标题：capercaillie
历史
乐队成立于上个世纪80年代早期，最早的成员有歌手KarenMatheson（她是苏格兰著名女歌ElizabethMacNeill的孙女，也曾经是一支民谣乐队theEtives的成员）和键盘手DonaldShaw，他们在同一所中学认识。然后乐队又陆续加入许多成员，包括宝丝蓝鼓（bodhran）手MarcDuff、吉他手JoanMacLachlan、布祖基琴（bouzouki）手ShaunCraig、贝斯和小提琴手MartinMacLeod等。乐队成立后，在当地的几次演出为他们取得了两好的声誉。之后乐队用3天时间快速录制了他们的第一张专辑，Cascade。
之后的Capercaillie几经人员变动，自始至终参与乐队的成员只有atheson、Shaw和Duff。1991年，英国小提琴手CharlieMacNeill加入乐队，这时候他们的第二张专辑Crosswind出版了。又是一张颇受好评的专辑！Capercaillie也因此展开了第一次美国巡演。在Crosswind出版之前他们已经在本土得到承认，一部关于苏格兰盖尔人历史英雄的电视片TheBloodIsStrong找到他们做了Soundtrack。 
由于有了爱尔兰著名的凯尔特音乐家ManusLunny（宝丝蓝鼓手，小提琴手和歌手）的参与，Capercaillie很快成为了凯尔特音乐圈最被看好的乐队，他们的观众群越来越大了。从他们的第四张专辑Sidewaulk开始，在ManusLunny和他的弟弟DonalLunny的参与下，Capercaille也开始在专辑中用英语演唱。第五张专辑Delirium可以看成是他们的音乐事业的一个高峰，专辑把传统的苏格兰民间音乐和现代音乐元素融合到了一起。他们改编了一首有着400年历史的民歌CoisichARuin。这首歌最后登上了英国榜前40名的位置，并被一部英国电视片选中成为主题曲。另外一首歌Breisleach的歌词来自爱丁堡诗人AngusDudb的诗作，也成为另外一部电视的主题曲。
他们的歌很美，很柔软,好像是贴在你耳朵旁边诉说着一个故事, 声音中似乎带着淡淡的忧伤和思念, 让你禁不住想起那些的遥远的事情, 很美的旋律, 它一定会不断回荡在你的耳边....... 
关于Capercaillie乐队的核心成员Karen Matheson，美国告示牌杂志Billboard Magazine：“这个时代最棒的盖尔语女声”。
Karen在儿提时期曾参加过Mod音乐节所办的歌唱比赛，除得到“最佳歌手”的奖项外，亦在当时得到“当今最美的凯尔特女声”赞誉，那时Karen的年纪虽然不大，但却懂得相当多的凯尔特字汇与传统歌谣，主要因素是由于Karen的外婆Elizabeth MacNeill是一名传统歌谣的歌者，她的许多克尔特歌曲都是从那里学来的，而且“雷鸟”乐团之所以有坚实的凯尔特民族元素为创作素材的原因也是源自于此。
“雷鸟”乐团从八四年出版第一张专辑“Cascade”是以民谣团体的姿态出现，而后该团亦为凯尔特音乐创作了无限可能的出路，他们尝试将其民族乐音加以结合转化，不论流行节奏还是非洲等其他民族的音乐纹脉皆是他们创作素材，九五年他们参加英国的WOMAD音乐节时早已是举世之名的当代凯尔特乐团了。不过在转化的过程中，该团使用的乐器以及成员架构与来自爱尔兰的Clannad家族合唱团（Enya的姐姐Maire (Moya) Brennan为主唱）有些近似，也因此许多乐迷都喜欢将这两团做为比较。若您听过Clannad与Capercaillie的作品，其实您能发现这之间还是有明显不同，前者虽然来自凯尔特民族根据地之一的爱尔兰但是其音乐元素比起后者较感觉不出有凯尔特民族的传统风韵。
评论
Karen Matheson可以说是最传统、最正宗的Celtic风格的代表，Clannad乐队其实无论成就的数量还是质量都无可比性，倒是另外一支著名的Celtic乐队Altan与之相似程度更高，当然风格也是有差异的。
Karen Matheson的演唱，是一种起伏变化迅速的“哼唱”类型，与Enya的慢速吟唱相比，这样的风格要想唱得出优美、纯净、连贯的旋律，对歌手来说难度极大，但Karen Matheson却完美地做到了，抛开突出的音乐创作能力不谈，这本身就已经足够吸引人了。“这个时代最棒的盖尔语女声”的确实至名归。
也许是不懂盖尔语的缘故，国内知道Karen Matheson的本来就不多，大多局限于她的单独的三张个人专辑，知道把她和Capercaillie（雷鸟）联系在一起的人更少（Capercaillie也只在一些Celtic合集里偶尔露面而已），殊不知Karen Matheson的主要成就恰恰就是在Capercaillie之中，这与Celtic在音乐界如雷贯耳的事实很不协调。由于搜集的专辑比较多，逐一筛选也是份苦差事，索性直接发个全集，让大家自己来鉴赏。
专辑
收录截止2008年该乐队的21张专辑（全集）、其核心歌手Karen Matheson的三张个人专辑以及Karen Matheson客串与其他音乐家合作的部分单曲                 
  收录专辑列表：
Capercaillie - 1984 - 《Cascade》
Capercaillie - 1987 - 《Crosswinds》
Capercaillie - 1988 - 《The blood is strong》
Capercaillie - 1989 - 《Sidewaulk》
Capercaillie - 1991 - 《Delirium》
Capercaillie - 1992 - 《Get out》
Capercaillie - 1993 - 《Secret people》
Capercaillie - 1993 - 《The blood is strong II》
Capercaillie - 1994 - 《Capercaillie》
Capercaillie - 1994 - 《Dark Alan (Ailein duinn)》
Capercaillie - 1994 - 《When you return》
Capercaillie - 1995 - 《To the moon》
Capercaillie - 1996 - 《Glenfinnan (Songs of the '45')》
Capercaillie - 1997 - 《Beautiful wasteland》
Capercaillie - 1998 - 《Dusk till dawn, the best of Capercallie》
Capercaillie - 1998 - 《Waulkroots》
Capercaillie - 1999 - 《The best of》
Capercaillie - 2000 - 《Nadurra》
Capercaillie - 2002 - 《Live in concert》
Capercaillie - 2003 - 《Choice language》
Capercaillie - 2004 - 《Grace and pride - The anthology》
Capercaillie - 2008 - 《Roses and tears》
Karen Matheson - 1996 - 《The dreaming sea》
Karen Matheson - 2002 - 《Time to fall》
Karen Matheson - 2005 - 《Downriver》
曲目：
共收录252首曲目
Capercaillie - (a) Dean cadalan samhach (b) Servant to the slave ('92 version).part1
