> Folk Music > Records > Gabi Maas & Alice Allen: The Curlew
Gabi Maas & Alice Allen: The Curlew
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The Curlew Ardgowan Records AR01CD (CD, UK, 1 June 2020) |
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Produced by Paul Baxter;
Recorded by Paul Baxter ar St Maty’s Parish Church, Haddington, on 22-24 March 2022;
24-bit digital editing: Jack Davis;
24-bit digital mastering: Paul Baxter;
Cover and session photography by foxbrushfilms.com;
Booklet editor: John Fallas
Musicians
Gabi Maas: violin [2, 4, 6, 8, 10],
nyckelharpa [1, 3, 7, 9],
3-string viola [5];
Alice Allen: cello
Tracks
- Dansa Lilla Syster (3.15)
- Menuett efter Matts Lindbäck (2.25)
- The Princess Royal (3.10)
- Polska efter J.E. Taklax (2.16)
- The Wounded Hussar (4.42)
- Within a Mile of Dublin / Tuttle’s / The Curlew (3.40)
- Härjedalspolska ‘Tholssonhurven’ (3.04)
- Lugumleik (2.43)
- Polska efter Gällsbo Jonas Olsson (4.05)
- Paddy Ryan’s Dream / The Stone in the Field / Ambrose Moloney’s (4.10)
All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Matts ‘Bagg-Matt’ Lindbäck (1862-1937);
Tracks 3, 5 Turlough O’Carolan;
Track 4 Johan Erik Taklax (1856-1948);
Track 7 Christoffer Tholsson (1864–1945);
Track 8 Hans W. Brimi (1917–1998);
Track 9 ‘Gällsbo’ Jonas Olsson (1891–1967)
> Folk Music > Records > Lyre Lyre: Gin and Strathspey
Lyre Lyre: Gin and Strathspey
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Gin and Strathspey Lyre Sound LYRE001 (CD, UK, 4 February 2022) |
Produced by Lyre Lyre;
Recorded by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, in November 2021;
Mixed by Stereo Pigeon;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Drone photography by Jamie Pryke;
Band photography by Sarah Badman-Flook;
Sleeve design by Neal Hemingway
Musicians
Alice Allen: cello;
Marit Fält: mandola, cittern;
Patsy Reid: fiddle, viola, xylophone, tenor guitar
Tracks
- Ondenval (4.06)
- Hercules (2.55)
- Sam’s Chicken (2.59)
- Gin and Strathspey (5.53)
- Stuart Ballantyne’s (5.08)
- Petter Dufva / Woosie Bird (5.09)
- Trasiga Rocken (3.49)
- The Glad Eye (3.37)
- Trinkamp (3.01)
- Springa Like Marit (4.14)
- The Baby Tune / Apples for Fred (6.15)
- Rest and Be Thankful (5.55)
Track 1 Wim Claeys;
Track 2 Ale Möller;
Tracks 4, 13 Marit Fält;
Track 5 Alice Allen;
Tracks 6a, 7, 9 trad.;
Tracks 6b, 10, 11a Patsy Reid;
Track 8 John Doyle;
Track 12 Karen Tweed;
All tracks arr. Lyre Lyre
> Folk Music > Records > Alice Allen and Patsy Reid: Strathspey Queens
Alice Allen and Patsy Reid: Strathspey Queens
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Strathspey Queens Ardgowan Records AR02CD (CD, UK, 6 May 2022) |
Produced by Alice Allen and Patsy Reid;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Sleeve design and artwork by Neal Hemingway;
Front cover photography by Sarah Badman-Flook;
James Scott Skinner portrait, public domain
Musicians
Alice Allen: cello;
Patsy Reid: fiddle
Tracks
- Athole Highlanders’ Farewell to Loch Katrine / The Cameron Highlanders / Culloden Day (The Inverness Gathering) (2.51)
- Home Sweet Home (2.01)
- The Iron Man / The Bungalow (2.03)
- The Bonnie Lass o’ Bon Accord / The Marquis of Huntly’s Farewell / Timour the Tartar / The Left Handed Fiddler (4.59)
- Glengrant / Tulchan Lodge / The Parrot (Humorous Pizzicato) (3.42)
- Maggie Cameron / Athole Brose / The Devil in the Kitchen / Forbes Morrison (2.23)
- The Laird o’ Thrums / Gavin McMillan / The Laird o’ Drumblair / Gladstone Reel (3.17)
- Arthur’s Seat / Eugene Stratton / Banks (2.52)
- Our Highland Queen / The Miller o’ Hirn / Mackenzie Fraser Reel / The Auld Wheel (3.58)
- Goodbye Gramin / Johnie Steele / Jamie Hardie (3.58)
- Mrs Scott Skinner / Mackenzie Hay / The Devil’s Elbow (4.11)
- The Flower o’ the Quern (3.19)
- The Bride’s Reel / The Spinning Wheel / Largo’s Fairy Dance (1.33)
All tunes composed or collected by James Scott Skinner arr. Alice Allen and Patsy Reid
> Folk Music > Records > GAIA Duo: Stone Salt & Sky
GAIA Duo: Stone Salt & Sky
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Stone Salt & Sky Delphian Records DCD34263 (CD, UK, 7 April 2023) |
