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Ainya’s by The Elephant Sessions

A track from the band’s debut CD The Elusive Highland Beauty. Award winning Neo-Trad quintet forged in the Highlands of Scotland. Drawing influence from many different genres, they create a progressive blend of intricate tunes, engulfing guitars, monsterous bass and pounding drums. Already renowned for their breathtaking live shows, this summer saw the band climb […]

Snow Blind by NE3Folk

Our tribute to the North East of England as that’s where we all met… Finishing off with a popular Scottish tune! 2x Alistair Anderson reels – Franklin River & Snow Blind, followed by John Keith Lang (Scottish trad). NE3Folk are a contemporary instrumental trio comprised of fiddle, accordion and guitar. They draw on influences from […]

My Love is like a Red Red Rose by Sheena Wellington

A Red, Red Rose” is a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. The song is also referred to by the title “Oh, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose”, “My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose” or “Red, Red Rose” and is often published as a poem. This […]

Ae Fond Kiss by Corrina Hewitt

A beautiful song written by Robert Burns and sung by Corrina Hewat. Saxophone is played by Phil Bancroft. Burns wrote ‘Ae fond kiss’ after his final meeting with Mrs McLehose (Clarinda) on 27 December 1791 before she departed Edinburgh for Jamaica to be with her estranged husband. Corrina Hewat is a Scottish harpist and composer[ […]

Maraiche feat. Kathleen MacInnes by Niteworks

Maraiche has established itself as a firm favourite on Niteworks’ debut album NW. It’s a song with striking energy as witnessed when performed as the opening number of the recent 2015 Scottish Trad Awards. Featuring a mesmerising rendition of Màiri NicEalair’s Am Maraiche ‘s a Leannan by the renowned Kathleen MacInnes, it is sure to […]

Oblique by DOSCA

Dosca’s debut release, DOSCA EP, has gathered steam in the folk and traditional scene throughout 2015. The EP has received a note worthy amount of airtime on numerous podcasts and radio stations in and around Glasgow, and has even been performed live on STV. The fifth track ‘Oblique’ has become a fan favourite. After bursting […]

The Trees They Grow Tall by Sarah Hayes

I learned the Trees They Grow Tall many years ago from the singing of Joe Heaney of Connemara. I wrote a new melody and arranged it as part of my Celtic Connections New Voices commission, Woven, which was performed in Glasgow in January 2014. I’ve since recorded Woven with the same band (Fiona MacAskill on […]

Shetlag by Gráinne Brady & Tina Jordan Rees

Track title: Shetlag Bob’s Birthday Bash – Tina Jordan Rees A New Abode – Gráinne Brady Shetlag – Tina Jordan Rees Bob’s Birthday Bash is for Tina’s dad who celebrated his 60th birthday last year. A New Abode was written for Finnian and Mary, friends of Gráinne’s parents, who recently moved house. Shetlag is how […]

Shetland Night by Blazin’ Fiddles

The opening track of our latest studio album, ‘North’. The first tune, a 3/4 polka, was written by our own Jenna Reid, after a memorable night in London celebrating all things Shetland! We follow it with Alan Kelly’s ‘Trip to Dingle’. Take a group of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands […]

When First I Came To Caledonia by Sarah Hayes

This song comes from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and I first heard it sung by Norma Waterson on Waterson:Carthy’s eponymous debut album of 1994. The title refers to the Caledonian coal pits, and there are a number of local places mentioned throughout the song. The words take the form of small fragments of memory, […]