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Sunsets I've Galloped Into
by Archie Fisher
from Red House
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Archie Fisher Sunsets I've Galloped Into 
Lovely beautiful CD with superb guitar work. Archie's voice is one I could listen to all day long and I find myself repeating this album as I do others among my favorites. A new "favorite" for me and I'm sorry I did not discover his work sooner!!
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A different kind of folk 
Archie Fisher. a familiar figure in Scottish folk music but little known in the U.S.A.. presents these fresh and somewhat unfamiliar folk songs with clear diction and feeling. His "Black Horse" poem is wonderful.
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Why are some gems undiscovered? 
Archie Fisher has come a long way since his first albums decades ago in Scotland. He has always had a strong following in Great Britain and in Canada, but somehow is not well known in the US. That is our loss. Several years ago I had the opportunity to see him perform in Palmer, Alaska in a little coffee shop packed to the eaves with Alaskans in love with the music of Scotland and Ireland. He mesmerized us all, the fisher capturing us, like salmon in the sea in his musical nets. Fisher is no longer... more info
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ARCHIE AT THE TOP OF HIS FORM... 
This is without a doubt one of the finest CDs in my collection, and has been one of my favorites for many years. Archie Fisher's voice is pure magic -- and the songs he writes (or, in some cases, chooses) match it perfectly. The melodies are haunting and beautiful, but what really stands out for me in these selections is the pure quality of the words -- this is poetry at its finest. There's not a single weak track among these here, but the one that gets deep into my soul every time I hear it is 'The... more info
Tracks:
- Ashfields and Brine
- Yonder Banks/The Shipyard Apprentice
- Cuillins of Home
- Southside Blues
- Silver Coin
- Presence
- Gunsmoke and Whisky
- Bill Hosie
- I Wandered by a Brookside
- Merry England
- Great North Road
- Eastfield
- Black Horse
- All That You Ask Me
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