Arranged and produced by Gabi Maas and Alice Allen;
Recorded by Scott Wood at Oak Ridge Studios, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow in January and November 2019;
Mixed and mastered by Scott Wood;
Cover photo by Alice Allen, Forvie National Nature Reserve, Aberdeenshire;
Graphic design by Neal Hemingway
Musicians
Katrina Lee: violin;
Alice Allen: cello
Tracks
Rebecca Clarke (1866-1979)
- Grotesque (2.35)
- Lullaby (3.16)
Sally Beamish (*1956): Stone, Salt and Sky
- Processional (4.33)
- Horizon (7.33)
- Harbour Blues (4.10)
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994): Duo (Theme and Variations)
- Theme: Andante moderato (1.00)
- Variation I: Allegro (0.18)
- Variation II: Andante espressivo, rubato (1.05)
- Variation III: Allegro commodo (1.08)
- Variation IV: Molto moderato, espressivo (1.32)
- Variation V: Allegro molto (0.33)
- Variation VI: Allegro vigoroso (0.48)
- Variation VII: Lento serioso (2.12)
- Variation VIII: Allegro molto (1.49)
GAIA Duo
- Antibes (5.16)
Duncan Strachan (*1987): Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
- I: Among twenty snowy mountains (2.23)
- II: If I was of three minds (0.57)
- III: The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds (1.09)
- IV: A man and a woman are one (1.37)
- V: The blackbird whistling, or just after (0.35)
- VI: The shadow of the blackbird (2.07)
- VII: O thin men of Haddam, why do you imagine golden bird? (2.03)
- VIII: I know noble accents (2.02)
- IX: When the blackbird flew out of sight (0.56)
- X: At the sight of blackbirds flying in a green light (1.07)
- XI: He rode over Connecticut in a glass coach (0.45)
- XII: The river is moving (2.17)
- XIII: The blackbird sat in the cedar-limbs (3.37)
> Folk Music > Records > Jenny Sturgeon & Alice Allen: Cut & Run
Jenny Sturgeon & Alice Allen: Cut & Run
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Cut & Run Hudson Records, probably HUD038 (DL single, UK, 19 April 2023) |
Mixed by Andy Bell;
Photography by Julia Parks
Musicians
Jenny Sturgeon: vocals, guitar, keyboards;
Alice Allen: cello
Tracks
- Cut & Run (3.31)
Track 1 Jenny Sturgeon
> Folk Music > Records > Jenny Sturgeon with Alice Allen & Grant Anderson: Wintergreen
Jenny Sturgeon: Wintergreen
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Wintergreen Hudson Records HUD041CD (CD, UK, 3 November 2023) |
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Produced by Jenny Sturgeon, Grant Anderson and Alice Allen;
Recorded and mixex by Andy Bell at Mareel, Shetland, in 18 May 2023;
Assistant engineer Tim Matthew;
Additional recording by Jenny Sturgeon, Grant Anderson and Alice Allen;
Mastered by Sam Proctor;
Cover photography by Anne Campbell;
Band photography by May Graham;
Design by Robin Beatty
Musicians
Jenny Sturgeon: vocals, piano, electric guitar, field recordings;
Alice Allen: cello, vocals, keys, percussion;
Grant Anderson: vocals, bass, keys, electric guitar, synth, phone noises, kalimba, vocoder
Tracks
- Wintergreen (3.11)
- Solitude (2.51)
- Beyond the You and I (3.20)
- Frost and Snow (2.44)
- Sycamore (4.10)
- Cut and Run (3.31)
Track 1 adapted by Jenny from Isobel Wylie Hutchison’s poem
‘Song for Pyrola uniflora’;
Track 2 Lynn MaFarland-Shaw, Jenny Sturgeon;
Tracks 3, 5 Grant Anderson, Jenny Sturgon;
Track 4 Jenny Sturgon;
Track 6 by Alice Allen, Jenny Sturgon
> Folk Music > Records > Alice Allen
Other records with Alice Allen
Robyn Stapleton,
Songs of Robert Burns,
CD, Laverock LAVE002CD, 2017
Iona Fyfe,
Away from My Window,
CD, Cairnie IF18AWAY, 2018
Innes Watson,
Innes Watson's Guitar Colloquium,
CD, ISLE ISLE06CD, 2018
Concerto Caledonia,
Songs of Home and Distant Isles,
CD, Diagram 5, 2020
Chris Gray,
Chris Gray,
CD, Chris Gray CG2020CD, 2020
RURA,
Live at The Old Fruitmarket,
CD, RURA RURACD003, 2020
Hannah Rarity,
To Have You Near,
CD, Hannah Rarity HR085HYN, 2022
Catriona Price,
Hert,
CD, Catriona Price, 20 January 2023
Lauren MacColl,
Haar,
CD, Make Believe MBR11CD, 2 June 2023
Katie Macfarlane,
An Nighean Sheunta – The Enchanted Girl,
CD, Viewbank VBRCD001, 20 October 2023