Album review: V/A - Far, Far From Ypres
Published Date:
15 August 2008
By KENNY MATHIESON
VARIOUS ARTISTS: FAR, FAR FROM YPRES
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GREENTRAX, £13.99
THIS thoughtfully constructed but rather specialised double CD set documents songs, poems and pipe music from the First World War. It is intended as a tribute to soldiers of the UK and Commonwealth who fought and died in the battlefields of Europe, with a strong but not exclusively Scottish slant.
Disc one features The Scottish Pals Singers (essentially the McCalmans and friends) performing songs sung by the troops and music hall pieces. Disc two draws on songs about the war by the likes of Eric Bogle, Dick Gaughan and The McCalmans.
The full article contains 108 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
14 August 2008 7:43 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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