The title track from our debut album ‘Trig”, which will be available to pre-order online and at our gigs from the 1st July onwards. The album was produced by Rachel Newton and features: Owen Sinclair (Acoustic Guitar/Electric Guitar/Vocals), Becca Skeoch (Harp), Cameron Ross (Fiddle) and Joseph Peach (Accordion/Piano/Fender Rhodes) Bill and Jill’s (Owen Sinclair) The […]
The Flytin o Life an Daith by Lori Watson
The Flytin o Life an Daith from new album Yarrow Acoustic Sessions (**** Guardian Folk Album of the Month). 4 stars “Watson has stitched together poetry and traditional songs from the Yarrow border country where she grew up with her own piercing melodies, arrangements and effects. The results are rich, multi-layered and giving.” (The Guardian) […]
Leis a’ Bhàta by WHYTE
This song survives in the oral tradition of Mull and is considered there to be of local origin. Verses not current in Mull tradition are preserved in published versions and verse 4 is a nod to the version published in 1879 in An t-Òranaiche. The version in An t-Òranaiche makes it clear that the subject […]
The Silver Fox by Gnoss
‘The Silver Fox’ is the newest track from Glasgow based folk band Gnoss and is the follow-up release to their debut single, ‘Waves’. Whereas ‘Waves’ marked a defined step in a new musical direction, ‘The Silver Fox’ sees a return to more familiar ground: tune playing bursting with energy. The set is made up of […]
Let the Sun Shine Down on Me / Than Hall’s by Jenn & Laura-Beth
Let the Sun Shine Down on Me is the opening track of ‘Bound,’ the debut album from Jenn Butterworth and Laura-Beth Salter. Jenn is on guitar and lead vocal for this Jean Ritchie Song, and Laura-Beth on mandolin. Here’s what they have to say about the album; “This album is a representation of the last […]
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 […]
Sweet Science by Findlay Napier
The first single from VIP: Very Interesting Persons album. Each song is a story of someone who has lead a very interesting life. The term The Sweet Science of Bruising was coined by sportswriter Pierce Egan in his 1813 collection Boxiana; or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism. During a press conference weeks before his […]
Joseph Boseph by Simon Thoumire and Ian Carr
This is a set of reels that Simon and Ian put together in Sweden. Simon travelled to Ian’s home in Falun (Sweden) to get this right! “A set of reels is always hard to put together” says Simon, “often it is easier to make slower sets but if you are looking for punchy tunes and […]
