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Featured release > Take Six by Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson

Take Six by Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson

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‘Take Six’ is the new album by fiddle and piano duo Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson. Recorded over two days, it captures the raw intensity of live performance, each track selected from the sixth and final studio take – Take Six.

Produced by Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Pentcailand
Photography by Euan Robertson
Design by Louise Bichan

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Graham Mackenzie is a Scottish violinist from Inverness who started playing at age six and has become one of Scotland’s leading traditional musicians. He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, winning major competitions including Highland Young Musician of the Year and reaching the finals of BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. Graham has performed with top musicians like Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, and at prestigious venues including the Royal Albert Hall. He’s also a respected teacher whose students have gone on to win competitions and join national orchestras. Rory Matheson, from Assynt, is a BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalist who switched from accordion to piano as a teenager. His style blends Highland music with jazz and blues influences, and despite recently graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he has already toured internationally and is a founding member of Glasgow band TRIP.

Artist website: https://grahammackenzieandrorymatheson.bandcamp.com/album/take-six

Single title: Take Six
Album title: Take Six
Release Date: 13/06/2025
Single artist: Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson
Single duration: 3:34
Writers: Ryan Molloy / Traditional
Publishers: PRS / MCPS
Explicit?: No

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