Capercaillie - (a) Dean cadalan samhach (b) Servant to the slave ('92 version).part2
Capercaillie - A cur nan gobhar as a' chreig (Herding the goats from the rocks)
Capercaillie - A state of yearning
Capercaillie - Aignish
Capercaillie - Ailein duinn (Dark Alan)
Capercaillie - Ailein duinn (清唱)
Capercaillie - Alasdair mhic cholla ghasda (Alasdair, son of gallant coll) (长版)
Capercaillie - Alasdair mhic cholla ghasda (Alasdair, son of gallant coll) (短版)
Capercaillie - Alasdair mhic cholla ghasda (Alasdair, son of gallant coll)
Capercaillie - Alasdair's tune
Capercaillie - Am ataireachd ard
Capercaillie - Am buachaille ban
Capercaillie - Am mur gorm (The blue rampart)
Capercaillie - An eala bhan (The white swan) (长版)
Capercaillie - An eala bhan (The white swan)
Capercaillie - An fhideag airgid
Capercaillie - An gille ban
Capercaillie - An ribhinn donn
Capercaillie - An T-Eilean mu thuath (The Isle to the north)
Capercaillie - An t-iarla diurach
Capercaillie - Aodann srath bhain
Capercaillie - A'racan a bh'againne
Capercaillie - Argyll lassies
Capercaillie - Arrival reprise
Capercaillie - Arrival theme
Capercaillie - At dawn of day
Capercaillie - Balindore
Capercaillie - Barra clapping song
Capercaillie - Beautiful wasteland
Capercaillie - Black fields
Capercaillie - Bonaparte (Live)
Capercaillie - Bonaparte (长版)
Capercaillie - Bonaparte
Capercaillie - Both sides the tweed
Capercaillie - Breisleach (Live - Dusk till dawn)
Capercaillie - Breisleach (Live)
Capercaillie - Breisleach (Live - Grace and pride)
Capercaillie - Breisleach
Capercaillie - Brenda stubbert's set
Capercaillie - Callinish, picts, celts
Capercaillie - Calum's road
Capercaillie - Cape breton song
Capercaillie - Claire in heaven
Capercaillie - Clo mhic'ille mhicheil
Capercaillie - Co ni mire rium (Who will flirt with me)
Capercaillie - Coisich, a ruin (Walk my beloved) (12_mix)
Capercaillie - Coisich, a ruin (Walk my beloved) (Live - Live in concert)
Capercaillie - Coisich, a ruin (Walk my beloved) (Live)
Capercaillie - Coisich, a ruin (Walk my beloved)
Capercaillie - Colum cille
Capercaillie - Crime of passion (Live)
Capercaillie - Crime of passion (长版)
Capercaillie - Crime of passion
Capercaillie - Cumha do dh'uilleam siosal
Capercaillie - David glen's
Capercaillie - Dean cadalan samhach
Capercaillie - Dean saor an spiorad
Capercaillie - Distant hill
Capercaillie - Domhnall
Capercaillie - Don't you go
Capercaillie - Downtown toronto
Capercaillie - Dr.MacPhail's reel - Cape breton song (Live)
Capercaillie - Dr.Macphail's reel
Capercaillie - Dr.Macphail's trance ('92 version)
Capercaillie - Eastern reel
Capercaillie - Eilean a'cheo
Capercaillie - Fagail Bhernaraidh (Leaving Berneray)
Capercaillie - Fear a'bhata (短版)
Capercaillie - Fear a'bhata
Capercaillie - Fear-allabain
Capercaillie - Finlay's (Live)
Capercaillie - Finlay's
Capercaillie - Fisherman's dream
Capercaillie - Fosgail an dorus (Nighean bhuidh' ruadh)
Capercaillie - Four stone walls
Capercaillie - Gaelic psalm theme
Capercaillie - Gaol troimh aimsirean (Love through the seasons)
Capercaillie - Gin teann mi ris na ruinn tha seo (Remeberance)
Capercaillie - Glen orchy (Rory MacLeod)
Capercaillie - God's alibi
Capercaillie - Grace and pride (1994)
Capercaillie - Grace and pride (2004)
Capercaillie - Grace and pride
Capercaillie - Grandfather mountain
Capercaillie - Heart of the highland
