Forerunner (album)

Forerunner is the third album by the Eastern-Canadian Celtic band The Cottars.

Track listing

 * 1) Waterlily (Karine Polwart/Bay Songs Ltd., ASCAP) – 4:29
 * 2) Miss Casey Medley – 1:59
 * 3) * Miss Casey's Jig (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 4) * The Humours of Ballinafauna (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 5) Byker Hill (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 2:48
 * 6) Atlantic Blue  Ron Hynes/Blue Murder/Sold For A Song, SOCAN) – 4:14
 * 7) Some Polkas – 3:14
 * 8) * Johnny Mickey's Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 9) * Ballydesmond Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 10) * The Magic Slipper Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 11) Pat Works On The Railway (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 4:25
 * 12) Georgia Lee (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music) – 4:34
 * 13) Sliabh Na mBan (trad., arr. Ciarán MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 3:04
 * 14) Home By Bearna (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 2:33
 * 15) * Jo MacPhee's Jig (Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 16) Send Me A River (Sinéad Lohan/RykoMusic Ltd. MCPS) – 3:45
 * 17) Honeysuckle Medley – 4:10
 * 18) * The Honeysuckle Hornpipe (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 19) * The Dancing Strathspey (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 20) * Jenny Dang the Weaver (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 21) * The Randy Wife of Greelaw (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 22) * Crossing the Minch (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)
 * 23) Hold On (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music) – 4:37

Credits

 * Lakewind Sound sessions (Cape Breton Island)
 * The Cottars
 * Ciarán MacGillivray: vocals, piano, guitar, electric guitar (Strat), Bb whistle, bodhrán, accordion
 * Fiona MacGillivray: vocals, whistle, bodhrán
 * Jimmy MacKenzie: guitar, tenor banjo
 * Roseanne MacKenzie: harmony vocals, fiddle, percussion
 * Additional Musicians
 * Jamie Gatti - bass
 * Allister MacGillivray
 * Beverly MacGillivray
 * Sound Emporium sessions (Nashville)
 * Gordie Sampson: guitar, bouzouki, piano
 * Mike Brignardello: bass
 * Tom Bukovac: guitars, piano
 * Shannon Forrest: drums, percussion
 * David Henry: cello
 * Jimmy Rankin: additional vocals on Atlantic Blue