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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 […]

Ducks at Luss / House 108 by Tina Jordan Rees

This track is taken from ‘Beatha’ – the forthcoming debut flute and whistle album by Tina Jordan Rees. Ducks at Luss is a 7/8 tune in B minor. It’s followed by House 108 – a tune that flows between 7/8, 6/8 and 3/4, and that is dedicated to Tina’s housemates she lived with whilst studying […]

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 […]

Waves by Gnoss

Waves is the debut single from Glasgow-based folk band, Gnoss. Recorded and mixed by Scott Wood (The Scott Wood Band), ‘Waves’ marks Gnoss’ progression from an award-winning duo to a charismatic and energetic folk band. Waves features; Aidan Moodie on Guitar and Vocals Graham Rorie on Mandolin and Fiddle Connor Sinclair on Whistle and Harmony […]

Anna’s Lullaby by Hannah Rarity

A lullaby I wrote for the birth of my close friend’s baby girl, Anna, based on traditional Scottish lullaby melodies. Featuring Innes White on guitar and keys and Sally Simpson on fiddle. Introduced to the Scottish folk scene a mere few years ago, Hannah Rarity’s spellbinding voice and warm, genuine stage manner have seen her […]

Out of My Own Light by Louise Bichan

In 2013, Orkney fiddler and photographer Louise Bichan embarked on a unique musical and sentimental journey, between her native northern isles and coast-to-coast Canada, in the footsteps of her late paternal grandmother Margaret, née Tait (1925-2008). The result – originally premièred at Orkney Folk Festival in 2015, and now captured as an album – is […]

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