I Will Not Sing Alone (CD) Wild Goose Collective

I Will Not Sing Alone (CD) The Wild Goose Collective & Macappella Tracks 1)The Lord Is My Light 2)How Can I Keep From Singing? 3)The Treasure 4)Were I The Perfect Child 5)I Will Give What I Have 6)I Will Sing A Song Of Love 7)He Is The Way 8)Jesus Christ. Here Among Us 9)A Cradling Song 10)In This Darkness 11)If The War Goes On 12)I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say 13)Hey, My Love 14)I Am The Vine 15)O Jesus, Sweet The Thought Of You 16)Mothering God 17)The Mind Of God    I WILL NOT SING ALONE CD is a deliberately eclectic collection of words and music from different ages fused in contemporary arrangements. There are ancient texts and modern texts, simple and sophisticated. There are choral anthems, folk tunes and contemporary syncopated melodies. The songs include exclamations of praise, meditative reflections on the love of God, and laments for the loss of a child and for countries at war. The people who make the music are an even odder mixture. There are three cathedral musicians, several folk singers, some members of our previous Wild Goose Worship Group, a trainee Catholic priest, members of a ceilidh band, a descendant of a 14th century bishop, a Malayalam speaker, a native Swede, a Blue Peter badge winner – representing both genders, five nations, seven denominations and a variety of hairstylists and coutouriers. Perhaps this is the only way to offer songs of faith which are intended for everybody. This is not a high octane choral album or a selection of psuedo-celtic escapist ditties, but songs of engagement with life and with God, all grounded in the passion and pain of Christian love. The Wild Goose Collective comprises members and associates of the Wild Goose Resource Group, former musicians of lona Abbey and ‘discerning friends of our common purpose’. They coagulate here for the first time to record this collection. The Macappella Ceilidh Band is based in Glasgow and is in constant demand for events and ceilidhs throughout Scotland. It has close connections with both the lona Community and Gorbals Parish Church in Glasgow.