{"id":11314,"date":"2018-04-17T09:31:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T08:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=11314"},"modified":"2018-04-17T09:32:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T08:32:46","slug":"new-album-from-winners-ho-ro-in-the-up-and-coming-artist-of-the-year-category-at-2017s-mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/new-album-from-winners-ho-ro-in-the-up-and-coming-artist-of-the-year-category-at-2017s-mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"New album from Winners H\u00f2-r\u00f2 in the \u2018Up and Coming Artist of the Year\u2019 category at 2017\u2019s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

HEX<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is the much-anticipated new album from Scottish outfit\u00a0H\u00f2-r\u00f2<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Winners in the \u2018Up and Coming Artist of the Year\u2019 category at 2017\u2019s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, the young band from the Scottish Highlands & Islands are releasing their second album HEX<\/em> on Friday 25th\u00a0May.<\/p>\n

Two years on from the release of their first album, H\u00f2-r\u00f2 were eager to get back into the studio to record this new material. Their second album showcases a new sound from the band – over the past year their live show has grown from the original 4-piece into a 6-piece and with this has come a development in their sound. With the artwork and title portraying a hexagon theme, the band have chosen this to illustrate the 6 different musical approaches they took when making the album.<\/p>\n

Each of the six members\u00a0(Calum MacPhail<\/strong>, Lucy Doogan<\/strong>, Sean Cousins<\/strong>, Crisdean MacDonald<\/strong>, Paul Martin<\/strong>\u00a0and DC Macmillan<\/strong>)\u00a0bring their own musical background and style to the live performance and this has been reflected in the album – a very unique sound that draws inspiration from each individual\u2019s musical taste and background.\u00a0\u00a0H\u00f2-r\u00f2\u2019s line-up features bagpipes,border pipes, accordion, fiddle and whistles juxtaposing with guitar,keyboards, drums and bodhran. This diverse instrumental mix is complemented by Gaelic and Scottish song.<\/strong><\/p>\n

H\u00f2-r\u00f2\u2019s guitarist Sean Cousins had this to say about the new album, \u201cWe\u2019re so delighted HEX is ready to go out into the world! When our live show grew into a 6-piece performance last year we were blown away by the magnitude of the sound and we really wanted to get that sound recorded as soon as possible. We\u2019re really happy with the end result, I think with everyone\u2019s own musical styles influencing the material we\u2019ve managed to produce something that\u2019s not really been heard on the Scottish trad music scene before<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The music and songs recorded are a mixture of self-penned tunes and arrangements alongside a number written by friends of the band. One tune in-particular is a special addition to the album- \u2018Muinntir mo Ghr\u00e1idh\u2019 was a tune that was found by lead singer Lucy in her granny\u2019s attic when she was cleaning it out after her granny had passed away.The song was written by one of Lucy\u2019s ancestors Alasdair Rankin and had been forgotten about until her discovery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucy says, \u201cI found it when we were clearing out my granny and grandpa\u2019s house after my granny had died. It\u2019s a photocopy of a handwritten manuscript belong to Duncan MacIntyre from Ballachulish and on the front he has written \u2018\u00d2rain – Alasdair MacRaing\u2019 (Songs – Alasdair MacRaing) and inside he has written out the words and melodies for about 10 songs written by Alasdair. Alasdair MacRaing, also known as Sandy Rankin or by his nickname Fred \u2018Gosh,\u2019 was my great granny\u2019s cousin and he was a tailor \u2013 my great auntie can remember being taken to his house by her mother when she was a little girl to get her new winter coat. It\u2019s really lovely to be able to record this and let people hear it<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

HEX will be officially released on 25th May 2018 on CD, Spotify and iTunes. H\u00f2-r\u00f2 will be taking the new album on tour in June and July this year \u2013 please see the dates below.<\/p>\n

For more information on H\u00f2-r\u00f2 please go to: www.musichoro.com<\/a><\/p>\n

-ENDS-<\/strong><\/p>\n

For interviews,sessions and further information please contact<\/strong><\/p>\n

HannahInnes on 07790 813 712 or\u00a0hannah@hannahinnes.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HEX\u00a0is the much-anticipated new album from Scottish outfit\u00a0H\u00f2-r\u00f2.\u00a0\u00a0Winners in the \u2018Up and Coming Artist of the Year\u2019 category at 2017\u2019s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, the young band from the Scottish Highlands & Islands are releasing their second album HEX on Friday 25th\u00a0May. Two years on from the release of their first album, H\u00f2-r\u00f2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"category-newsletter","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"simon","author_link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/author\/simon\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcv15g-2Wu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11315,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314\/revisions\/11315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}