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The Lightning Field, Robin's fourth solo CD, is a uniquely beautiful Celtic-American journey. Traditional airs and dance tunes of Ireland, Scotland and America combine with Robin's visionary, tradition-inspired original compositions for an unparalleled listening experience. Riverdance star fiddler Liz Knowles adds her fiery fiddling to Robin's magic on guitars, cittern, mandolin, piano and bass guitar.
1. Sean in the Mist / The Trip to Swannanoa*
2. The Lightning Field*
3. The Banshee / Ice on the Road / Rakish Paddy
4. The Secret Waterfall*
5. Redwood Jig*
6. The Flowing Tide
7. The Return to Paris*
8. Banish Misfortune
9. The Bottom of the Punchbowl / John Ryan’s Polka / The Peacock’s Feather
10. Charles O’Conor
11. Jodi’s Waltz*
12. My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
*RB Originals
Indie Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Robin Bullock takes flight in a collection of timeless Celtic melodies and visionary, tradition-inspired originals, creating a uniquely beautiful Celtic-American journey. Robin’s magic on guitar, cittern, mandolin, piano and bass guitar is joined on two tracks by the fiery fiddling of Riverdance star fiddler Liz Knowles.
1 Sean in the Mist / The Trip to Swannanoa (trad. Irish/Robin Bullock) Guitar, two citterns, mandolin, bass, fiddle The title of the second reel refers to Asheville, North Carolina’s magical music camp the Swannanoa Gathering.
2 The Lightning Field (Robin Bullock)
Guitar, mandolin, cittern, bass, fiddle
Titled in honor of a creation by artist Walter de Maria. The Lightning Field is an enormous grid, one mile by one kilometer, of 400 ten-meter-high steel poles erected in the New Mexico desert for the sole purpose of attracting lightning in beautiful patterns across the sky.
3 The Banshee / Ice on the Road / Rakish Paddy (trad. Irish/Canadian/Irish) Two guitars
4 The Secret Waterfall (Robin Bullock)
Solo guitar
5 Redwood Jig (Robin Bullock)
Piano, 12-string guitar
Composed while on tour in northern California, inspired by the beauty of the landscape and the friendliness of the people. The piano sounds at the beginning are meant to imitate the sound of wind through the top branches of a redwood forest.
6 The Flowing Tide (trad. Irish/Hawaiian) Solo guitar
7 The Return to Paris (Robin Bullock)
Cittern, guitar, bass
8 Banish Misfortune (trad. Irish, deranged by R. Bullock) Guitar, cittern
9 The Bottom of the Punchbowl / John Ryan’s Polka / The Peacock’s Feather (trad. Scottish/Irish/Irish) Two guitars, mandolin
10 Charles O’Conor (Turlough O’Carolan, 1680-1738, Ireland) Two 12-string guitars
11 Jodi’s Waltz (Robin Bullock)
Two mandolins, guitar, piano
12 My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose (trad. Scottish) Solo guitar
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