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The Corries

Index The Corries

The Corries were a Scottish folk group that emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the early 1960s. [1]

50 relations: Andy Stewart (musician), Association football, Asthma, Bandurria, Banjo, BBC, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Cirque, Combolin, Concertina, Cortachy, Flower of Scotland, Folk music, Forres, Fort William, Highland, Gartan Mother's Lullaby, Jacobitism, Jimmie Macgregor, Jimmy Shand, Ken Buchanan, Killiecrankie, List of Edinburgh festivals, Live from Scotland Volume 1, Live from Scotland Volume 2, Mandolin, Music of Scotland, National anthem, Northumbrian smallpipes, Paddie Bell, Peat Fire Flame, Peebles, Psaltery, Robin Hall, Ronnie Browne, Roots revival, Roses of Prince Charlie, Roy Williamson, Rugby football, Sea shanty, Shinty, Simon Thoumire, Sitar, Stovies (album), The Braes o' Killiecrankie, The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell, The Promise of the Day, The White Heather Club, Tin whistle, UK Albums Chart.

Andy Stewart (musician)

Andrew "Andy" Stewart MBE (30 December 1933 – 11 October 1993) was a Scottish singer and entertainer.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Asthma

Asthma is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.

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Bandurria

The bandurria is a plucked chordophone from Spain, similar to the mandolin, primarily used in Spanish folk music, but also found in former Spanish colonies.

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Banjo

The banjo is a four-, five- or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bodhrán

The bodhrán (or,; plural bodhráin or bodhráns) is an Irish frame drum ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring.

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Bouzouki

The bouzouki (also buzuki; μπουζούκι; plural bouzoukia μπουζούκια) is a musical instrument popular in Greece that was brought there in the 1900s by Greek immigrants from Asia Minor, and quickly became the central instrument to the rebetiko genre and its music branches.

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Cirque

Two cirques with semi-permanent snowpatches near Abisko National Park, Sweden A cirque (French, from the Latin word circus) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

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Combolin

The Combolin was invented by Roy Williamson of The Corries in the summer of 1969.

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Concertina

A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica.

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Cortachy

Cortachy is a village in Angus, Scotland.

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Flower of Scotland

"Flower of Scotland" (Flouer o Scotland, Flùr na h-Alba) is a Scottish song, used frequently at special occasions and sporting events.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Forres

Forres (Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately east of Inverness and west of Elgin.

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Fort William, Highland

Fort William (An Gearasdan "The Garrison") is a town in the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe.

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Gartan Mother's Lullaby

"Gartan Mother's Lullaby" is an old Irish song and poem written by Herbert Hughes and Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, first published in Songs of Uladh in 1904.

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Jacobitism

Jacobitism (Seumasachas, Seacaibíteachas, Séamusachas) was a political movement in Great Britain and Ireland that aimed to restore the Roman Catholic Stuart King James II of England and Ireland (as James VII in Scotland) and his heirs to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.

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Jimmie Macgregor

Jimmie Macgregor (born 10 March 1930) is a Scottish folksinger and broadcaster, best known as half of a singing duo with Robin Hall.

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Jimmy Shand

Sir James Shand MBE (28 January 1908 – 23 December 2000) was a Scottish musician who played traditional Scottish dance music on the accordion.

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Ken Buchanan

Ken Buchanan MBE (born 28 June 1945) is a British retired professional boxer and the former Undisputed World Lightweight ChampionGutteridge, Reg.

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Killiecrankie

Killiecrankie (Gaelic: Coille Chreithnich) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland on the River Garry.

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List of Edinburgh festivals

This is a list of arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Live from Scotland Volume 1

Live from Scotland Volume 1 was a 1974 album by The Corries recorded at the Glasgow City Halls.

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Live from Scotland Volume 2

Live from Scotland Volume 2 was a 1975 album by The Corries recorded at the Glasgow City Halls, Motherwell Town Hall, Dunfermline Carnegie Hall and Edinburgh Usher Hall, in 1974 and 1975.

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Mandolin

A mandolin (mandolino; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is usually plucked with a plectrum or "pick".

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Music of Scotland

Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which remained vibrant throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music.

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National anthem

A national anthem (also state anthem, national hymn, national song, etc.) is generally a patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions, and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.

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Northumbrian smallpipes

The Northumbrian smallpipes (also known as the Northumbrian pipes) are bellows-blown bagpipes from North East England, particularly Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.

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Paddie Bell

Paddie Bell (8 April 1931 – 3 August 2005) was an Irish folk singer and musician.

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Peat Fire Flame

Peat Fire Flame is an album recorded in 1977 by The Corries, a Scottish folk group.

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Peebles

Peebles (Na Pùballan) is a royal burgh in Peeblesshire, of which it is the county town, within the Scottish Borders region.

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Psaltery

Psaltery 1700 – Venitian school A psaltery (or sawtry) is a stringed instrument of the zither family.

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Robin Hall

Robin Hall (27 June 1936 – 18 November 1998) was a Scottish folksinger, best known as half of a singing duo with Jimmie Macgregor.

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Ronnie Browne

Ronnie Browne ("The Voice") (born Ronald Grant Browne, 20 August 1937 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland), is a Scottish folk musician and founding member of The Corries.

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Roots revival

A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors.

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Roses of Prince Charlie

"Roses of Prince Charlie" is a modern Scottish folk song composed by Ronnie Browne of The Corries.

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Roy Williamson

Roy Murdoch Buchanan Williamson (25 June 1936 – 12 August 1990) was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician, most notably with The Corries.

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Rugby football

Rugby football refers to the team sports rugby league and rugby union.

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Sea shanty

A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels.

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Shinty

Shinty (camanachd, iomain) is a team game played with sticks and a ball.

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Simon Thoumire

Simon Thoumire is a Scottish musician and an English concertina virtuoso.

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Sitar

The sitar (or; सितार, Punjabi: ਸਿਤਾਰ) is a plucked stringed instrument used in Hindustani classical music.

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Stovies (album)

Released in 1980, Stovies is the eighteenth album by The Corries.

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The Braes o' Killiecrankie

Braes o' Killiecrankie is the name of four distinct folk songs, all originally from Scotland.

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The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell

The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell is the eponymous 1964 album by The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell.

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The Promise of the Day

The Promise of the Day is a music album by the band The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell.

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The White Heather Club

The White Heather Club was a BBC TV Scottish variety show that ran on and off from 7 May 1958 to 1968.

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Tin whistle

The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, Irish whistle, Belfast Hornpipe, feadóg stáin (or simply feadóg) and Clarke London FlageoletThe Clarke Tin Whistle By Bill Ochs is a simple, six-holed woodwind instrument.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corries

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