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Disc: $14.25 AEON a space opera in music, prose and song is the story of 21st century Earth that cannot sustain its output to meet the needs of a dark galactic empire … with its quota coming up short .. the Earth council send two pilgrims to find the Grail Knights … it is rumoured that only they have the technology that could help.
There is no reason not to believe that the mythical eternal conflict between polar opposites does not extend into the stars.
Black Empires, white knights, love oppression, anger and betrayal, are all part of the simple and often unethical process of control of life-sustaining energies that is often associated with (at least) human civilisation.
AEON is a story of such empires, such knights – a pilgrimage to find a new dawn – it could be anywhere in the universe, but it starts here …
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Disc: $14.25 A Farewell to Dawn by the Solan Players is the epic story of the human race in its westward migration from the dawn of antiquity to the stars and beyond.
A shepherd boy asks the forests hermit ‘whose father am I ?’ and the story of his destiny then unfolds in the magic cauldron of the seer.
Bronze Age, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, The Empires of the 19th and 20th Century … the story of mankind unfolds in original music, verse and song.
Sara and Don on narration and a musical ensemble including; singer songwriter john dignan, manfred malzahn on bouzouki, ishbel maltman on clarsach, stuart farrar on whistles, andrew hennessey storywriter and songwriter, on fiddle and bodhran.
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Disc: $15.50 MUSIC AND STORY OF DAYS GONE BY is a collection of andrew hennessey’s original music, story and song, plus the traditional piping skills of callum macleod of lewis, trained by the macrimmond’s of skye, plus scotland’s current top traditional musician’s on tracks 1 and 7, savourna stevenson on clarsach, aaron jones on bouzouki and nuala kennedy on flute. The vocals and guitar of john dignan and nicole wallack and, andrew and davie mitchell on the electric world/fiddle track.
musical arrangements are also by joe lynch and andrew hennessey.
The mystery of goblin halls is a modern and true scottish faerie story stranger than fiction.
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Disc: $16.75 Cauther Fair sing a selection of traditional Scottish folksongs with strong 3 part vocal harmonies, fresh arrangements and a variety of instruments; guitar, bass, fiddle, keyboards, cittern, bodhran.
This CD, ‘Something Old, Something New’ was a popular choice of local and national radio producers for a couple of years after it first came out.
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Disc: $16.84 this collection of songs from Robert Burns is part of the Scottish Lowland Tradition that dates from the colourful and turbulent centuries of Scotland's past.
Arthur Wilson and Margot Falconer sing and play guitar and Andrew Hennessey accompanies on fiddle.
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Disc: $19.51 a musical journey into the scottish heart with tunes ancient and modern. a magical scottish tartan woven by andrew and his supporting players.
andrew plays and composes with; electric fiddle, keyboards, bodhran, whistle.
andrew's team use just about every instrument there is to make this 60+ minute CD a rich and diverse celtic epic.
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the music of andrew hennessey and his groups plus the theatre shows from the edinburgh international fringe festivals.
guitars, vocals, drums, clarsachs, whistles, fiddles, keyboards, flutes, pianos, oboes, bass, double bass, chimes, bells, bouzouki, cittern, mandolin, pipes,
Albiston D 1989
Arkless N 1997
Baird K 1989
Benstock J 1985
Blaine J 1989
Briggs I 1989
Brown K 1989
Brown S 1987
Brzoska L 2000
Busby J 1990
Caig A 1990
Chidwick N 1985
Condie P 1989 1990
Cruickshank A 2002
Daru M 2000
Davey N 1990
Davidson KWD 1985
Dawson C 2001
Dignan J 1987 1989
Donnelly E 1984
Eva 2000
Fairlie E 1989
Falconer M 2000
Farrar S 1987
Fraser D 1989
Gillies J 2006
Gilmour A 1997
Gordon 1989
Harry 2000
Hawley J 1990
Henderson J 2000
Jacek 2000
Jones J 1985
Lennon M 1996 1997
Lindsay F 1989
Lynch J 2000 2006
MacLeod C 1999
Maltman I 1987
Malzahn M 1987
Mason T 1999
McGregor K 1989
Mitchell D R 2001
Porteous I 1986
Robb D 1985
Satchwell G 1996
Scurr J 1990
Secchie P 1989
Stark F 1989
Wallack N 1989
Waylen S 1990
Wilson A 2000
Wright D [cf] 1989
Wright D 1987
The CD's the Shows, the gigs
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