{"id":24322,"date":"2025-06-02T12:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=24322"},"modified":"2025-06-02T12:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:36:27","slug":"sian-announce-second-album-araon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/sian-announce-second-album-araon\/","title":{"rendered":"Sian Announce Second Album \u2018araon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15.jpg\" alt=\"Sian\" class=\"wp-image-24324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaelic vocal group\u00a0<strong>Sian<\/strong>\u00a0have announced their highly-anticipated second album, \u2018<strong>araon<\/strong>\u2019. The first single from the album, \u2018<strong>Seo a\u2019 Bhliadhna<\/strong>\u2019, will be released on\u00a0<strong>Friday<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>30 May 2025<\/strong>. The song is a traditional lament with connections to the Isle of Skye and Raasay, and particularly the MacLean family. \u2018<strong>Seo a\u2019 Bhliadhna<\/strong>\u2019 features guest musicians James Lindsay and Charlie Stewart.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album is produced by Sian\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Innes White&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Innes Strachan<\/strong>&nbsp;(Niteworks, LUSA), and was recorded and mixed by&nbsp;<strong>Iain Hutchison<\/strong>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>GloWorm Recording<\/strong>. The release date for the full album is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/seo-a-bhliadhna-by-sian\/\">LISTEN HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eilidh Cormack says, \u201c<em>Seo a&#8217; Bhliadhna&nbsp;<\/em>is a beautiful lament, closely connected to the Isle of Skye and Raasay song tradition. The composer tells of love and loss in a terrible year \u2013 grieving not only her brother and sister, but the man she loves, the golden-haired hunter. We wanted to approach the song with respect and care, and I hope listeners can feel that in the arrangement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of the album release, Sian will tour Scotland in\u00a0<strong>June 2025<\/strong>, performing new material live for the first time. Tickets are available at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sianmusic.com\/tour\">www.sianmusic.com\/tour<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tour Dates \u2013 June 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2 June<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Arisaig, Astley Hall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3 June<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Inverness, Eden Court<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4 June<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Isle of Skye, An Cr\u00f9bh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>5 June<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Isle of Raasay, Isle of Raasay Distillery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>6 June<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Glasgow, The Reeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>11 June<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Edinburgh, Traverse Theatre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Socials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram, Facebook,&nbsp;&nbsp;X &amp; TikTok<strong>: @sianceol&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaelic vocal group\u00a0Sian\u00a0have announced their highly-anticipated second album, \u2018araon\u2019. The first single from the album, \u2018Seo a\u2019 Bhliadhna\u2019, will be released on\u00a0Friday\u00a030 May 2025. The song is a traditional lament with connections to the Isle of Skye and Raasay, and particularly the MacLean family. \u2018Seo a\u2019 Bhliadhna\u2019 features guest musicians James Lindsay and Charlie Stewart.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"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-24322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-newsletter","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15.jpg","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/SIAN_kev-15-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"simon","author_link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/author\/simon\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcv15g-6ki","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24322","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=24322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24326,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24322\/revisions\/24326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}