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Proterra is the twelfth album

Album

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by the Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

Celtic rock

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock and a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context...

band Runrig

Runrig

Runrig are a Scottish Celtic rock group formed in Skye, in 1973 under the name 'The Run Rig Dance Band'. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald. The current line-up also includes longtime members Malcolm Jones, Iain Bayne, and more...

, with Paul Mounsey

Paul Mounsey

Paul Mounsey is a composer, arranger and producer from Scotland.He lived for over 20 years in Brazil. A graduate of Trinity College, London, where he studied with Richard Arnell, he has written for film, television, theatre, advertising and also for the Latin American pop market...

. Mounsey was invited to arrange two of the tracks, The Old Boys and An Toll Dubh. These originally came from the 1981 album Recovery

Recovery (Runrig album)

Recovery is the third album by Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, released in 1981. The album deals with the social history of the Scottish Gàidhealtachd, mirroring a renewed sense of cultural and political identity within the Gaelic community....

Track listing

"The Old Boys" - 5:16
"Proterra" - 5:35
"Day of Days" - 3:38
"Empty Glens" - 3:51
"Gabriel's Sword" - 4:57
"From the North" - 5:28
"An Toll Dubh" (The Dungeon) - 2:28
"There's a Need" - 3:34
"Faileas air an Àirigh" (Shadow on the Sheiling) - 4:06
"Heading to Acadia" - 4:16
"All the Miles" - 4:16
"A Rèiteach" (The Betrothal) - 5:19
"Angels from the Ashes" - 3:25

Personnel

Iain Bayne: drums
Drum kit
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, percussion
Percussion instrument
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Bruce Guthro
Bruce Guthro
Bruce Guthro is a Canadian singer / songwriter, from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Guthro has recorded as a solo artist, and in 1998 also joined Scottish folk rock band Runrig, whilst still pursuing his solo career...

: lead vocals
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
Brian Hurren: keyboards, vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Malcolm Jones: guitars
Guitar
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, accordion
Accordion
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Calum Macdonald: percussion
Rory Macdonald
Rory MacDonald
Roderick Macdonald is the bassist of the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, as well as their primary songwriter with his younger brother, Calum Macdonald. Rory tends to write the melody, and Calum the lyrics...

: vocals, bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

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