'Buin' is the debut album by Pàdruig Morrison featuring an array of original tunes and four original Gaelic songs.

'Buin' means belong. Equally appropriate titles for this album could have been 'buain', meaning harvest, and 'buan', meaning long-lasting. All of the tunes and the songs on this album have some form of reflection on belonging to a place, a people, and a culture.

Most of the music was written over the past six or seven years during which Pàdruig has thought considerably about his – and by extension, the Gael's – connection to place. He reflects: "I feel it is important to understand and convey how Gaels have long been fighting both for our right to land on which we can live and feed ourselves, and for our language to be spoken by those who come after us, just as it was by those who came before. This history is not sufficiently taught to us and I hope that this album might act as a reminder of, and an insight into, some of that history."

Released 25th January 2026

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released January 25, 2026

Pàdruig Morrison – bogsa-ciùil | accordion
Rory Matheson – piana | piano
Micheal Steele – duiseal & a’ phìob mhòr | flute & highland pipes
Mischa MacPherson – seinn | vocals
Alasdair MacIlleBhàin – seinn | vocals
Catriona Price – fidheall | fiddle
Ciorstaidh Beaton – clàrsach | clarsach
Euan Burton – beus | double bass
Fionnlagh Mac a’ Phiocair – a’ phìob bheag | small pipes
Rory Grindlay – druma | snare drum

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All melodies, lyrics, translations, and arrangements by Pàdruig Morrison (except a’ Bhanais Bhàn, arrangement only)
Recorded and edited by Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording
Mixed and edited by Garry Boyle
Mastered by Nick Cooke
Produced by Pàdruig Morrison
Album Design by Freya Macleod
Photography by Katrina Stewart and Maureen Du Preez