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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Edward by Keep it Up
This is the opening track of Keep it Up’s second album On Safari. It features 3 reels – The Glasgow Hornpipe, Knit the Pocky, and The Uist Regatta (Edward Pearlman). Keep it Up made two albums. They consisted of Eilidh Shaw, Simon Thoumire, Kevin MacKenzie and Malcolm Stitt. The band specialised in lilting Scottish music […]
