Dream Angus is the first track on Claire’s latest album ‘Lullabies from Scotland’; released 30th June 2023. Produced by Innes White, recorded and mixed by Carla Feuerstein at GloWormStudios, Glasgow and mastered by Andrea Gobbi at Carrier Waves Mastering. Vocals & ukulele – Claire Hastings Guitar & backing vocals – Innes White Fiddle & double […]
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 […]
Off She Jumped by Sarah Markey
Off She Jumped was the first track I released to launch pre-orders for my debut solo album “Leaving Lurgangreen.” I will be launching the full album on 6th May 2022. Myself and Marty Barry had put this set together for an online video during lockdown, and back then the whole album was on hold because […]
Journey by Bradley Parker
Bradley Parker, 25, is a piper & whistle-player from Portavogie, Northern Ireland. Bradley has performed at events such as Glastonbury Music Festival, Celtic Connections & Celtic Colour International Festival. In 2012, he was awarded Northern Ireland’s Young Musician of the Year and won the Gordon Duncan Memorial Competition in 2019. Bradley recently graduated from the […]
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 […]
The Lads Like Beer by Blazin’ Fiddles
The first track from Blazin’ Fiddles’ latest release Six. Featuring the tunes; The Lads Like Beer, Coral Hill Ladies and Aithsting Smucks. ‘Folk Band of the Year’ at the most recent Scot. Trad. Music Awards, Blazin’ Fiddles lead the way in Scottish Fiddle Music. Formed in 1998 Blazin’ Fiddles have had some of the finest […]
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 […]
Scott and Lucy’s Wedding by Eilidh Firth
Scott and Lucy’s Wedding is an instrumental track featured on fiddle player Eilidh Firth’s debut EP ‘Searchlight’. The tunes featured on this track are ‘Scott and Lucy’s Wedding’ written by Eilidh and ’20 Years’ by Californian fiddler Seán Wood.This EP showcases contemporary and traditional tunes from Eilidh’s native Scotland, alongside tunes gathered on her travels […]
Usher’s Well by Barbara Dymock
A fusion of styles and cultures, Child Ballad 79, The Wife of Usher’s Well is sung in Scots but set to a melody composed by Fatoumata Diawara from Mali resulting in an intriguing combination of comtemporary African music and rhythms with 17th century lyrics. Scots singer Barbara Dymock based in Dundee was brought up in […]