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Macmaster/Hay Hook (MDMC)

With a list of musical associates that runs from Sting and The Poozies to Bonnie Prince Billy and Mystery Juice (whose frontman Tim Matthew is co-producer here), Mary Macmaster and Donald Hay bring an array of influences to their second album, which is somewhat broader in scope than their duo debut, Love And Reason.

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Keith Bruce

Somewhat, but somehow still not quite broad enough.

The basic ingredients are sound: Macmaster's voice and lovely harp playing are the icing on an electronic cake mixed by percussionist Hay – a recipe they apply to traditional tunes, their own compositions, some Breton songs, one each from piper Fred Morrison and Peggy MacInnes, and Elvis Costello and Clive Langer's much-covered Shipbuilding. The last-named may not please fans of the song, because they play fast and loose with its clever structure, and Macmaster's phrasing of the lyric is idiosyncratic to say the least.

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