Rooz (album)

Rooz (English: Red) is the third album by Cornish folk band Dalla. It was released in 2007,[1] also as a download.

Rooz
Studio album by
Dalla
ReleasedApril 26, 2007 (2007-04-26)
GenreFolk
Length48:34
Dalla chronology
More Salt
(2004)		 Rooz
(2007)		 Cribbar
(2010)

Some of the songs in the album are in the Cornish language.

Track listing
  1. Dean Younk a Gernow (The young man of Cornwall) - Slow duet
  2. Tane an Gove (The smith's fire) - Fast instrumental [2]
  3. Bal Maiden's Chant[3] Fast duet
  4. King of Sweden - also known as "Marriage may become a curse" - Instrumental faster and faster
  5. Can Dilly (Dilly song)[4] - Call and response song
  6. Tansys Golowan (Midsummer bonfire)[5] - Lively instrumental with world music flavour (Tune composed by J. Mills).
  7. Crantock Games [6] Slow and thoughtful interpretation for duet
  8. Descent[7]
  9. Seventeen Come Sunday[8] - Jolly duet
  10. Hernen Rooz (Red herring) - Instrumental, with an unusual finish

Personnel
Dalla members
  • Hilary Coleman - Clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals, whistle, rock smashing
  • Neil Davey - Bouzouki, mandolin, fiddle, crowdy crawn,[9] vocals, clapping
  • Bec Applebee - Darabuka, pandera,[10] vocals, clapping, rock smashing
Guests
  • Genevieve Applebee - rock smashing
  • Pol Hodge - vocals

References
  1. SOURCE: Sleeve notes 5-060109-992738
  2. Tane an Gove: the title refers to Michael An Gof
  3. Bal maiden: Bal=Mine. Bal maidens were employed at the surface to break up ore-bearing rocks and to pick out the bits worth smelting.
  4. The Dilly Song: Words and music at http://www.folkinfo.org
  5. Tansys Galowan: Feast of St John (23 June) was the occasion for bonfires across Cornwall.
  6. Crantock Games: The song commemorates a murder on the Crantock Feast Day 16 May 1721
  7. Descent: The Cornish words are God's, when casting Lucifer into Hell in the Cornish drama Gwreans an Bys: The Creation of the World(William Jordan, 1611), spoken by Pol Hodge.
  8. WP article: Seventeen Come Sunday gives words but a different version is used in Rooz.
  9. Crowdy Crawn: the Cornish version of a Bodhrán
  10. Pandera: a Galician tambourine.


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