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Cold and rainy outside, warm and romantic inside

Maddalena | United States | 12/11/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am describing a perfect time to listen to this cd...
When it's cold and miserable outside, put a log on the fire,
this CD in the Cd player, and have a romantic evening.
Beautiful tunes, played in exotic places. Too bad it doesn't
come with a video!GOOD MUSIC"

Fiddle Music Fan

Thomas D. Kehoe | 08/01/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A very nice collection of traditional Scottish tunes with great arrangements and surprisingly good recording quality (given they were recorded essentially live in so many different venues). Ranging from fiddle tunes to chamber music pieces this record is a real pleasure from beginning to end. Great mood music to be sure."

Best CD I've heard this year

Thomas D. Kehoe | Boulder, CO USA | 03/04/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Several years ago I bought Puirt A Baroque's CD "Kinloch's Fantasy." That was my favorite CD for a couple years, especially David Greenberg's fiddling. Now I'm collecting other CDs he played on. I hesitated to buy "Castles, Kirks & Caves" because I expected it to be solo cello -- not my favorite instrument! But now I listen to this CD over and over, and I've set the iTunes rating at 5 stars for almost every song. My 26-year-old tenant/housemate, who favors gangsta rap, likes this CD too. Sorry if I'm not good at describing music better (don't ask me to explain the difference between a strathspey and a slip jig!) but I'll just say that this CD gets it right."