Rooz (Cornish music collection)
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Rooz is third album by Cornish folk band Dalla
. It was released in 2007, also as a download.
Some of the songs in the album are in the Cornish language
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Dalla
Dalla is a dance band in Cornwall known for providing music for Noze looan dances.Members play the clarinet, bouzouki, fiddle, guitar, accordion and percussion. They sing in both Cornish and English....
. It was released in 2007, also as a download.
Some of the songs in the album are in the Cornish language
Cornish language
Cornish is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom. Along with Welsh and Breton, it is directly descended from the ancient British language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate...
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Musician line-up
- Hilary ColemanHilary ColemanHilary Coleman is a Cornish musician, song-writer and promoter of Cornish culture. Active in music since the 1980s she is currently a member of the Cornish Folk Music group Dalla, which has issued four CD records. Among the instruments she plays is the clarinet. She is a Director of Cumpas Ltd...
: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Voice, Whistle, Rock Smashing. - Neil Davey: BouzoukiBouzoukiThe bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
, Mandolin, Fiddle, Crowdy CrawnCrowdy-crawnA crowdy-crawn is a wooden hoop covered with sheepskin used as a percussion instrument known in western Cornwall at least as early as 1880. It is similar to the Irish bodhrán. It is used by some modern Cornish traditional music groups as a solo or accompaniment instrument...
, Voice, Clapping. - Bec Applebee: Darabuka, Pandera, Voice, Clapping, Rock Smashing.
- Guests
- Genevieve Applebee: Rock Smashing.
- Pol Hodge: Voice.
Track listing
- Dean Younk a Gernow (The young man of Cornwall) - Slow duet
- Tane an Gove (The smith's fire) - Fast instrumental
- Bal MaidenBal maidenThe term bal maiden refers to women and children who were probably working at or in the mines in Devon and Cornwall from the days of antiquity, but the earliest written records date from the Middle Ages. From this time, at least, it seems that women and girls did not work below ground, but usually...
's Chant Fast duet - King of Sweden - also known as "Marriage may become a curse" - Instrumental faster and faster
- Can Dilly (Dilly song) - Call and response song
- Tansys Golowan (Midsummer bonfire) - Lively instrumental with world music flavour (Tune composed by J.Mills).
- Crantock Games Slows and thoughtful interpretation for duet
- Descent
- Seventeen Come Sunday - Jolly duet
- Hernen Rooz (Red herring) - Instrumental, with an unusual finish