I composed this jig around the time all the hawthorns were covered in their white flowers, so it was a "natural" choice for a title! Composer website: Link to audio of music: If you would like to contact the composer – you can email them here.
The Craster Jig composed by George L Smith
When I compose this tune I felt it had a Northumberland feel about it, so named it after a beautiful little fishing village there. Craster was once famous for its kippers and is located near Dunstanburgh Castle. Composer website: Link to audio of music: If you would like to contact the composer – you can […]
Buttergask composed by George L Smith
Buttergask was a hamlet in Perthshire which existed for several hundred years, located near the modern village of Blackford. The local industry was handloom weaving, and when the Industrial Revolution came along Buttergask went into a gradual decline with people moving away to find work. It ceased to exist by the mid 20th century, and […]
The Rhymer's Reel composed by Karen Marshalsay
This is from a longer piece, an instrumental narrative of the ballad True Tammas, the harper who met the Elfen Queen and was taken off to Elfland for seven years. I imagined him playing this tune at a session there! Composer website: https://www.karenmarshalsay.com/ Link to audio of music: https://karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com/track/st-fillans-the-rhymers-reel Karen Marshalsay's music draws on a […]
Dr Karen McAulay of the Books composed by Karen Marshalsay
This air was written for a good friend, author of Our Ancient National Airs, and as the music librarian at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, very much a person ‘of the books’. Composer website: https://www.karenmarshalsay.com/ Link to audio of music: https://karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com/track/dr-karen-mcaulay-of-the-books Karen Marshalsay's music draws on a wealth of differing experiences, developed through the traditional […]
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