Tag Archives: Calum Macdonald

Runrig: Amazing Things

On March 15, 1993, “Chrysalis” label released “Amazing Things”, the eighth Runrig studio album.

Personnel:

  • Donnie Munro – lead vocals
  • Malcolm Jones – guitars, banjo, mandolin, accordion, pipes, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Wishart – keyboards
  • Rory Macdonald – vocals, bass guitar, accordion
  • Iain Bayne – drums, percussion
  • Calum Macdonald – percussion, spoken vocals
  • Jake Harvey – sculptor of the Hugh MacDonald memorial (photography on the album cover)

Track listing:

  1. Amazing Things
  2. Wonderful
  3. The Greatest Flame
  4. Move a Mountain
  5. Pòg Aon Oidhche Earraich
  6. Dream Fields
  7. Song of the Earth
  8. Forever Eyes of Blue
  9. Sràidean na Roinn-Eòrpa
  10. Canada
  11. Àrd
  12. On the Edge
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Runrig: Mara

On November 6, 1995, “Chrysalis” label released “Mara”, the ninth Runrig album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Brian Young,

Personnel:

  • Donnie Munro: lead vocals
  • Malcolm Jones: guitars, hurdy-gurdy, accordion
  • Peter Wishart: keyboards
  • Rory Macdonald: vocals, bass guitar
  • Iain Bayne: drums, percussion
  • Calum Macdonald: percussion

Track listing:

  1. Day in a Boat
  2. Nothing but the Sun
  3. The Mighty Atlantic / Mara Theme
  4. Things That Are
  5. Road and the River
  6. Meadhan Oidhche air an Acairseid (Midnight on the Harbour)
  7. The Wedding
  8. The Dancing Floor
  9. Thairis air a’ Ghleann (Beyond the Glen)
  10. Lighthouse

Runrig: The Big Wheel

On June 10, 1991, “Chrysalis” label released “The Big Wheel”, the seventh Runrig album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Castlesound Studios” in Pencaitland, Scotland, and was produced by Chris Harley.

Personnel:

  • Donnie Munro – lead vocals
  • Malcolm Jones – guitars, banjo, accordion
  • Peter Wishart – keyboards
  • Rory Macdonald – vocals, bass guitar
  • Iain Bayne – drums, percussion
  • Calum Macdonald – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Calum Macdonald and Rory Macdonald.

  1. Headlights
  2. Healer in Your Heart
  3. Abhainn an t-Sluaigh (The Crowded River)
  4. Always the Winner
  5. This Beautiful Pain
  6. An Cuibhle Mòr (The Big Wheel)
  7. Edge of the World
  8. Hearthammer
  9. I’ll Keep Coming Home
  10. Flower of the West

Runrig: The Stamping Ground

On May 6, 2001, “Ridge Records” label released “The Stamping Ground”, the eleventh Runrig studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “CaVa Studios” in Glasgow, Scotland, “Lundgaard Studios” in Denmark, “Junk!” in São Paulo, Brazil, and was produced by Kristian Gislason, Paul Mounsey, Iain Bayne, Bruce Guthro, Malcolm Jones, Calum Macdonald, Rory Macdonald and Peter Wishart.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Guthro: lead vocals
  • Malcolm Jones: guitars, accordion
  • Peter Wishart: keyboards
  • Rory Macdonald: vocals, bass guitar
  • Iain Bayne: drums, percussion
  • Calum Macdonald: percussion
  • Jon Anderskou: cello
  • Michael Bannister: mellotron
  • Alyth MacCormack: vocals
  • Robin Rankin: keyboards
  • Betina Stegmann: fiddle
  • Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle

Track listing:

  1. Book of Golden Stories
  2. The Stamping Ground
  3. An Sabhal aig Nèill 
  4. Wall of China / One Man
  5. The Engine Room
  6. One Thing
  7. The Ship
  8. The Summer Walkers
  9. Running to the Light
  10. Òran Ailein / Leaving Strathconon
  11. Big Songs of Hope and Cheer
  12. Òran

On January 29, 2016.

On January 29, 2016, “Ridge Records” label released “The Story”, the fourteenth and final Runrig studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Glo-Worm Recording” in Glasgow, Scotland, “The Old Mill” in Strathaven, Scotland, “Stirling Rock School” in Stirling, Scotland, and was produced by Brian Hurren.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Guthro – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Hurren – vocals, keyboards, accordion
  • Malcolm Jones – guitars, pipes, accordion
  • Roderick “Rory” Macdonald – vocals, bass guitar
  • Iain Bayne – drums
  • The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – strings
  • Dave Towers – saxophone
  • Scott Walker – trumpet
  • Mike Vass – fiddle
  • Calum Macdonald – vocals, percussion
  • Stirling Gaelic Choir – vocals 
  • The Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir – vocals
  • Brian Hurren – string arrangements
  • James Fitzpatrick – strings coordinator
  • Iain Hutchison – engineer, mixing
  • Jan Holster – engineer
  • Brian Hurren – additional engineering
  • Brad Blackwood – mastering
  • The Reptile House – artwork, design
  • Balazs Kral – cover development
  • Matt Liengie, George Pllu, Neil Priessman, – Paul Strand photography 

Track listing:

  1. The Story
  2. Onar
  3. Rise and Fall
  4. Elegy
  5. Every Beating Heart
  6. The Years We Shared
  7. When the Beauty
  8. 18 July
  9. An-Diugh Ghabh Mi Cuairt
  10. The Place Where the Rivers Run
  11. Somewhere

Runrig: In Search of Angels

On February 21, 1999, “Ridge” label released “In Search of Angels”, the tenth Runrig album. It was recorded in 1998, at “CaVa Studios” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by Chris Harley.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Guthro: lead vocals
  • Malcolm Jones: guitars, accordion
  • Peter Wishart: keyboards
  • Rory Macdonald: vocals, bass guitar
  • Iain Bayne: drums, percussion
  • Calum Macdonald: percussion

Track listing:

  1. Maymorning
  2. The Message
  3. Rìbhinn Donn (Brown Haired Girl)
  4. Big Sky
  5. Life Is
  6. Dà Mhìle Bliadhna (Two Thousand Years)
  7. This Is Not a Love Song
  8. A Dh’innse na Fìrinn (To Tell You the Truth)
  9. All Things Must Change
  10. Cho Buidhe Is A Bha I Riabh (As Yellow As It Ever Was)
  11. Travelers
  12. In Seaarch of Angels