Crooked Lake, the long-awaited album from Cape Breton's Tracey Dares, will delight fans and newcomers alike. Dares is one of the most sought-after pianists by Celtic musicians. On this solo album, Dares emerges as a fine interpreter of the Cape Breton standards. Dares is accompanied by Dave MacIsaac, guitars, Natalie MacMaster, fiddle and viola, Lucy MacNeil, harp, Hamish Moore, small pipes and highland pipes, Bruce Jacobs, bass, and Tom Roach, drums, plus a chorus on "The Milling Song" that includes Rita Rankin and Rod MacNeil as soloists.

Crooked Lake *
1995 Ground Swell (GSR 077)

Morag Ramsay/Betty Lou Beaton's/Miss Drummond of Perth/McKinnon's Rant/Miss Charlotte Alston Stewart/Senator's Reel; Mustang Jig/Castle Bay Scrap; Black Mary; John Morris Jig/Irish Whiskey/Mary Ann Kennedy Jig; Lord Moira/Miss Anne Amelia Stewart/Earl Marshall/Easter Elchies; the Duke of Kent's Lodge at Glentilt/Malts on the Optics/Farewell to Decorum; Travels with Tracey/Miss Rose of Dranie/Perth Assembly; Port Augusta; Lady Caroline Montague/Lady Lucy Ramsay/Mrs. Dundas of Arniston/Miss Campbell Monzie/Marquis of Queensberry; Old Grey Goose; Professor Blackie; Milling Song 47:26