Album of The Week
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Indie, folk-rock, and psych-pop band TRUE GENTS boldly and imaginatively weave together swirling melodies, driving rhythms and the essence of the Scottish wilderness in their music. It’s an inventive approach that’s won them many admirers since they were formed by school friends Euan Nicol and Toby Jeffery in 2006. There’s a haunting highland atmosphere […]
Simon Kempston is ‘one of Scotland’s very best songwriters’ (The Sunday Herald), a composer and leading finger style guitarist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. His new album, My Dreams Are Theirs is our Album of the Week. My Dreams Are Theirs is an exquisite reflection of one person’s creative talents, of which there seems no boundaries. […]
Peter Daldry’s Leaving Ettrick Bay, is a sparkling mix of traditional Scottish and Irish songs and tunes. Originally from Clydebank, he has been resident in Mountain View, California for the past thirty years and the album was created in the Golden State. Bring Her Home, Abhainn Sluagh, Glen Fruin, Walk These Roads and the […]
Multi-award winner CHLOE MATHARU continues to impress on her second album, Sailors And Rolling Stones that is released in October. The West of Scotland-based singer-songwriter and harpist composes songs inspired by her time at sea as a Navigational Officer in the Merchant Navy and the natural world, as experienced from the sea. Through her music […]
This talented trio of unique female voices from three different cultures rise in sublime harmony to present their full-length, debut album. Flowers carries powerful stories that have moved people across borders, languages and times. It’s a rich, multilingual record that features a strong theme of female empowerment and a heartfelt plea for peace. Flowers […]
Scottish folk stalwarts ALAN REID and BRIAN McNeill have re-released their long-lost 1980 album, SIDETRACKS. They recorded this, their one and only duo album, during a hiatus in the activity of Battlefield Band. The band’s career subsequently took an upward trajectory as they were introduced to US audiences while at the same time forging […]
Blistering bluegrass, country guitar, lightning mandolin, virtuoso fiddle playing and three-part harmonies galore contribute to the terrific music on ‘Silver Lining’ from GOOD GUY HANK. From the harmonious heartlands of Scotland and the musical metropolis of Melbourne, Australia, this trio bring all of the heartbreak, joy and everything in-between to this free-flowing offering that’s […]
Paisley Buddy JOHN RUSH has released his second album SOMETIME ON NEW STREET and readily admits: “It’s a bit different from my debut (2019’s Beneath The Apple Tree) but I am excited for folk to hear it.” John grew up in the music and sounds of his native Paisley with such icons of Gerry Rafferty […]
Scottish fiddler LAURA WILKIE’S intriguing album ‘Vent’ is centred around waulking songs – ancient women’s work songs which were sung for hundreds of years in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Women sang the songs whilst waulking the tweed, the process of beating tweed to shrink and soften it before use. It was a laborious […]
Personal stories and cultural concerns are what MAIRI CAMPBELL uses compellingly as inspirations for her evocatively distinctive songs. A pioneering Scottish musician and an interpreter of Scots song, this album – co-written with musician and producer Dave Gray – is a taster for her Edinburgh Festival Fringe Living Stone show premiere next month, which […]
