Forerunner is the third album by the Eastern-Canadian Celtic band The Cottars.
Track listing Waterlily (Karine Polwart/Bay Songs Ltd., ASCAP) – 4:29 Miss Casey Medley – 1:59 Miss Casey's Jig (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) The Humours of Ballinafauna (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) Byker Hill (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 2:48 Atlantic Blue Ron Hynes/Blue Murder/Sold For A Song, SOCAN) – 4:14 Some Polkas – 3:14 Johnny Mickey's Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) Ballydesmond Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) The Magic Slipper Polka (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) Pat Works On The Railway (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 4:25 Georgia Lee (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music) – 4:34 Sliabh Na mBan (trad., arr. Ciarán MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 3:04 Home By Bearna (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) – 2:33 Jo MacPhee's Jig (Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) Send Me A River (Sinéad Lohan/RykoMusic Ltd. MCPS) – 3:45 Honeysuckle Medley – 4:10 The Honeysuckle Hornpipe (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) The Dancing Strathspey (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) Jenny Dang the Weaver (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) The Randy Wife of Greelaw (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) Crossing the Minch (trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray-Roseanne MacKenzie/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN) Hold On (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music) – 4:37
Credits Lakewind Sound sessions (Cape Breton Island) The Cottars Ciarán MacGillivray: vocals, piano, guitar, electric guitar (Strat), Bb whistle, bodhrán, accordion Fiona MacGillivray: vocals, whistle, bodhrán Jimmy MacKenzie: guitar, tenor banjo Roseanne MacKenzie: harmony vocals, fiddle, percussion Additional Musicians Jamie Gatti - bass Allister MacGillivray Beverly MacGillivray Sound Emporium sessions (Nashville) Gordie Sampson: guitar, bouzouki, piano Mike Brignardello: bass Tom Bukovac: guitars, piano Shannon Forrest: drums, percussion David Henry: cello Jimmy Rankin: additional vocals on Atlantic Blue