Glasgow Concert is the new album from Simon Thoumire (concertina) and Dave Milligan (piano). Recorded in 2020 at Celtic Connections festival just before lockdown was a thing and we all became distracted. It took til 2024 for the album to arrive. Both Dave and Simon are massive Moscow Art Trio fans and one of our […]
Love Story (Scots Version) by Iona Fyfe
The release Love Story (Scots Version) coincides with Taylor Swift beginning the UK stint of her globally groundbreaking Eras Tour. The interpretation features Michael Biggins (piano) Charlie Stewart (electric double bass), Jack McRobbie (guitar) and Graham Rorie (electric tenor, mandolin fiddle) of the folk band Gnoss, who also engineered, mixed and produced the single. Commenting, […]
Come On, Let Us Sway Together by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan
“Come on, let us sway together” is a tune composed by Simon. It was written as a Valentine’s Day gift for his wife Clare and was the inspiration for this Portraits project. The title is taken from a line in an Edwin Morgan poem called “Kiss Me”. “Portraits” is an album born during lockdown, capturing […]
O, Is Àlainn an t-Àite / Biodh an Deoch Seo ‘n Làimh Mo Rùin by Neil Pearlman
Acclaimed New England pianist Neil Pearlman is set to release his highly anticipated debut solo album Refractions, featuring all new compositions of traditional Scottish tunes, on Friday 5th May 2023. Refractions is an exciting compilation of traditional Scottish and Gaelic songs, reimagined and specially arranged for solo piano, and brought to life by Neil’s incredible […]
Duntulm by Mist & Wing
Step Into The Light is the debut EP from Americana/Folk duo Mist & Wing. Their first release blends Scottish indie-folk with hints of country: “If you mixed Angus & Julia Stone with The Jayhawks and The Chicks, this is what you’d get.” Alan & Grace Murray (graduates of UHI Applied Music & the Royal College […]
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 […]
Ajastaika by Simon Thoumire and David McGuinness
Ajastaika by Veera Kuisma Fiddler and pianist Veera Kuisma plays with the Finnish trio ALDA, but for some reason we decided not to listen to their version of her tune before we recorded ours. Theirs is great too. Concertina virtuoso Simon Thoumire and historical keyboard specialist David McGuinness have known each other for a very […]
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 […]
Poor Ditching Boy by Iona Fyfe
A Scots translation of the Richard Thompson song, released on his debut album, Henry The Human Fly, in 1972, inspired by Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s novel, Sunset Song, set in Aberdeenshire. Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. In 2021, […]
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 […]
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