, "Grit," 2003, Real World Records
"is the story of my struggle [with disease]. This is the story of people and songs I grew up with and, more importantly, what are their voices, their traditions and inspiration they have provided to generations of Romanies suivantes.Entre songs and traditions Gaelic Hebrides, this disc brings together the strongest ties to popular culture 'real' Scotland. Almost all the songs and stories were taken from LPs or cassette tapes, records dating from the Fifties to DAYS, our title means a lot to me. It expresses the places that my culture lives - a word often seen on the roadside, traveling as an expression of determination, an onomatopoeia that reflects the contrasts of this music and the topography, with an intonation that old, far from being "detuned", is the true taste of these traditions. [...] "
(Martyn Bennet blurb Disc)
[Grit: sandstone / sandy / foreign bodies, dirt / rubble / the grain of the stone / grit, courage / sand a slippery road]
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