Creative Scotland, BBC Alba/Scotland and Hands Up for Trad are very happy to announce that songwriter Willie Campbell from Lewis has won through to the Liet International European Minority Language Song Competition. His song Fir Chlis was judged by the panel to be an excellent fit for the competition and a great song! Willie Campbell […]
King Orfeo by Emily Smith
On her 2014 album release, Emily Smith continues to draw on her talent as one of the finest interpreters of traditional song in the UK presenting an album that is unshakeably Scottish but with farther, wider horizons. New settings of time worn texts weave beautifully alongside contemporary covers blurring the borders of old and new. […]
Wally Pumpkin by Dowally
Wally Pumpkin is the first track on Dowally’s debut album. It was co-written by Rachel and Dan, and the name was inspired by the closeness to Halloween of the tracks composition! The outro features the inventive accordion playing of Phil Alexander. The latest addition to Edinburgh’s bustling folk scene, Dowally make unclassifiable, thrillingly energetic music, […]
The Anvil by Ryan Young and Craig Irving
The Anvil/Johnny Wilmot’s Fiddle/Dave White’s A set of Scottish and Cape Breton reels by fiddle and guitar duo, Ryan Young and Craig Irving. Ryan Young and Craig Irving are a Glasgow based fiddle and guitar duo. Ryan is a Radio 2 Young Folk Award finalist, a Danny Kyle Award winner and a finalist in the […]
Ghost Girl by The Poozies
Ghost Girl was written by one of The Poozies’ co-founders (and current members), Sally Barker. It comes from their 2015 album, Into The Well, released on May 25. The Poozies burst on to the folk scene in 1991 (2016 is their 25th anniversary), turning heads as they crossed Scottish and Gaelic folk with blues, soul, […]
It’s Ower by Gerda Stevenson
It’s Ower is the penultimate track (12) from Gerda’s album of her own songs NIGHT TOUCHES DAY, described by The Guardian as having “the power of a great Scottish ballad”. Rory Macdonald of Runrig says: “The final two tracks It’s Ower and Aye the Gean truly deserve to become classics in their field, and if […]
Pay it Forward by Kilmarnock Edition
Written by Robert Cassani one night when he was suffering from insomnia. Got out of bed at 6am and grabbed his Baloo and by 6.20am had all the music and the “little bit of pay it forward” chorus. When the rest of the band emerged, everyone chipped in with the words and by the afternoon, […]
The Banks of Ness / EuroJig by The Duplets
Banks of Ness, Traditional Eurojig by Fraya Thomsen Arranged by The Duplets. Brought up in the Highlands of Scotland, Gillian Fleetwood and Fraya Thomsen first met in musical workshops at Balnain House, Inverness. Both went on to study in Glasgow where their friendship and musical partnership continued to develop and resulted in the formation of […]
All The Prayer by Gerda Stevenson
All the Prayer is track 4 from Gerda’s album of her own songs NIGHT TOUCHES DAY, described by Rory Macdonald of Runrig as “a new Humanist anthem, a really groundbreaking, important song”; by Folk Radio UK as “an ancient enchantment. Backed up by strings, drones and layered vocals, the song implores us to live for […]
Rough Diamonds by Alan Reid and Rob van Sante
Alan Reid wrote this song to celebrate the common folk, the workers and in this case the Lothian Miners and the ill fated coal industry in Scotland. Rough Diamonds refers to the “Salt of the Earth”, the honest working man.. Alan Reid and Rob van Sante joined forces in 2001 whilst working with Scotland’s finest […]
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