It is not without reason that Capercaillie is considered one of the greatest Celtic bands in Scotland. The band was founded in the early eighties of the last century, but still sounds as fresh as then. On the studio album Roses And Tears, the band plays both new compositions (especially by keyboardist Donald Shaw) and modern arrangements of traditionals that have emerged from the Gaelic Song Archive
… in The School Of Scottish Studies. Sean Connery described the voice of singer Karen Matheson as 'a throat that is surely touched by God'. Her voice shines in the moving song Seinneam Cliù Nam Fear Ur. The band, which has performed in more than thirty countries around the world including Iraq and Sudan, makes a statement by playing two anti-war songs: Don't You Go by John Martyn and Soldier Boy by Shaw. Roses And Tears offers a nice variety of vocal versus instrumental and swingingly arranged traditionals versus beautiful audio ballads. (SvdP)more
