This song came back to my attention when doing the 2018 ‘A Christmas Celtic Sojourn’ with Brian O’Donovan and a lovely bunch of folks in Boston. It was brilliant to come up with a fresh arrangement with the fab house band which featured Owen Marshall, Maeve Gilchrist, Seamus Egan and Natalie Haas. I first heard […]
Rain and Snow by The Auldeners
The debut offering from new trio, The Auldeners, Rain and Snow is a fragment of a longer Appalachian murder ballad. Recorded and mastered by Ludovic Barrier. The Auldeners are a Glasgow-based trio performing reinterpretations of Appalachian ballads and American old-time tunes. Featuring Iona Fyfe, Ellen Gira and Callum Morton-Teng. Artist website: https://www.facebook.com/theauldeners Watch the video […]
Bonnie Lass of Fyvie by Iona Fyfe
A new single from Scots Singer, Iona Fyfe. One of the most well-known of Aberdeenshire songs, I got this from the singing of Sam Kelly, who recorded ‘The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie’ on his album titled “Pretty Peggy”. Bob Dylan recorded “Pretty Peggy-O” on his 1962 debut album and performed the song with a more […]
‘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 […]
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 […]