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I need more stars please.

Steve D. Heckenlively | Camarillo, CA USA | 08/12/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Sublime.



Need more words? I own 80+ traditional CDs and 95% are

by woman singers. I've been buying for 10 years. Time is my

limiting factor. Ru-ra is one of the most clearly "created"

works of art I have ever encountered, in any medium. That

is a compliment. There is a mind, minds, behind this, but

given the few dots to connect, *the* mind is that of Sandra

MacKay. I would happily spend what money I have if it could

*produce* a new album by her.



But understand: Ru-ra was a master-work. A masterpiece of

Scots Gaelic traditional music. If that sounds a bit idolatrous,

I may say I recently stumbled upon Margaret Callan's

"Reflections of Uist", which, along with very few CDs, say

Mary Jane Lamond's "Bho Thir Nan Croabh" ... Catherine

Anne-MacPhee's "Sings Mairi Mhor" ... I group with "Ru-ra."



Yes, Padraigin Ni Uallachain and Kate Rusby and Julie

Murphy have made comparable CDs. "When I was Young", "Kate

and Kathryn", "Llatai". And I am very glad, very glad indeed,

to own other CDs Sandra has made.



But "Ru-ra" ... as George MacDonald wrote, "Is it over then,

and yet I still live?"



Cheer be with thee.



"

Love it!

H. Morrison | 06/05/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wow. This album blew me away. I fell for one of the tracts from this album on "Celtic Voices", a mix CD, I got the album and have been wondering ever since how I'd gotten along without it. I love celtic music. But this album really shines among my collection."