Congratulations to GRIT – The Martyn Bennett Story who have been nominated in Event of the Year sponsored by VisitScotland in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2014. Vote now! We asked Cora Bissett of GRIT – The Martyn Bennett Story the following questions. Tell us about yourself Pachamama is the production company behind […]
MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards: Gavin Marwick
Congratulations to Gavin Marwick who has been nominated in Composer of the Year sponsored by PRS for Music in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2014. Vote now! We asked Gavin Marwick the following questions. Tell us about yourself “I’m a fiddle player/composer, originally from Edinburgh and now living in Galloway. Over 25 years as […]
MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards: Patsy Reid
Congratulations to Patsy Reid who has been nominated in Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2014. Vote now! We asked Patsy Reid the following questions. Tell us about yourself Only three years after leaving the brilliant and loud Breabach, Patsy Reid has become probably the […]
MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards: Eunice Henderson
Congratulations to Eunice Henderson who has been nominated in Music Tutor of the Year sponsored by Creative Scotland Youth Music Initiative in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2014. Vote now! We asked Eunice Henderson the following questions. Tell us about yourself My name is Eunice Henderson. I am a Shetlander and have been […]
MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards: Big Song Relay
Congratulations to Big Song Relay who have been nominated in Community Project of the Year sponsored by Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2014. Vote now! We asked Alison Burns of Big Song Relay the following questions. Tell us about yourself Alison Burns’ leads Hands Up for Trad’s Scotland […]
The Queen of Argyll by Silly Wizard
The Queen of Argyll was always a hugely popular live song for Silly Wizard, one of Scotland’s all-time most influential folk bands. This version was recorded in front of a sell out crowd in Cambridge, Massachusetts during the band’s 1983 North American tour. The recording was originally released as 2 LPs. A repackaged and re-mastered […]
Battle of Waterloo by Jim Malcolm
This song, based on a traditional tune of the same name, tells the story of a man from Kirriemuir who is dying on the battlefield of Waterloo. In his final moments he thinks of the family he has left behind in Angus, rails against the dangers of soldiering, and tells Napoleon: “It wasn’t only you […]
Farewell Tae The Haven by Davy Steele (with Ceolbeg)
The late Davy Steele was a remarkable singer and prolific songwriter and ‘Farewell Tae The Haven’ is arguably one of Davy’s greatest songs. The track was originally on the Ceolbeg album ‘Not The Bunny Hop’ (deleted) and was a must when tracks were being selected for Ceolbeg ‘Collected’. The song is from Davy’s home town […]
Hi Ho Ro Tha Mi Duilich by Breabach
Ùrlar is the fourth instalment from the Scottish folk band Breabach. The name translates as ground and the music on this album was collected and composed by the band from friends, family and local musicians that have had an impact on their lives and music. Hi Ho Ro Tha Mi Duilich A 19th century emigrants […]
Bagpipe Music by Battlefield Band
The opening track from Battlefield Band’s ‘Room Enough For All’ album, ‘Bagpipe Music’ sets to music the words of a famous poem written by Irish born Louis MacNeice in the 1930s after a visit to Scotland’s Western Isles. The superficially ‘nonsense’ poem actually passes deeper comment on what MacNeice perceived as the decline of the […]
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