'Black Cuillin' by Duncan Chisholm
3 February 2023
‘Black Cuillin’ is the new album from Scottish folk fiddler Duncan Chisholm. The album is inspired by Sorley MacLean’s poem ‘The Cuillin’, written in 1939, which uses the Cuillin mountain range on the Isle of Skye as a symbol of hope for the war with Nazi Germany. I’ve long been an admirer of Duncan Chisholm, particularly his gentle, lyrical fiddle playing. I loved his 2008 album ‘Farrar’ - a hauntingly beautiful collection of slow airs and laments - and I wrote here about its successor ‘Canaich’ (reviewed here in December 2010) - truly beautiful music. Duncan Chisholm has the ability to make the fiddle sound like a human voice. I was lucky to see him live in 2014, accompanying Julie Fowlis (reviewed here in May 2014). ‘Black Cuillin’ is a varied collection of instrumental tracks, some more upbeat folk/rock and some the slower, wistful melodies that he does so well.
posted by Robin Simpson @ 4:37 pm
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