‘Balcarres’ is the second single from Staran’s upcoming debut album. This tune was composed by John Lowrie and arranged together with Innes White and Jack Smedley. This single is a shortened radio edit of a longer piece of music, all of which is the development of one simple melodic theme that can be heard throughout […]
Cycles by James Lindsay
Cycles is the second single to be released from Torus, the latest album release from composer James Lindsay; it is an expansive and atmospheric continuation along his trajectory of experimentation within folk music. This album follows his critically-acclaimed debut Strand, presenting a seamless blend of Scottish Folk music, contemporary jazz, experimental rock, and ambient textures. […]
Scotland Yet by Iona Fyfe
Scotland Yet is the new single from award-winning folksinger Iona Fyfe, released on 2nd April 2021. Written by Davy Steele. Iona Fyfe: Vocals Jack McRobbie: Guitar Charlie Stewart: Double Bass Graham Rorie: Mandolin, Fiddle, Electric Tenor Guitar Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Graham Rorie at Rumley Sounds www.grahamrorie.com Mastered by Chris Waite www.masteredbychriswaite.com Artwork by […]
A Mhairead Òg / Young Margaret by Joy&Andrew
A Mhairead Òg (Young Margaret) is the first single from sibling duo Joy&Andrew’s new album, Dithis, released March 2020. There are several variations of this traditional song, in which we find a young man living in his widowed mother’s household. He is not yet of age to inherit the leabaidh àrd, a metaphor for his […]
While The Whole World Sleeps by Siobhan Miller
Following on from the slickly produced, mainstream-nudging 2018 album Mercury, this new release is a more stripped back affair, seeing Miller return to her roots. And where Mercury fielded all original songs All is Not Forgotten magically melds new and traditional songs in nine tracks with an overriding air of unrushed calm peppered with a […]
The Mermaid by Kim Richards
The song was inspired by the folktale ‘The Mermaid Wife’. The tale tells the story of a man who falls in love with a mermaid who was found exiled on the shore. He offers her his hand in marriage and they have several children. However, she cannot escape her desire to be back in the […]
Dark Turn of Mind by Iona Fyfe
Written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and released on Gillian’s 2011 album, The Harrow and The Harvest. It has since been performed and recorded by artists such as Chris Thile and Josienne Clark and Ben Walker. Dark Turn of Mind is the new release from MG ALBA Scots Singer of the Year, Iona Fyfe. […]
The Lion of Donegal by Alex MacDonald
James Duffy from Donegal was my distant relation by marriage. He won the Victoria Cross (the highest British military award for bravery) during World War I. His life in returning to a changed Ireland after the war was not easy. Alex MacDonald comes originally from the Strath of Kildonan in Sutherland, but has spent most […]
Windsong by Eabhal
This 3/4 Strathespey was written by Hamish Napier for the Vass family’s yacht during it’s Neil Gunn inspired adventures in 2014. Eabhal came together while based on the Isle of South Uist in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. Playing traditional music the band draws inspiration from many different cultures and delivers a spirited, inventive blend of […]
Ewing featuring Innes White by Mike Vass
Mrs Thom, was penned as a birthday gift for university friend Louise Thom– Ewing referring to the name of the hall of residence in Edinburgh where they once lived. Special guest on this upbeat number is the in-demand guitar and mandolin player Innes White. Listen out for: VHF radio squelch, a winch handle and an […]
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