Live Not Where I Love (4:10)
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Chosen as the opening track for the new compilation
release of Irish women singers, called "sisters: folksong", released internationally
by the Dublin label Sorores Mundi at the end of 1995.
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Isabella Gunn (4:22)
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"Based on a [true] story documented in the records
of the Hudson's Bay Company, it is a carefully crafted ballad in the best
narrative tradition." -Sing Out! Magazine.
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My Lagan Love (2:57)
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"Showcases her lovely, supple voice and (her) gift
for navigating around the fancy grace notes of traditional music" -The
Globe & Mail
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Temagami (5:03)
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"An exuberant and humorous celebration of canoeing
in the Canadian wilderness"
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Sands (5:20)
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"Highlights include the provocative "Sands" - Sing
Out!
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Man's Job (4:05)
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"Man's Job by Eileen McGann from her Elements
albumÉ is the best feminist song of at least the year, and arguably
the decade" - Victory Music Review, Seattle WA.
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The Power & The Need (3:38)
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"A strong contemporary statement...a plea for social
action" - Sing Out! (Eileen notes that while she predicted the fall of
the Soviet Empire in this song, she had very little to do with bringing
it about)
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The Riddle Song (2:54)
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"An exquisite version" -Sing Out! Magazine.
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Here's to the Men (3:04)
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"A musical toast to the men who have broken their
own chains of stereotypes...but, just to lighten things up a bit, she wrote
it to an old Morris dance tune." -Rogue Folk Review
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Canoe Song at Twilight (4:44)
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Eileen's setting for a poem by turn of the century
Canadian poet, Laura E. McCully.
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