Gi'Me Elbow Room
"Bonnie reveals a true empathy and love for the wild and gentle moods of Gaelic music." --FOLK ROOTS, UK"Musically ranks among the best of fiddler extraordinaire Bonnie Rideout,I give it three and a half popsicles! " --Irish Edition (USA)"One of the world's leading Scottish fiddlers."  Bob Edwards, --NPR's Morning Edition"She guides children and adults alike through an entertaining maze" --The Washington Post"Warm and endearing, this album is a naturally enjoyable celebration of this body of children’s music featuring stellar talent." --CD Now"Wonderful…It never gets cutesy or condescending, the musicianship is first-rate, and it represents a great introduction to Celtic music." --Stereophile"Wonderful…It never gets cutesy, the musicianship is first-rate, a great introduction to Celtic music for." --StereophileAcclaimed American Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout, joined by a children's chorus and accomplished adult artists, shares playful songs of her childhood in Scotland, nursery rhymes and Robert Louis Stevenson's children's poems set to music.  Among the beguiling selections are "Wee Willie Winkie," "Fiddler From Dooney," "There was a Wee Cooper," and Stevenson's poem "From a Railway Carriage," where the enchanting sights to be seen through the window go by faster and faster as the music vividly speeds the train along.  Vocalist Rod Cameron's spoken word recitations of poems are magic and the melodies and lilting rhythms on fiddle, Celtic harp, pennywhistle, guitar, piano, pipes, bodhran and dulcimer match the joyful spirit of songs and narrative.  A 1998 Parents' Choice® Gold Award.Reviewed by Lynne Heffley, Parents' Choice® 1998--FromParents' Choice®