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Together

by Fil Campbell & Tom McFarland

Released 2017

Glenshee Music 2017

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Released 2017

Glenshee Music 2017

Original contemporary folk from Ireland

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“Together” is an unusual album in that it features two distinct vocalists. Fil and Tom have toured as a duo for many years and both are songwriters as well as singers. This album is a collection of work from both their pens.

The album has an overall theme of peace and reconciliation and these new songs (and one traditional piece) reflect today’s world.

From Tom’s “Birds’ Song” taking a wry look at the …
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Back There

by Fil Campbell & Tom McFarland

Released 2015

Glenshee Music

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Released 2015

Glenshee Music

All the songs tell stories that are all loosely connected to the theme of wishes – wishes for a bright future, for change, for musicians, for love and for a chance to go back in time.

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This is my first collection of contemporary songs for quite a while. I’ve been collecting songs along the way and there were loads that I just wanted to have on record. Plus I had the added good fortune of (finally) persuading Tom to sing a song or two on this album. There are a couple of our own songs and several by my favourite Irish writers.

Musicians
Fil Campbell – vocals, guitar, piano
Tom McFarland – …
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A Place of My Own

by Fil Campbell

Released 2012

Glenshee Records

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Released 2012

Glenshee Records

Irish traditional women's songs

04:00 I Know My Love
05:39 Erin Grá Mo Chroí / Across the Lough
04:27 Come Back Again to Me Mavourneen
03:18 It's Better to Be Single (Than a Poor Man's Wife)
03:25 Haste to the Wedding
04:03 My Singing Bird
04:15 The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
02:38 The Doffing Mistress
05:27 Working the Streets
03:35 Send Back My Barney to Me
03:22 Whistle Daughter Whistle

Farewell To Cold Winter - Songbirds Part Two

by Fil Campbell

Released 2011

Glenshee Music

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Released 2011

Glenshee Music

This is another collection of beautiful Irish folk songs that were part of Fil's childhood repertoire, many of which were first recorded in the 1930s and 40s by the women singers of the day.

04:35 The Lowlands of Holland
03:52 The Old Maid in the Garrett
03:37 The Connemara Shore
04:50 The Bonny Boy
02:57 Johnny the Daisy O
03:45 My Lagan Love
03:44 Down By the Green Bushes
03:09 Seoladh na nGamhna
04:08 Farewell But Whenever (The Scent of the Roses)
03:52 Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry
04:28 The Hills of Glenswilly
05:01 She Moved Through the Fair

NOTES

Irish singer songwriter Fil Campbell returned to her roots a few years ago to record the songs that she had learned as a child (on the CD and DVD Songbirds). Now in this second collection of songs, Fil includes more of the popular songs that formed the backdrop to life in Ireland in the 30s, 40s, and 50s as well as some of the more obscure songs that were sung by the women singers she …
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Songbirds

by Fil Campbell

Released 2005

Glenshee Records

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Released 2005

Glenshee Records

Songbirds is a collection of old Irish songs beautifully crafted by Fil Campbell.

03:02 Farewell My Own Dear Native Land
04:15 The Connemara Cradle Song
03:50 The Castle of Dromore
04:10 Softly, Softly
04:00 What Will You Do Love?
03:31 Goodbye Mick, Goodbye Pat
04:04 The Spinning Wheel
04:06 Martha, the Flower of Sweet Strabane
04:27 If I Were a Blackbird
05:11 Ar Eirinn Nì N-eòsfainn Ce H-ì
03:47 The Moonshiner
04:24 Love's Old Sweet Song
03:31 Teddy O'neil
04:08 The Factory Girl
03:30 The Homes of Donegal

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"Campbell's warm lulling voice is eminently suited to old fashioned gems like 'Love's Old Sweet song' and “The Homes of Donegal”, and the musicianship is top notch". Evening Herald, Dublin

Fil's 4th solo CD is a collection of 15 Irish folk songs that she learned as a child. Including some well known favourites from the songbook of Delia Murphy as well as some less well known traditional gems from the repertoire of Maggie Barry etc.

The …
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Beneath The Calm

by Fil Campbell

Released 2002

Spring Records

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Released 2002

Spring Records

It has been said of Fil Campbell that "she has a voice that could melt you while reading the telephone directory". This collection of mostly self penned songs is a departure from Fil's interpretive recordings. Contemporary folk? Judge for yourself.

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"With the release of Beneath the Calm, her third album, Fil Campbell steps out of the
shadows as a gifted songwriter to add to her reputation as a discerning cover artist.
She has come of age with this recording and it will bring repeated pleasure to
listeners." Ian Clarke, Downpatrick Folk Club , N. Ireland

"Beneath the Calm" (LMP 008), released in 2002 is the 3rd solo album from Northern
Irish singer Fil Campbell and marks her first …
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Dreaming

by Fil Campbell

Released 2000

Roundtower

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Released 2000

Roundtower

It has been said of her, "she has a voice that could melt you while reading the telephone directory". This is a collection of songs by various writers, apart from "Dreaming", the title track, a song written from actual dreams. Contemporary folk.

04:23 Dreaming
04:18 The Way Young Lovers Do
04:44 Blue Old Saturday Night
03:42 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
03:31 I Still Believe in Love
03:30 Blue Songs On a Red Guitar
03:20 When Love Says Goodnight
03:50 Like a Rainbow
03:40 100 Miles
03:41 Two of Us
03:00 Baby Mine

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"Fil Campbell has assembled a fine collection of songs ... and given them effective,
understated arrangements which highlight her own intimate, lilting voice.(On
Dreaming)" Dirty Linen (USA)

"Fil Campbell has a gently commanding way with a song ... she draws you in slowly
until it's a case of sweet surrender." Folk Roots

The title track of "Dreaming" (Round Tower Records, released 2000) is the one self
penned song from Northern Irish singer Fil Campbell's second solo album. …
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