Retrospective Rebecca Pidgeon

• 1 Spanish Harlem 03:44
• 2 Underground 03:24
• 3 Texas Rangers 04:15
• 4 24 Hours of Love 03:58
• 5 Fhear a Bhata 03:01
• 6 Seven Hours 04:01
• 7 Primitive Man 04:33
• 8 Kalerka 03:03
• 9 The Four Marys 03:06
• 10 Grandmother 06:34
• 11 MacDougall's Men 02:41
• 12 Hey How My Johnnie Lad 02:17
• 13 Auld Lang Syne/Bring It on Home to Me 04:10
• Total Runtime 48:47

Info for Retrospective

Standing at the crossroads of Scottish Folk and Modern Pop, singer/songwriter Rebecca Pidgeon has recorded three wonderfully imaginative albums with Chesky Records over the last decade. In each of Rebecca's distinct recordings she demonstrates an uncanny ability to span a wide range of vocal and song styles, while consistently propelling her signature sweet voice. Now commemorating the best from each album, this collection offers you the individual titles that together create an exciting mosaic of this amazing singer/songwriter.

Rebecca Pidgeon, vocals

Rebecca Pidgeon
the acclaimed Scottish actress, has also displayed her gift as a singer/songwriter on her several well-received albums. Taking elements from folk, pop, jazz, and Celtic traditions, Pidgeon crafts lilting, intimate poetry.

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she later moved to Edinburgh, Scotland with her family at the age of five. As a teenager in Scotland, she sang along with the radio and her parents' Beatles and Joni Mitchell records as a light escape from her demanding acting studies. Eventually, she enrolled in London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at 18 where she studied drama, music, and voice.

Pidgeon’s first Chesky release, The Raven, featured Pidgeon's stunning version of "Spanish Harlem." The Raven went on to become an audiophile classic, thanks to Pidgeon's crystalline voice and Chesky's high-fidelity recording techniques. Her second album, The New York Girls' Club, brought her unique singing and songwriting to more music lovers.

Intimately performed and recorded, Four Marys, released in 1998 showcases Rebecca's unique interpretations of timeless Celtic folk songs. As much a testament to her musical roots as it is to her tremendous vocal presence, this recording leads both music lovers and audiophiles down an engaging new path.

She now resides in Boston and Vermont with her husband and their daughter. Between album projects, Pidgeon has starred in the Mamet plays Oleanna, Speed the Plow, The Old Neighborhood, and the motion pictures The Spanish Prisoner and The Winslow Boy.

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