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 […]
FolkWaves at Womex
Hands Up for Trad are heading to Womex this month in Santiago De Compostela. It’s the first time we’ve been to Womex and we are looking to meet broadcasters to tell them about our FolkWaves project. We are going to be at stand 2:13 and it would be lovely to say hello so please pop […]
Queen of Elfan’s Nourice by Rachel Newton
From Rachel Newton’s album ‘Changeling’. Words taken from Child Ballad no.40, music written by Rachel Newton Rachel Newton is a singer, harpist and composer from Edinburgh. Member of The Shee, The Emily Portman Trio and The Furrow Collective as well as releasing solo albums ‘The Shadow Side’ and ‘Changeling’. Artist website: http://www.rachelnewtonmusic.com Single title: Queen […]
Last of the Mohicans/The Gael (Promentory) by Christopher Dean
In 2002 Chris recorded and released Scottish singer/songwriter Dougie MacLean’s instrumental tune “The Gael”. It was released as the cover tune on his second album entitled “The Gael”. The tune became internationally popular after it’s inclusion in the sound track for the 1992 20th Century Fox movie “The Last of the Mohicans”, directed by Michael […]
Baker Street by Barbara Dickson
This album was released by Barbara Dickson to keep alive the memory and awareness of the prodigious talent that was Gerry Rafferty’; the fundamental motivation behind this album and the hope that it would come to fruition. Barbara says, ‘Gerry Rafferty, was, for me, amongst the best songwriters of his generation. This is subjective of […]
The Loch Ness Monster by The Whistlebinkies
Two jigs from the bagpipe tradition. The first is by one of Canada’s leading pipers and composers, Jim McGillivray. The second, by Peter MacLeod of Partick, Glasgow, was inspired by the famous 1934 photograph of the elusive beast taken by Robert Kenneth Wilson Formed during the great surge of interest in traditional and Celtic music […]
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 […]
Rough With The Smooth by CampbellGray
The first track from the new album ‘Pulse’ it is available as a download on ITunes from 1/09/2014. ‘Pulse’ – a new album from CampbellGray – where Mari Boine meets Martyn Bennett Pulse’ is a collaboration between multi-award winning musician and composer Mairi Campbell and sound engineer/producer David Gray of Sound Cafe Studios. Campbell’s ancient […]
The Corrie Man by Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
A medley of mostly traditional tunes. Alex Dan MacIsaac’s, a strathspey, Fear a’ Choire The Corrie Man), a Skye puirt a beul, and pipe reels Little Donald in the Pigpen and The Quinie Fae Rhynie (Steve Saint). ISRC: USCQR1412401 This track is from the newest album by the hugely talented Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, […]
Peatbog Soldiers by The McCalmans
Ian McCalman got behind the project for the ‘No Pasaran’ cd and recorded 6 of the songs. Ian also searched his archive of multi-track tapes of McCalmans’ recordings and unearthed ‘The Peatbog Soldiers’, recorded ‘live’ in 1979 by the original lineup of Ian, Derek Moffat and Hamish Bayne. This is as good as any version […]
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