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The Wren And The Salt Air by Jenny Sturgeon

‘The Wren And The Salt Air’ is a collection of songs and tunes by Scottish singer-songwriter Jenny Sturgeon. It was written to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda becoming a World Heritage Site for its natural features. This collection of music was commissioned by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) […]

Tanz Tanz Tanz by Kate & Raphaël

from forthcoming debut album ‘les objets trouvés’ out June 17th. Kate Young and Raphaël Decoster together form an exciting blend of original and folk-influenced music. The French accordion dialogs with the Scottish fiddle and Kate’s voice with an intimate spontaneity, which invites us to discover their hidden stories and landscapes. They create melodies and songs […]

Land’s End (With Ryan Young and Owen Sinclair) by Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach

A unique collaboration between Charlie Grey, Ryan Young, Owen Sinclair and Joseph Peach. The four have united to explore ideas of an alternative approach to traditional music. The project is an extension of Charlie and Joe’s fiddle/piano duo. For them, recent successes have included reaching the finals of the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk […]

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner/ Trip to Breckon by Vair

Trip To Breckon (Contradiction- Trad) (Freefalling – Michael McGoldrick) (The Hard Drive – Fred Morrison) The band are always grateful that they’ve managed to hear and play with fantastic local and visiting musicians. Ryan learnt the first tune in this set from one of the band’s heroes, Tim Edey, who has played up in Shetland […]

The Selkie by Pippa Reid-Foster

A mythological creature resembles a seal in the water but assumes female form on land. Born and having lived most of her life on the West Coast of Scotland, Pippa sees the beautiful and dramatic landscape very much as home territory, “it gives me a certain feeling of connection with the past and with the […]

The Silent Spring by James Lindsay

Oldmeldrum, a town in the North-East of Scotland not far from where I grew up, is home to one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries and produces the well known whisky, Glen Garioch (Garioch being the name given to this committee area in Aberdeenshire). Despite its success today, full production at the distillery had to be ceased […]

Berserk by Peach/Skeoch

PeachSkeoch is the imaginatively named, brand spanking new Scottish accordion/harp duo of Tannara members: Joseph Peach and Becca Skeoch. Creative the name may not be, but the same definitely can’t be said for the music. The project is an outlet for all sorts of crazy. Like mischievous siblings, the duo push each other, egging each […]

South Atlantic Seven by FRASER FIFIELD

First from the new album In Buenos Aires. featuring: Walther E Castro on bandoneon, Quique Sinesi on guitar and Mono Hurtado on double bass. I’m delighted to present my new album, “In Buenos Aires” It was recorded in that famous city, in June 2015. My initial attraction was the bandoneon, from the concertina family of […]

Stop Talking About It by Twelfth Day

‘Stop Talking About It’ is a song about talking versus doing. It’s about acting instead of obsessing — not lusting after, but being in the moment, not just talking about it! It is from Twelfth Day’s new ablum Cracks in the Room. It was produced by Chris Wood and mixed by Oz Fritz (Tom Waits) […]

Seinn O’ by LAS

Seinn O is the first single from all female Scottish & Irish five piece, LAS. Taken from their self titled debut EP, it features lively puirt à beul ‘Seinn O Churadail’ & ‘Thoir a-nall Ailean ‘Ugam’, interspersed by the lively traditional Irish reel, ‘The Miller of Drohan’. ‘Las’ (meaning ignite), explore the cultural links between […]