This track is a musical setting of the Edwin Muir poem Scotland’s Winter, by Ewan Macpherson from the debut solo album from Siobhan Miller, ‘Flight of Time.’ Recently Siobhan’s soulful and stirring renewal of traditional song has seen her voted Scots Singer of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards, not once but twice. […]
Silken Snood by Lilian Ross
This song is taken from Lilian’s Album “Thorns and Roses”. Her own composition written in Scots in the style of a traditional ballad, this is a warning song, typical of historic ballads a Mother or Grandmother might have sung to a young lass highlighting the dangers of lust. Born and brought up in the singing […]
The Brig Tae Nae Where by Alex Hodgson
This new album by Alex Hodgson ‘The Brig Tae Nae Where’ is based on family memories of summer days past, some spent at Belhaven Bay near Dunbar. It takes a different approach from his debut album and touches on a nautical theme which weaves its spell through traditional and original material. ISRC: GBBDY1438201 Born, raised […]
Flooers O The Forest by Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan’s iconic version of ‘The Flooers o’ The Forest’ ISRC: GBBDY0223620 DICK GAUGHAN is one of the most highly respected folk singers in the United Kingdom. He is also one of the most sought-after artists and commits himself to gruelling tours, both in the U.K. and abroad, particularly North America and Australia. Dick is […]
After the Last Bell Rings by Chris Sherburn & Findlay Napier
After the Last Bell Rings is the Lead single from Findlay and Chris’s new album “Two Men on a Boat”. The album is available online and on CD. Findlay wrote the song with Boo Hewerdine inspired by wild Sunday nights out in Glasgow’s Bar Bloc. The album was recorded live in November 2013 on Sherburn’s […]
‘Rest and be Thankful’ by Alistair Ogilvy
‘Rest and be Thankful’ is a track taken from Alistair’s upcoming album. The track features Alistair’s core band who are Kristan Harvey on fiddle ‘Blazin Fiddles’ and Kieran Heather on guitar ‘Washington Irving’ Louis Abbott on production ‘Admiral Fallow’ Rest and be Thankful is inspired by an atmospheric picture of Alistair’s paternal grandparents looking out […]
Farewell Tae The Haven by Ceolbeg
One of Davy Steele’s greatest songs about the decline of the fishing trade in Scotland From the CD Ceolbeg ‘Collected’ which is a collection of some of the highlights of the music of Ceolbeg. Both the Band and Greentrax are very proud of what this mainly part-time band achieved over so many years and the […]