Capercaillie - Hebridean hale
Capercaillie - Hi rim bo
Capercaillie - Him bo
Capercaillie - Hoireann O
Capercaillie - Homer's reel
Capercaillie - Hope springs eternal
Capercaillie - I will set my ship in order
Capercaillie - Iain ghlinn 'cuaich (John of glen cuaich) (Live)
Capercaillie - Iain ghlinn 'cuaich (John of glen cuaich)
Capercaillie - Inexile (Dusk till dawn)
Capercaillie - Inexile (Live)
Capercaillie - Inexile
Capercaillie - Iona theme
Capercaillie - Islay ranter's reels
Capercaillie - Kenny Mcdonald's song
Capercaillie - Kepplehall 25 kts
Capercaillie - Kepplehall - Osmosis reel (Live)
Capercaillie - La paella grande
Capercaillie - Leodhasach an tir chein
Capercaillie - Little do they know
Capercaillie - Lordship of the Isles
Capercaillie - Ma theid mise tuilleagh
Capercaillie - Maggie's megaset
Capercaillie - Maideanan na h-airidh
Capercaillie - Maighdean na h-airidh
Capercaillie - Marc's set
Capercaillie - Michael's matches
Capercaillie - Mile marbhaisg (A thousand courses)
Capercaillie - Milleadh nam braidhrean
Capercaillie - M'ionam
Capercaillie - Mo bhean chomuinn
Capercaillie - Mo chailin dileas donn (Live)
Capercaillie - Mo chailin dileas donn
Capercaillie - Mo run gael og
Capercaillie - My Laggan Love (Fox on the town)
Capercaillie - Nil si i ngra (Live)
Capercaillie - Nil si i ngra
Capercaillie - Nuair a chi thu caileag bhoidheach
Capercaillie - Oh mo dhuthaich (Oh my country) (二重唱版)
Capercaillie - Oh mo dhuthaich (Oh my country)
Capercaillie - Oran air bhreith a phrionnsa tearlaich
Capercaillie - Oran do loch iall
Capercaillie - Oran eile don phrionnsa
Capercaillie - Oran sugraidh
Capercaillie - Oran
Capercaillie - Outlaws (Live)
Capercaillie - Pige ruadh (Live)
Capercaillie - Puirt a beul (Snug in a blanket)
Capercaillie - Rann na mona
Capercaillie - Rapture
Capercaillie - Rob Roy reels (Live).part1
Capercaillie - Rob Roy reels (Live).part2
Capercaillie - Rob Roy reels
Capercaillie - Rose cottage reels
Capercaillie - 'S fhada leam an oidhche gheamhraidh
Capercaillie - Sardinia
Capercaillie - Seice ruairidh (Roddy's drum)
Capercaillie - Seinneam cliu nam fear ur
Capercaillie - Servant to the slave
Capercaillie - Shanbally castle (Caberfeidh)
Capercaillie - Shelter
Capercaillie - Sidewaulk reels
Capercaillie - Silver spear reels (Live)
Capercaillie - Skye waulking song
Capercaillie - Smuladh mi's mi air maineol
Capercaillie - Soldier boy
Capercaillie - Soraidh bhuam gu barraidh
Capercaillie - Sort of slides
Capercaillie - Stinging rain (Capercaillie)
Capercaillie - Stinging rain (Grace and pride)
Capercaillie - Stinging rain
Capercaillie - Take the floor
Capercaillie - The ale is deer (Reels)
Capercaillie - The aphrodisiac
Capercaillie - The Blunt reels
Capercaillie - The boy who
Capercaillie - The cockerel in the creel
Capercaillie - The crooked mountain
Capercaillie - The Gaelic reels
Capercaillie - The haggis
Capercaillie - The harley ashtray
Capercaillie - The hebrides
Capercaillie - The hollybush
Capercaillie - The laurel house theme
Capercaillie - The little cascade
Capercaillie - The lorn theme_ Instrumental (Moladh Bhearnaraidh) (In praise of Berneray)
Capercaillie - The miracle of being (Live)
Capercaillie - The miracle of being (Youth re-mix)
Capercaillie - The miracle of being (长版)
Capercaillie - The miracle of being
