THE ROUGH BOUNDS

by Dàimh

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OCHD Saw this brilliant band live at Aros and bought their hebridean sessions complete with a great flag/ t towel thingy which hangs in my studio. Ellens vocals with these talented musicians are the perfect soundtrack to driving around skye. Or for dreaming of skye if youre far from the western isles.....

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1.	'S Trusaidh mi na Coilleagan 04:18	buy track
2.	12th of June 04:04	buy track
3.	Tha Fadachd orm Fhìn 05:24	buy track
4.	Donald MacLeod Reels 04:14	buy track
5.	Òran Bhàgh a' Chàise 04:03	buy track
6.	Mary's Fancy 04:49	buy track
7.	A Nìghneag a Ghràidh 04:52	buy track
8.	Bodach Innse Chrò 03:20	buy track
9.	Happy Fish 04:25	buy track
10.	Turas Dhòmhsa Chun na Galldachd 04:13	buy track
11.	Chì mi'n Toman 05:36	buy track

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Dàimh’s seventh album and first studio recording in five years, The Rough Bounds is released exactly 20 years on from our first ever concert. Translated from the Gaelic Na Garbh Chrìochan, The Rough Bounds is the area of West Lochaber where Dàimh was formed. Still based in the area, the band’s roots remain firmly tied to the region by the enduring connections of the 3 remaining founding members.

Historically regarded as an unruly and inaccessible Jacobite stronghold from which Bonnie Prince Charlie both launched his campaign and subsequently fled from in defeat 6 months later; the landscape of the Rough Bounds is reflected in the breath-taking beauty of Ellen MacDonald’s vocals, the wild grandeur of Dàimh’s pipe and fiddle led instrumentals and the band’s ongoing mission to defend and promote the Gaelic culture.

Bringing a mixture of seldom-heard songs passed down from family to better-known puirt à beul and ballads, Ellen MacDonald confidently takes command of the vocals and proves she is now a firmly established star in the gaelaxy. The songs cover all of the expected Dàimh themes; drinking, fighting, heartbreak and heading off to sea, never to be seen again.

For this, the band’s seventh album to date, their number swells to six with the addition of Alasdair White who joins Gabe McVarish on fiddle. “Fiddle is spelt with two ‘D’s because Dàimh deserves a double dose of fiddle action” declares Gabe. “Alasdair is just d’man for the job!” Former Dàimh singer Calum Alex MacMillan also makes a cameo appearance alongside Kathleen MacInnes and Ewen Henderson on backing vocals.

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Dàimh UK

Gaelic Supergroup and un-challenged champions of straight in the eye Highland music based around West Lochaber and the Isle of Skye.

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Sebastopol, CA

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