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It Only Takes A Silence by Kim Edgar

I’ve released a new song which I wrote with J-P Piirainen (Finland), that I hope might be of interest to you. We began our remote collaboration on Thursday 24th February 2022, the day that Russia began a full scale invasion of Ukraine. It Only Takes A Silence reflects on our individual responsibility to respond to […]

St Valery by Alex MacDonald

This is the tragic story of the 51st Highland Division’s encirclement and capture at St Valery en Caux in Northern France in June 1940. I grew up in Kildonan Strath, Sutherland, where I loved the psalms and hymns and the old folk songs my father had learned from his drover grand uncle.Went on to Cash, […]

Long Shadows by Christine Weir

Have you ever wished you could speak to those who have crossed over? I have often had this thought of late, and it inspired me to write this song, ‘Long Shadows’. Featuring Bev Whelan on Tin Whistle, Rayelle Goodman on Violin, Chantal Hughes on additional harmonies and produced by Roger Bashew. “Long Shadows” When daylight […]

Iolair Iolaire by Alex MacDonald

On New Year’s Day 1919, hundreds of sailors were returning home to Stornoway after the horrors of the First World War. Looking forward to being reunited with family and friends, little did any of them think that the last tragedy of the war would be played out on their home shore. I grew up in […]

The Cauld by Iona Fyfe

The Cauld is the new single from Scottish folksinger Iona Fyfe. A slight departure from previous releases, the song which follows a folk-pop structure is written by Iona in the Scots Language; one of Scotlands three national languages with over 1.5 million speakers (2011 census). The single features Michael Biggins (piano) Charlie Stewart (electric double […]

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 […]

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