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Mo Cheist Am Fear Ban (My Darling Is the Fair One) Single track - released as download only
Congratulations to Christine Primrose, who won a well deserved award for ’Gaelic Singer of the Year’ at the Scots Traditional Music Awards in November 2009. Christine is a great singer, and a trailblazer, who has been singing traditional Gaelic song all her life, and who has played a pivotal role in a revival of interest in Gaelic song that has swept far beyond Scotland. With a voice that is clear, pure and dignified, she has forged a path that many singers have followed. Christine delivers all the emotions of the songs through two very simple things; the voice and the word.
The song Mo Cheist Am Fear Ban is a traditional one, and features a familiar story in Gaelic song: that of a girl who marries a wealthy man and bitterly regrets it. Having turned her back on her first true love, who she refers to as Am Fear Ban (The Fair One), the song looks back on much happier times spent with her darling when they were very much in love. She is now broken-hearted and full of remorse. |