Capercaillie - The old crone (Poort na caillich)
Capercaillie - The price of fire
Capercaillie - The quimper waltz
Capercaillie - The reel northern light (Instrumental)
Capercaillie - The reel northern light
Capercaillie - The snuff wife jigs
Capercaillie - The sound of sleat
Capercaillie - The tree (Live)
Capercaillie - The tree
Capercaillie - The turnpike.part1
Capercaillie - The turnpike.part2
Capercaillie - The weasel set (Live)
Capercaillie - The weasel
Capercaillie - The Whinney hills jigs
Capercaillie - Thiocfadh leat fanacht
Capercaillie - Tighinn air a'mhuir am fear a phosas mi (The one who will marry me will)
Capercaillie - To the moon
Capercaillie - Tobar mhoire (Tobermory)
Capercaillie - Tobermory
Capercaillie - Troy's wedding (Jigs)
Capercaillie - Truth calling
Capercaillie - Turas an anraidh
Capercaillie - Urnaigh a 'bhan-thigreach
Capercaillie - Waiting for the wheel to turn (12_mix).part1
Capercaillie - Waiting for the wheel to turn (12_mix).part2
Capercaillie - Waiting for the wheel to turn ('92 version).part1
Capercaillie - Waiting for the wheel to turn ('92 version).part2
Capercaillie - Waiting for the wheel to turn (Delirium)
Capercaillie - Waiting for the wheel to turn.part1
Capercaillie - Waiting for the wheel to turn.part2
Capercaillie - When you return (Widescreen mix)
Capercaillie - When you return
Capercaillie - Who will raise their voice (长版)
Capercaillie - Who will raise their voice
Capercaillie - Why won't you touch me
Capercaillie - You will rise again
Capercaillie - You
Capercaillie & Spirit of the west - Canadian skye
Dan Ar Braz (Karen Matheson) - Ailein duinn (Dark Alan) (Live)
Dan Ar Braz (Karen Matheson) - Borders of salt (Live).part1
Dan Ar Braz (Karen Matheson) - Borders of salt (Live).part2
Dan Ar Braz (Karen Matheson) - Borders of salt
Idir & [mjurl=Karen Matheson - A vava inouva 2
Karen Matheson - All the flowers of the bough
Karen Matheson - An ataireachd ard (The surge of the sea)
Karen Matheson - An fhideag airgid
Karen Matheson - At the end of the night
Karen Matheson - Bonnie Jean
Karen Matheson - Calbharaigh
Karen Matheson - Chi mi bhuam
Karen Matheson - Cronan bleoghainn
Karen Matheson - Crucan na bpaiste
Karen Matheson - Early morning grey
Karen Matheson - Evangeline
Karen Matheson - Fac thu na feidh
Karen Matheson - Gleann baile chaoil
Karen Matheson - Goodbye Phoebe
Karen Matheson - Gura tu mo bhoun chomuinn
Karen Matheson - Hoping for you
Karen Matheson - I will not wear the willow
Karen Matheson - 'Ic iain 'ic sheumais
Karen Matheson - Laoidh fhearchair eoghainn
Karen Matheson - Luadh an toraidh
Karen Matheson - Mi le m'uilinn air mo ghluin (With my elbow on my knee)
Karen Matheson - Moch di luain
Karen Matheson - Moonchild
Karen Matheson - Morning
Karen Matheson - Move on
Karen Matheson - My whispered reason
Karen Matheson - O Mhairi's tu mo Mhairi
Karen Matheson - O nach eisdeadh
Karen Matheson - One more chance
Karen Matheson - Puirt a beul
Karen Matheson - Rithill aill (A wedding song)
Karen Matheson - Singing in the dark
Karen Matheson - Speed of love
Karen Matheson - The sreaming sea
Karen Matheson - There's always Sunday
Karen Matheson - Time to fall
Karen Matheson - World stood still
Karen Matheson & Micheal McGoldrick - Buain a' choirce
Karen Matheson & Runrig - chi mi'n geamhradh
Secret Garden (Karen Matheson) - Greenwaves