Ajastaika by Veera Kuisma Fiddler and pianist Veera Kuisma plays with the Finnish trio ALDA, but for some reason we decided not to listen to their version of her tune before we recorded ours. Theirs is great too. Concertina virtuoso Simon Thoumire and historical keyboard specialist David McGuinness have known each other for a very […]
Montreal by Talisk
Montreal is the opening track of our album Beyond! It was written after a trip I took to Canada. Destination was Halifax and I got stuck in a snow storm which meant I had to lay over in Montreal. Normally a flight cancellation leads to a lot of distress and general frustration but this wasn’t […]
Mera’s Delight by Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy
Three Jigs – The first was written by the great tunesmith and musician Fraser Shaw, who is sadly no longer with us. He wrote this beautiful tune for the fine Co. Cavan fiddler, Grainne Brady. For years, Rachel has battled with google rankings after a certain hairstyle in an American sitcom. Therefore, The Name- sake […]
Firebird by Ímar
New Glasgow-based five-piece Ímar stand out from the crowd – by taking things back to basics. With a line-up featuring members of Mànran, RURA, Talisk and Barrule, and a heavyweight collective haul of top prizes – including a BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, nine All-Ireland and eight All-Britain titles – the group’s formation embodies […]
Abyss by Talisk
2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award and Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Award winners, Talisk, have made a strong impression on the UK folk scene since their formation in 2014. They’re driving and energetic sound has lead to performances at some of Britain’s biggest festivals, including Cambridge Folk Festival, Cropredy Convention and Celtic Connections. Concertina […]
My Love is like a Red Red Rose by Sheena Wellington
A Red, Red Rose” is a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. The song is also referred to by the title “Oh, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose”, “My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose” or “Red, Red Rose” and is often published as a poem. This […]
Provost of Forgandenny by Simon Thoumire and Ian Carr
I first heard Provost of Forgandenny when looking for information on fiddler Ian Powrie. It was played on a video on the Box and Fiddle website in the background and it jumped out at me! When I looked into it it was a tune by accordionist by Bobby Crowe who had written it for Ian. […]
The Braes O Bonhill by The Clutha
Who can say where this song originated! Ronnie Alexander picked up this localised version from sources around Bonhill in Dunbartonshire WIDELY regarded as a near-permanent institution on the Scottish folk scene, the Clutha, while never maintaining as high a profile as some other Scottish bands of the past four decades, has been an innovative and […]
Edward by Keep it Up
This is the opening track of Keep it Up’s second album On Safari. It features 3 reels – The Glasgow Hornpipe, Knit the Pocky, and The Uist Regatta (Edward Pearlman). Keep it Up made two albums. They consisted of Eilidh Shaw, Simon Thoumire, Kevin MacKenzie and Malcolm Stitt. The band specialised in lilting Scottish music […]
Lady Jane Montague’s by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan
A beautiful 18th century strathspey followed by poet Robert Fergusson’s song Birk’s o’ Invermay. I love the way pianist Dave Milligan brings the two tunes together. Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan have been performing together since the late 1990’s. They have made two albums – The Big Day In and Third Flight Home – both […]
