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Assynt: Road to the North
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Road to the North Garthland Records GAR001CD (CD, UK, 20 August 2018) |
Produced by Assynt and Scott Wood;
Recorded and mixed by Scott Wood at Oak Ridge Studios;
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at TurtleTone Studio, New York;
Design and artwork by Nooneboy
Musicians
David Shedden: pipes, whistles;
Graham Mackenzie: fiddle;
Innes White: guitar, mandolin
with
Charlie Stewart: double bass;
Scott Mackay: drums and percussion
Tracks
- Fiend and the Hound: The Fiend and the Hound / A Race to the Top / Deadlines (4.34)
- Road to the North: Road to the North / Shedden’s / Nearly There / And That’s That (3.48)
- Forward Thinking: Forward Thinking / The Sting in the Tail (5.28)
- Garthland Drive (3.39)
- Ava May (3.10)
- Conal McDonagh’s (3.26)
- Aidan Jack: Cafebar Chris / The Ali Cat / Aidan Jack (5.27)
- The One Upper: Taxi Tam’s / The Rogue Brogue / The One Upper (4.15)
- No Way Out: Mrs Mackenzie’s Farewell to Culloden Academy / The Central / No Way Out (4.57)
- Harris Dance: Ruidhleadh Mo Nighean Donn / Harris Dance / Jenny Dang the Weaver (3.48)
All tracks written by David Shedden except
Tracks 2abd, 9ab Graham Mackenzie;
Track 9c Innes White;
racks 10abc trad. arr.Graham Mackenzie, David Shedden, Innes White
> Folk Music > Records > Graham Mackenzie: The Dawning
Graham Mackenzie: The Dawning
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The Dawning Blue Door Music BDM002CD (CD, UK, 27 January 2023) |
Produced by Graham Mackenzie and Michael McGoldrick;
Recorded and mixed by Kevin Burleigh at Gorbals Sound, Glasgow;
Mastered by Jim DeMain at YesMaster Studios, Nashville;
Brass attangements by Neil Yates;
Design and photography by Somhairle MacDonald
Musicians
Graham Mackenzie: fiddle;
Michael McGoldrick: flute;
Jim Molyneux: piano, keyboards, snare drum;
Innes Watson: guitars;
James Lindsay: double bass, bass guitar;
Neil Yates: trumpet, saxophones, flugelhorn [3, 5-6, 9];
Matthew Carmichael: saxophones [9]
Tracks
- The Contradiction Reels: The Nine Pint Coggie / The Greenfields of Glentown / The Contradiction (5.42)
- Earn River (4.48)
- Bridge Street Reels: Mario’s Cap / The Lass From Skye / Reelin’ Doon Bridge Street (4.23)
- Belmaduthy: Delices de Bretagne / Belmaduthy (4.35)
- The Road to Monalea: Castle Kelly’s / Porthole in the Kelp / The Road to Monalea / Lizzie in the Lowground (6.28)
- Ardtun: The Dark Winds of Ardtun (3.46)
- Cula Bay: Last Night in the Cotton Tree / Cula Bay (5.13)
- The Beatons of Mabou: Mom and Dad’s March / The Smirnoff Gigolo / The West Mabou Reel (7.00)
- Josh’s Jigs: Josh’s Jig / The Two Degree Triangle / The Beautiful Drop Shot (4.50)
- Kirkhill (4.10)
Tracks 1a, 5abc, 8c trad.;
Track 1b Tommy Peoples;
Track 1c William Marshall / Gordon Duncan;
Tracks 2, 3abc, 4ab, 6, 7ab, 9abc Graham Mackenzie;
Track 5d Liz Carroll;
Tracks 8ab Andrea Beaton;
Track 10 James Ross Riddell
> Folk Music > Records > Assynt: Where From Here
Assynt: Where From Here
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Where From Here Garthland Records GAR002CD (CD, UK, 24 February 2023) |

Produced by Assynt;
Recorded by Scott Wood at Oak Ridge Studios;
Mixed by Innes White;
Bastered by Peter Beckmann at TechnologyWorks Mastering;
Design and artwork by Somhairle MacDonald
Musicians
David Shedden: pipes, whistles;
Graham Mackenzie: fiddle;
Innes White: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
with
Charlie Stewart: double bass
Tracks
- Assynt House: John Morroson of Assynt House / The Primrose Cottage / Traditional (4.40)
- Gordon Stewart’s: Gordon Stewart’s / Dalnaspidal Valley / Lochinver Loop (5.46)
- St Andrews Drive (4.44)
- Nighean Donn: Nighean Donn nan Gobhar (3.21)
- The Source: The Ford Fleet / Just Shows You / The Source (4.55)
- The New Normal (3.27)
- Faskally: The Lights of Faskally / Pointing East (4.20)
- Rescues: Shiel Brae / Sandy’s Trip to Glasgow / Rarity’s Rescues (4.40)
- Where From Here (3.54)
- Alive in Astley: Ally Park / Between the Drives / Alive in Astley (5.45)
Track 1a Peter MacLeod;
Tracks 1b, 2abc, 3, 5a, 6, 7ab, 10c Graham Mackenzie;
Track 1c Donald MacLeod;
Track 4 trad. arr. Assynt;
Tracks 5bc, 8abc, 9, 10a David Shedden;
Track 10b Graham Mackenzie, Innes White
> Folk Music > Records > Assynt
Other records with Graham Mackenzie
Various Artists,
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012,
3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK12, 2012
Various Artists,
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013,
3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK14, 2013
Various Artists,
TMSA Young Trad Tour 2013,
CD, TMSA TMSA13, 2013
Talisk,
Abyss,
CD, Talisk, 2016
Chris Gray,
Chris Gray,
CD, Chris Gray CG2020CD, 2020
> Folk Music > Records > Assynt
Other records with Innes White
Heidi Talbot,
Here We Go 1, 2, 3,
CD, Nagivator NAVIGATOR101, 2016
Hannah Rarity,
Beginnings,
CD, own label HR085BEG, 2016
Kim Carnie,
In Her Company (Na Cuideachd),
CD EP, Kim Carnie KC0002, 2017
Robyn Stapleton,
Songs of Robert Burns,
CD, Laverock LAVE002CD, 2017
James Duncan Mackenzie,
Sròmos,
CD, James Mackenzie Music JMMCD002, 2018
Hannah Rarity,
Neath the Gloaming Star,
CD, own label HR085NEA, 2018
Heidi Talbot & John McCusker,
Love Is the Bridge Between Two Hearts,
CD EP, Under One Sky Records USR006, 2018
Mike Vass,
Notes From the Boat,
CD, Unroofed UR004CD, 2018
Chris Gray,
Chris Gray,
CD, Chris Gray CG2020CD, 2020