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Annie of Lochroyan

from Haunting by Christina Stewart

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An epic voyage told in an epic ballad featuring pirates, a ship, a tower, enchantment, treasure, wine, storm and tragedy. Make sure you are sitting comfortably before you play this one - it's nothing if not long! There are 20 verses of derring-do and intrigue in pursuit Lord Gregory whose mother has ensnared him by witchcraft. Annie succeeds in breaking the spell on Gregory's prison by "taking the turn out of it" - going round it three times, as perfectly sensible people still do, to undo bad luck, or for fun in a circle of toadstools. A version of this ballad was included in Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Borders and there is a version in Herd's collection dating back to 1776. Andrew's parallel spoken track tells the story of more witchcraft, "The Witch of Laggan".

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from Haunting, released October 31, 2011
Lead vocal: Christina Stewart
Guitar: Martin MacDonald
Cello: Jo Baird

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Christina Stewart Scotland, UK

A voice described as the aural equivalent of ‘sweet, organic honey drizzling slowly from a honey wand’ in Dirty Linen magazine. Christina is a singer, teacher, tradition bearer and musical explorer, singing in Gaelic, Scots and English. She belongs to Inverness, the Highland capital, where the Gaelic and Scots heritages of the north of Scotland meet. ... more

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