lewis singer plus one from a woman brought up in Moidart on the West Highland mainland. CD Notes of Margaret Bennett , 2006.
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WORLD LIBRARY OF FOLK AND PRIMITIVE MUSIC- SCOTLAND-
Recorded 1951 by Alan Lomax, with assistance from the Macleans of Raasay, Hamish Henderson, William Montgomerie, and the cooperation of BBC . Introduction by Hamish Henderson, Margaret Bennett and John MacInnes. This first recorded survey of Scottish folk song documents moving renditions of ancient ballads, Gaelic work songs, children’s songs, dance and piping tunes, and contemporary folk songs performed by figures central to Scotland’s traditional musical heritage: Ewan MacColl, Hamish Henderson, Jimmy Shand, Flora MacNeil, and Jimmy MacBeath. "... the [Lomax] recordings remain as a testimony to the new generation...” —Hamish Henderson and Margaret Bennett
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SALM & SOUL - "RARELY has Celtic Connections’ name seemed more apt than while witnessing this encounter between the singing congregations of Back Free Church, Lewis, and the Mount Zion Church in Killin, Alabama.
It arose from the theory that the call-and-response structures of African-American gospel music derived in large part from traditional Gaelic psalm singing, brought over by Scottish immigrants to the American South. Other hypotheses concerning this uniquely Hebridean form, where members of the kirk "line out" the texts in response to a precentor’s cues, suggest further intriguing connections, possibly to the very earliest forms of Christian music... read more . The CD is dedicated to the memory of Martyn Bennett (1971 - 2005). Produced by Calum Martin. Recorded live in Glasgow Cathedral, 2005.
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A Ceilidh with the MacArthurs: the CD has songs and music from 'The Last Stonghold fieldwork (Newfounland) with comprehensive liner notes.
(This recording of Gaelic music and songs from Newfoundland will be soon available).
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--Margaret & Martyn Bennett, The Thistle and the Pitcher Plant (School of Scottish Studies, 1985. Not longer available)

	-'individual tracks on Mariposa (Toronto 1976) and on 'Folksongs for Ethiopia' (Edinburgh, 1984), Not longer available
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