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Allister MacGillivary
Sea-Cape Music Limited
1011 Hillside Road
Albert Bridge
Cape Breton
Canada, NS B1K 3M1

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Cape Breton Music At It's Best!
Song For The Mira"SONG FOR THE MIRA" - a cassette/CD featuring some of the great artists who have brought Allister MacGillivray's music to the world. Among the 14 songs included: "Song For The Mira", "Away From The Roll Of The Sea", "Here's To Song", "Kitty Bawn O'Brien", "Coal Town Road", "All Canadian Now", "Sea People" and other classics.

The roster of artists performing include: Foster & Allen, Phil Coulter, The Barra MacNeils, Frank Patterson, Ryan's Fancy, John Allan Cameron and more...

"Song For The Mira" - recorded and honored worldwide.

Cassette: $11.99 Cdn. CD: $18.99 Cdn.

Buddy MacMaster"JUDIQUE ON THE FLOOR" - a cassette/CD by the legendary Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster, with John Morris Rankin (of The Rankin Family) on piano. The definative Cape Breton duo.

Produced by Allister MacGillivray and recorded under excellent studio conditions (using a 12-foot Steinway grand piano), this highly-acclaimed album by a master of the Cape Breton style contains some of the finest traditional Scottish violin playing ever recorded.

The cornerstone of any Cape Breton fiddle collection. Buddy MacMaster and John Morris Rankin. "As good as it gets!"

Cassette: $11.99 Cdn.       CD: $18.99 Cdn.

Cape Breton Songbook"THE CAPE BRETON SONG COLLECTION" by Allister MacGillivray (piano scores by John C. O'Donnell), a 214-page anthology of the finest Cape Breton's songs. Arranged for voice and piano (with guitar chords, song histories, photos of the composers and scenic photography), the songs originated by such landmark writers such as Malcolm H. Gillis, Kenzie MacNeil, Rita MacNeil, Leon Dubinsky, Stanley Collins, Kenneth Leslie, Fred Lavery, Sam Moon, Buddy MacDonald, Scotty Turner, Charlie MacKinnon, Lillian Crewe Walsh, etc.

Selection of the favourites include: "The Island", "Working Man", "Sea People", "The Ghost Of Bras d'Or", "Kelly's Mountain", "Heading For Halifax", "My Love, Cape Breton And Me", "Plain Ole Miner Boy", "Herring And Potatoes", "Put A Penny In The Parking Meter", "They Had Neither Pole Nor Paddle", "Cape Breton Lullaby", "Shutters And Boards" and more.

The absolute Cape Breton song collection!

Spiral bound, 214 pages, $24.99 Cdn.

Allister MacFillivrayllister MacGillivray ~ professional musician, successful songwriter, arranger, photographer and fiddling enthusiast who has been closely associated with Cape Breton music for most of his life.

A native Cape Bretoner, and full-time resident of the Island, his songs reflect deep feelings for his Cape Breton heritage and paint a musical picture of the Island's landscape and people. There are about twenty-five Allister MacGillivray compositions in circulation, the best-travelled of these being "Song For The Mira" and "Away From The Roll Of The Sea".

Through his interest in local history, fiddling and folklore, Allister has also documented the contribution of many of the noted violin players and stepdancers of his region. His research has been published in book and magazine form, and he has participated in the production of film and television documentaries. His books include "The Cape Breton Fiddler", "A Cape Breton Ceilidh", "The Cape Breton Song Collection", "The Nova Scotia Song Collection", "Song For The Mira", and the "Music Notation Booklet".

Encore, Mr. Allister MacGillivary! 

 

Allister MacGillivray

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