Releases – Page 17

Big Al’s by Stuart Cassells

A rockin set of tunes from BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award winner and founder of the Red Hot Chilli Pipers Stuart Cassells. b. 1979, Falkirk, Scotland. Cassells was one of the finest young pipers to emerge from the Scottish folk scene at the start of the twenty-first century. He began playing the pipes […]

Christmas Doodle by Ruairidh Gollan

This is a short loop track inspired by the Christmas season and played on the accordion and fiddle. I recorded and mixed this track in my flat in Glasgow and released it to help raise money for a family friend in Edderton with Leukaemia. The track can be bought at the following link: https://ruairidhgollan.bandcamp.com/releases with […]

Lucky Cat by Dowally

Lucky Cat is the second track from Dowally’s debut album. Rachel wrote this tune, inspired by the little swinging cats you see in Chinese restaurants (but which are actually Japanese figurines believed to bring good luck to the owner!) The latest addition to Edinburgh’s bustling folk scene, Dowally make unclassifiable, thrillingly energetic music, fusing their […]

Out of My Own Light by Louise Bichan

In 2013, Orkney fiddler and photographer Louise Bichan embarked on a unique musical and sentimental journey, between her native northern isles and coast-to-coast Canada, in the footsteps of her late paternal grandmother Margaret, née Tait (1925-2008). The result – originally premièred at Orkney Folk Festival in 2015, and now captured as an album – is […]

Apocalypse by Kaela Rowan

A beautiful unusual and ethereal track from Kaela ‘s debut Solo Album, Menagerie, released on Shoogle Records in June 2014 Described by Folkwords thus: “Listening to this album will do you so much good the medical profession should prescribe it” Tim Carrol , Folkwords: 13/06/2014 “..A powerfully unique album” Norman Chalmers Scotland on Sunday:08/0614**** “Sensuous […]

Let the Sun Shine Down on Me / Than Hall’s by Jenn & Laura-Beth

Let the Sun Shine Down on Me is the opening track of ‘Bound,’ the debut album from Jenn Butterworth and Laura-Beth Salter. Jenn is on guitar and lead vocal for this Jean Ritchie Song, and Laura-Beth on mandolin. Here’s what they have to say about the album; “This album is a representation of the last […]

Ailein Duinn by Catriona Watt

Ailein duinn (“Dark-haired Alan”) is a traditional Scottish song for solo female voice, a lament that was written in Gàidhlig for Ailean Moireasdan (“Alan Morrison”) by his fiancée, Annag Chaimbeul (“Annie Campbell”). In 1788, Ailean, a sailor, set off with his ship to Scalpay, Harris, where he and Annag would be married. In a tragic […]

Scott and Lucy’s Wedding by Eilidh Firth

Scott and Lucy’s Wedding is an instrumental track featured on fiddle player Eilidh Firth’s debut EP ‘Searchlight’. The tunes featured on this track are ‘Scott and Lucy’s Wedding’ written by Eilidh and ’20 Years’ by Californian fiddler Seán Wood.This EP showcases contemporary and traditional tunes from Eilidh’s native Scotland, alongside tunes gathered on her travels […]

How Many More Willie McBrides? by Liza Mulholland

Like so many others who were against Tony Blair’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003, I grew increasingly horrified by the carnage as the war and occupation lurched on, amid revelations of the lies and deceit on which the whole escapade was based. One day a news report stated that one hundred British, and a […]

Gem Anemone by Neil Thomson

The words are a poem about the 12mm sized Gem Anemone written by Gerry Cambridge from his book, “Nothing but Heather!” The poem has been set to music written and recorded by Neil Thomson and features an underwater audio sample recorded by Nick Turner 30 feet underwater off Ardnamurchan Point featuring the sound of ‘Pistol […]