This was a collaborative effort by myself and guitarist Neill Simpson. Neill composed the poem-story about his boyhood experience of going out with a herring fishing boat in the Firth of Clyde. I provided the tune, primarily as a vehicle for the poem to be performed as a song, but also it can be played […]
Isabel Gow's Welcome to Edinburgh composed by Karen Marshalsay
A pipe march written for my mum, celebrating her story of leaving school at 14 and travelling into Edinburgh daily from Broxburn to work at the old Royal Infirmary biochemistry lab in Forrest Road. I recorded it on my album The Road to Kennacraig, and also guested with The Russian String Orchestra playing my own […]
Mr & Mrs Allan of Drumossie composed by Karen Steven
Mr & Mrs Allan are; Eric and Helen. They live near Inverness, Scotland and have donated an enormous amount of time, expertise and energy to traditional music in Scotland. They also offered some fantastic support and advice to me when I was researching tune book publishing. Composer website: https://www.karensteven.co.uk Link to audio of music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayEG2JdDKlQ […]
Alasdair Gillies MBE composed by Kenneth MacKenzie
Composed for the legendary Gaelic singer and TV personality Alasdair Gillies. Composer website: https://caberfeidhmusic.co.uk Link to audio of music: https://caberfeidhmusic.bandcamp.com/track/alasdair-gillies-mbe Kenneth I MacKenzie is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Glasgow. If you would like to contact the composer – you can email them here.
Alastair T Fisher's Farewell to Ardnamurchan composed by Kenneth MacKenzie
Commission by the family of Alastair T Fisher. Ex- Scotland Rugby Internationalist., (He was capped twice in 1947 for Scotland) The tune is the first tune in the audio supplied. Composer website: https://caberfeidhmusic.co.uk Link to audio of music: https://caberfeidhmusic.bandcamp.com/track/2-4-marches Kenneth I MacKenzie is a multi-instrumentalist a composer from Glasgow. If you would like to contact […]