“An open door, a cup of tea I sit down and you sit with me” It was a truly lovely experience to collaborate with Rachel. We were, luckily, able to meet and collaborate in person. We began with a long catch up! Pre-pandemic, we were working together on a weekly basis at The BIG Project, […]
Lady Finella by Iona Fyfe
Written by Iona Fyfe, commissioned by Stonehaven Folk Club as part of ‘Sense of The Place’. Produced by award-winning multi-instrumentalist Mike Vass. Download/stream: https://listen.scot/iflf Lady Finella assasinated King Kenneth II of Scotland, to avenge his killing of her son. Finella, born in the year 950 AD was the daughter of Cuncar, Mormaer of Angus, a […]
Wind Rose by Jocelyn Pettit
‘Wind Rose’ is the title track of fiddle player Jocelyn Pettit’s third album. Composed after returning to Canada from living in Glasgow, it is an uplifting opener symbolizing the start of a journey. A ‘wind rose’ is a nautical compass for reading the direction of the winds, and a metaphor for the visible and invisible […]
Cold Iron by Mike Vass
In 1937, Neil Gunn quit his job at the Customs Office in Inverness to pursue his writing career full time. The first thing he did was to sell his house and buy a boat in the North of Skye. He spent a summer sailing Scotland’s beautiful West Coast, seeking inspiration for his writing. May 2014 […]
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 […]
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