{"id":24637,"date":"2025-06-19T12:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=24637"},"modified":"2025-06-23T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T22:16:00","slug":"take-six-by-graham-mackenzie-and-rory-matheson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/take-six-by-graham-mackenzie-and-rory-matheson\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Six by Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"album cover\" class=\"wp-image-24814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2025\/06\/a2319572933_16.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u2018Take Six\u2019 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 \u2013 Take Six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced by Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson<br>Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Pentcailand<br>Photography by Euan Robertson<br>Design by Louise Bichan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/take-six-by-graham-mackenzie-and-rory-matheson\/\">LISTEN HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graham Mackenzie is a Scottish violinist from Inverness who started playing at age six and has become one of Scotland\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Artist website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/grahammackenzieandrorymatheson.bandcamp.com\/album\/take-six\">https:\/\/grahammackenzieandrorymatheson.bandcamp.com\/album\/take-six<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Single title:<\/strong> Take Six<br><strong>Album title:<\/strong> Take Six<br><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> 13\/06\/2025<br><strong>Single artist:<\/strong> Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson<br><strong>Single duration:<\/strong> 3:34<br><strong>Writers:<\/strong> Ryan Molloy \/ Traditional<br><strong>Publishers:<\/strong> PRS \/ MCPS<br><strong>Explicit?: No<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Search Terms:<\/strong> {Search terms:18}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Would you like more tracks from from Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson? Contact them <a href=\"mailto:grahamlmackenzie@btopenworld.com?subject=Contact from FolkWaves\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"follow-cat-feed\">Follow these topics: <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/featured-release\/feed\/\">Featured release<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/member-releases\/fiddle\/feed\/\">fiddle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/newsletter\/feed\/\">Newsletter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/member-releases\/piano\/feed\/\">piano<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/member-releases\/feed\/\">Releases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"downloadinfo-panel\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Take Six\u2019 is the new album by fiddle and piano duo Graham Mackenzie and Rory Matheson. 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