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Steve McDonald

Steve McDonald

Over the course of his career Steve McDonald, a Scottish Celt from New Zeland has entrenched himself into the hearts of Celtic music fans worldwide. Best known for his musical re-telling of the history of Scotland starting with the Viking Somerled. The four albums in order are: Sons of Somerled, Stone of Destiny, Highland Farewell, and Legend.
His albums feature multilayered vocals, and a mix of acoustic instruments and keyboards.

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CD: Highland Farewell
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CD: Highland Farewell

Steve McDonald

Third album in Steve McDonald's award winning Highland trilogy. Here he charts the demise of the highland clans and way of life. Features special guest artis Hollie Smith. Songs include:
Child of the Gael • The Highland Farewell • By Law • Pain • The end of the Earth • All my Days • End of the Highland Way • My Heart belongs to Scotland • Seawulf • Scottish Solder • Southern Gael • Flower of Scotland

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CD: Light from a Distant Shore
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CD: Light from a Distant Shore

Holly Smith


Combining soaring Celtic melodies with Hollie Smith’s unique and talented vocals, Light from a Distant Shore is an album about love, life, happiness and sorrow. This is the debut release from 16 year old Hollie Smith a prodigious artist and winner of the Best Vocalist award at the National Jazz Festival in her native land of New Zeland.

Songs include:
Gone • A Lover’s Tale • Fields of Athenry • The World I Know • In Your Arms • Light from a Distant Shore • An Eriskay Love Lilt • Rowan Tree • Fallen Flowers • Dream • Skye Boat Song • Amazing Grace

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CD: Sons of Somerled
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CD: Sons of Somerled

Steve McDonald

Every once in a while an album comes along that is so good that you want to grab people by the lapels and say you have to buy this album.

Sons of Somerled is by New Zealand musician Steve McDonald, and is a concept album that follows the early heroes of Scotland. Starting in the 12th century with the warrior-king Somerled who expelled the Vikings from Southwest Scotland, the songs concentrate on the exploits of the Clan Macdonald.

Musically Steve McDonald has a pleasant rough baritone voice, the instrumentation is well done and appropriately features bagpipes & bodhrans. With the exception of the Scottish standards, Wild Mountain
Thyme
, Scotland the Brave, & Loch Lomond, which weave in and out of the other material, all the songs were written and performed by
Steve McDonald.


As an added bonus, the CD is also an interactive CD-Rom, and includes a music
video, story, liner notes and pictures. There is a disclaimer that the technology is new and may not run on all computers, however it does run on
Windows 3.1


The long anticipated sequel Stone of Destiny is now out!


Songs include:
Sons of Somerled • Live On My Warrior Son • All You Can Know • Loch Lomond • Soldier's Lament • Come to the Isle of Skye • Scotland the Brave • Celtic Warrior • I Will Reurn • Wild Mountain Thyme • Per Mare, Per Terras • Lordship of the Isles • Journey of the Warrior Soul

Music Review from the Tax Zombie
Steve McDonald, Sons of Somerled -
Before I describe this album I need to tell you something so you do not dismiss my review as being based on my ancestry. I am of German and Norwegian stock, not a drop of Scottish blood runs through my veins. That said the best description I can give you for the first time I heard this CD was that of a religious experience. I came close to tears, not of sorrow but of joy for being allowed to experience it. It is filled with passion and soul. It touched me as no other album as ever touched me before. I cannot explain to you with mere words how deeply moved I was by it. Perhaps the following my help. I purchased a second copy is permanently in the #1 slot CD in my 10 CD player in my car. If I were to be told I could only have one CD from my entire collection (600+) I would not hesitate for a moment, Sons of the Somerled would be my choice. Buy it, experience it, revel in it. While the first time will be the best the magic and grandeur of the music will still be there waiting until you play it again.

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CD: Stone of Destiny
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CD: Stone of Destiny

Steve McDonald

The much anticipated second album from Steve McDonald. Stone of Destiny follows his hit album Sons of Somerled, and includes twelve cuts layered in McDonald's trademark harmonies and lush instrumentation. A full range of emotional and powerful songs from a beautiful rendition of the traditional ballad Auld Lang Syne to the original song Fallen Flowers.



Songs include:
Bannockburn • Fallen Flowers • The Lady of the Loch • Oran • Boadicea • The Painted Men • Stone of Destiny • Auld Lang Syne • Green Alba • Freedom • The Harvest • Connla and the Fairy • Maiden • Skye Boat Song

Music Review from the Tax Zombie:
Steve McDonald, Stone of Destiny - In my comments concerning 'Sons of Somerled' I said if I was only allowed 1 CD it would have been my choice. Expand that selection by one and this CD would be my second selection. It is history, mythology, sorrow and longing, and perhaps even a touch of fear. It is also hope. It is all these and much, more. It is above all a CD that belongs in the collection of anyone who has a love of music. This music has a soul.

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CD: Winter In Scotland
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CD: Winter In Scotland
A Highland Christmas

Steve McDonald & Hollie Smith

Holiday album from the award winning team of Steve McDonald & Hollie Smith.

Songs include:
Silent Night • Christmas Time Again • Angels We Have Heard on High • Good King Wenceslaus • Little Drummer Boy • Oh, Holy Night • Amazing Grace • O Come, All ye Faithful • The First Noel • Deck the Halls • Auld Lang Syne

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Legend
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CD: Legend

Steve McDonald

Over the course of his career Steve McDonald has entrenched himself into the hearts of Celtic music fans worldwide. With Legend, draws to a completion the amazing story that began with the epic Sons of Sommerled. As with all of McDonalds work, Legend is a gripping continuation of the story of the Highlands. The music is both dramatic and beautiful, with Steve's stunning vocal chours highligting this profound musically rich tale. Cinematic in scope, you will travel into the heart of the Celtic tale and live the journey of the Celtic soul. As the culmination to this amazing series, Legend lives up to everything all of its predecessors shared, the story of a people and a spirit that will forever live on

Songs include:
1. Introduction • 2. Far Away • 3. Fly • 4. The Narrow Line • 5. Flodden Field • 6. The Queen and the Rhymer • 7. Wi A Hundred Pipers • 8. Valley of the Weeping • 9. Hadrian's Wall • 10. The Voyage of Maeldun • 11. Culoden

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