Song of the Seals

Song of the Seals

This 12 song album includes a 10 page CD booklet containing notes and lyrics of each song. Jean Redpath - Vocals and Guitar, Jay Ungar - Fiddle, and as is the case on a number of her records, she is also helped out by cellist Abby Newton, whose instrument adds a note of haunting melancholy to a number of the songs. Jean Redpath was internationally known as a singer and lecturer of traditional Scottish ballads and was considered the foremost authority of the songs of Robert Burns. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and performed the songs of her native land for over thirty years. Redpath also appeared on such radio programs as Morning Pro Musica on Boston's WGBH public radio station. Between 1974 and 1987 Redpath was also a regular on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion radio show. In August 2014 she died from cancer at a hospice in Arizona at the age of 77. This 12 song album includes a 10 page CD booklet containing notes and lyrics of each song. Jean Redpath - Vocals and Guitar, Jay Ungar - Fiddle, and as is the case on a number of her records, she is also helped out by cellist Abby Newton, whose instrument adds a note of haunting melancholy to a number of the songs. Jean Redpath was internationally known as a singer and lecturer of traditional Scottish ballads and was considered the foremost authority of the songs of Robert Burns. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and performed the songs of her native land for over thirty years. Redpath also appeared on such radio programs as Morning Pro Musica on Boston's WGBH public radio station. Between 1974 and 1987 Redpath was also a regular on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion radio show. In August 2014 she died from cancer at a hospice in Arizona at the age of 77.