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Wander Through This Land by Hannah Rarity

‘Wander Through The Land’ is one of two of my own songs from my debut album ‘Neath the Gloaming Star’. The song took shape between 2016/17 after I graduated from the RCS in Glasgow. 2016 saw Brexit and Donald Trump come to the fore and after originally feeling optimistic about the future post graduation, the […]

Montreal by Talisk

Montreal is the opening track of our album Beyond! It was written after a trip I took to Canada. Destination was Halifax and I got stuck in a snow storm which meant I had to lay over in Montreal. Normally a flight cancellation leads to a lot of distress and general frustration but this wasn’t […]

Hope in the Chaos by Ross Ainslie featuring Malcolm Jones

Hope in the Chaos is a new single from Ross Ainslie and the first collaboration with Runrig guitarist Malcolm Jones. 15% OF THE PROFITS OF THIS TRACK WILL BE DONATED TO SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO youtu.be/ge3sHcQB2-Y ‘HOPE IN THE CHAOS’ a film by GRAEME MACDONALD featuring RACHEL INNES and MARKUS […]

The Green Woods Back Home by Ainsley Hamill

A song written by Ainsley that appears on her first solo EP release ‘Belle of the Ball’ Ainsley is an experienced songwriter, singer and step dancer, and is one of the UK’s leading and most diverse folk singers, with various nominations at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Ainsley represented Scotland at Eurovision Choir […]

The Lowlands of Holland by ELÍR

‘The Lowlands of Holland’ is the new single from Glasgow based folk trio ELÍR. The song tells the story of a young women who has been left bereft after her love is press-ganged into joining the Navy and tragically drowns on the voyage to New Holland. ELÍR is a contemporary folk trio based in Glasgow […]

Dancing Fire Queen by Ceólta

Dancing Fire Queen (M. Carmichael). Arranged Ceólta 2019. Mark is a fine song-writer and this song simply imagines spending time staring into a fire and recalling times past. Based in the North of Ireland and formed in October 2018, Ceólta is an exciting group, whose members have many years of experience on the traditional scene. […]

Winter Winds by Amy Papiransky

Read Me Write is the stunning self-penned debut album from Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Papiransky. Originally from Keith in the North-East of Scotland, Amy has been gathering and writing songs over the last eight years. Read Me Write is the product of the Scottish songbird’s musical maturity and growing confidence. A music teacher by trade, Amy’s […]

Swing and Turn by Iona Fyfe

An Appalachian song from the singing of Jean Ritchie, I first heard Swing and Turn (Jubilee) from Laura Cortese at Orkney Folk Festival in 2017. The song can be found in Jean’s own book “Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie” reissued by the University of Kentucky Press in 2016. The […]

Wishful Thinking by The Professors of Logic

Wishful Thinking is a fiddler’s fantasy romance with a Cajun twist. It is part of the band’s first album, The Professors of Logic Come of Age, which can be streamed or downloaded on Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Tunes. The CD can be bought on Bandcamp. (professorsoflogic.bandcamp.com) There are 18 tracks in all, and […]

Wine O’Clock by Marie Fielding

Featuring Marie Fielding on Fiddle, Tom Orr on accordion, Donogh Hennessy on guitars, Trevor Hutchinson on double bass, this is Track 1 from Marie’s new album An Seisiun. Recorded in Dingle, there are 11 tracks with guests including Damien Mullane, Pauline Scanlon, Jimmy Higgins and Laura Kerr. A nominee for Best Album at Na Trads […]

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