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I recently premiered my New Voices commission, entitled \u2018The River\u2019 at Glasgow\u2019s brilliant Celtic Connections festival, while simultaneously launching a studio album of the music on the day. If you wish to order the CD you can do so from me directly here (no middle man)!<\/p>\n
What is the \u2018The River\u2019 all about? Well, growing up next to the Spey, I spent many hours of youth practicing to the roar of the river in the background, so it\u2019s always been there in my music. \u2018The River\u2019 brings to the surface vivid sonic images of occurrences, past and present, along the mile-long stretch of the Spey that flows past my childhood home. One of my brother\u2019s fishes it, the other canoes it, my Uncle Sandy photographed it, my mother paints it, and there\u2019s my Father\u2019s daily fascination with its erratically changing water level. It will always symbolize home and a strong connection to nature. No mortal\u2019s relationship with the river can ever be truly harmonious, its ever-changing micro-climate, mysteriously dark depths and unrelenting power are both merciless and enchanting.<\/p>\n
\u201cExcellent flautist\/whistle player\u2026\u201d The Guardian<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026one of Scotland\u2019s busiest and most multi-faceted folk musicians\u2026a beautifully eloquent singer\u2026\u201d Sunday Herald<\/p>\n
\u201cNapier is one of the finest musicians in Scotland\u2026.his music is invigorating, passionate and steeped in tradition.\u201d TMSA<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026ingenuity for harmony.\u201d The Skinny<\/p>\n
\u201cDeeply Soulful\u2026intensely alive\u2026\u201d The Scotsman<\/p>\n
\u201cTop-class musician\u201d The Herald<\/p>\n
I am Hamish. My job is playing piano, keyboards, flutes, whistles and singing. I grew up in Grantown-on-Spey in the Scottish Highlands, I moved down to Glasgow to immerse myself in its famously vibrant music scene, as I studyied Physics and Music at universities there. I was also awarded a scholarship to study for a year at Boston\u2019s Berklee College of Music, USA. I teach composition, music theory and wooden flute at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and at music schools and festivals worldwide. I also toured in Europe and North America with award-winning Scottish folk quartet Back of the Moon.<\/p>\n
A finalist in the BBC Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year, I was also nominated for Best Up and Coming Artist at the Scots Trad Awards. I\u2019ve recorded or performed with leading Scottish musicians such as: Donald Shaw, Martyn Bennett, Duncan Chisholm, Treacherous Orchestra, Battlefield Band and Eddi Reader and have collaborated with many of the UK\u2019s finest folk musicians for festivals, national TV & radio.<\/p>\n
Artist website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.hamishnapier.com<\/a><\/p>\n Single title:<\/strong>\u00a0Whirlpool Search Terms:<\/strong> piano, flute, contemporary<\/p>\n\n Follow these topics: Featured release<\/a>, Releases<\/a>, whistle<\/a><\/p> I recently premiered my New Voices commission, entitled \u2018The River\u2019 at Glasgow\u2019s brilliant Celtic Connections festival, while simultaneously launching a studio album of the music on the day. If you wish to order the CD you can do so from me directly here (no middle man)! What is the \u2018The River\u2019 all about? Well, growing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":638,"featured_media":2417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-release","8":"category-member-releases","9":"category-whistle","10":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2016\/02\/hamish-napier-the-river-1280.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions\/2472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlbum title:<\/strong> The River
\nRelease Date:<\/strong> 17\/01\/2016
\nSingle artist:<\/strong> Hamish Napier
\nSingle duration:<\/strong> 45:00
\nRecord Label:<\/strong> Strathspey Records
\nCatalogue No:<\/strong> SRCD01
\nWriters:<\/strong> Hamish Napier
\nPublishers:<\/strong> MCPS\/PRS
\nExplicit?: No<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"