> Folk Music > Records > Breabach: The Big Spree
Breabach: The Big Spree
The Big Spree Vertical Records VERTCD 081 (CD, UK, 16 July 2007); |
Produced by Duncan Lyall;
Musicians
Donal Brown: whistles, flutes, Highland bagpipes;
Calum MacCrimmon: Highland bagpipes, whistles, harmony vocals;
Patsy Reid: fiddle, viola, cello, vocals;
Ewan Robertson: guitar, vocals
with
Ewen Vernal: double bass [1-3, 5];
Duncan Lyall: double bass [4, 7, 10]
Tracks
- Kilbowie Cottage: John Maccoll’s March to Kilbowie Cottage / Davy Webster (4.34)
- Chloe’s Passion: Chloe’s Passion / The Snuff Wife / Merrily Danced the Quaker’s Wife (3.43)
- The Rolling Hills of the Borders (4.21)
- George White’s Favourite: George White’s Favourite / The Green Fields of Glentown / Hull’s (3.33)
- The Full Booner: Nameless / Brose and Butter / The Full Booner (3.56)
- Hector the Hero (4.00)
- Under the Influence: Sheepskin and Beeswax / The Ballivanich Reel / No More Cages / Under the Influence (3.55)
- James Gunn Henderson: James Gunn Henderson / Dusky Meadow / Rod Alexander’s / The Maiden’s Dream / Marcelle Martin (4.47)
- Lochaber No More (Roud 8497) (4.21)
- Cockerel in the Creel: Cockerel in the Creel / Bonnie Isle o’ Whalsay / Ruidhle Mo Nighean Donn (3.11)
- Caber Feidh: Paul K’s Strathspey / Miss Drummond of Perth / The Man from Glengarry / Caberfeidh (5.28)
Track 1a Gordon Duncan;
Track 1b William Lawrie;
Track 2a Dr Angus Macdonald;
Tracks 2bc, 4c, 5b, 6, 7c, 8bc, 9, 10bc, 11abc trad.;
Track 3 Matt McGinn;
Track 4a Tommy Peoples;
Track 4b John Morris Rankin;
Track 5a, 7b Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 7a Ian Kirkpatrick;
Track 8a Patsy Reid;
Track 10a Donald MacLeod
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach: The Desperate Battle of the Birds
Breabach: The Desperate Battle of the Birds
The Desperate Battle of the Birds Breabach Records BRE001CD (CD, UK, 29 March 2010) |
Produced by Duncan Lyall;
Mixed by Duncan Lyall;
Mastered by Denis Blackham;
CD artwork by James Morrison at Mojo Creative
Musicians
Donal Brown: flute, Highland bagpipes, whistle;
Calum MacCrimmon: bouzouki, Highland bagpipes, whistles, vocals;
Patsy Reid: viola, violin, vocals;
Ewan Robertson: guitar, vocals
with
Duncan Lyall: double bass
Tracks
- Father Michael’s: Father Michael MacDonald’s Silver Jubilee / The ’98 Jig / Vig the Jig (5.24)
- Baby Broon’s: The Shetland Turtle / Baby Broon’s (4.15)
- Greenfields (4.54)
- The Desperate Battle: The Last Tango in Harris / Duncan the Gauger / The Desperate Battle of the Birds (5.55)
- Rescue Me (4.43)
- Clueless: Captain Campbell’s / Clueless / Murdo Took the Stoup (6.03)
- Shoals of Herring (3.44)
- Scott Drive: The Reel of Bogie / Jobs Are Good / Scott Drive (4.49)
- The Morning Lies Heavy (4.51)
- The Waterhorse’s Lament (4.24)
- Good Drying: The Plagiarist / Good Drying (2.59)
Track 1a Gordon Duncan;
Track 1b Cam Keating;
Track 1c Iain MacDonald;
Track 2a, 8b Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 2b Patsy Reid;
Track 3 David Francey;
Track 4a Evan MacRae;
Tracks 4b, 11b R.S. Macdonald;
Tracks 4c, 6bc, 8c, 10 trad.;
Track 5 Dougie MacLean;
Track 6a Gordon Duncan;
Track 7 Ewan MacColl;
Track 8a Donal Brown;
Track 9 Allan Taylor;
Track 11a Allan MacDonald
> Folk Music > Records > Ewan Robertson: Some Kind of Certainty
Ewan Robertson: Some Kind of Certainty
Some Kind of Certainty Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX328 (2 CD, UK, March 2010) |
Recorded at Watercolour Studio, Glasgow;
Additional recording at Gran’s House Studio, Lanarkshire;
Mixed by Angus Lyon and Keith Bird;
Mastered by Calum Malcolm;
Strings arranged and performed by Patsy Reid;
Brass arranged and performed by Rick Taylor;
Design and photography by Archie MacFarlane
Musicians
Ewan Roberson: vocals, guitar;
Angus Lyon: piano, wurlitzer, hammond organ, accordion, backing vocals;
Rick Taylor: trombone, backing vocals;
Ewan MacPherson: 12-string guitar, banjo, mandolin, jew’s harp, backing vocals,
guitar [4];
Alan Train: pedal steel;
Patsy Reid: violin, viola, cello;
Donald Hay: drums, percussion;
James Lindsay: double bass;
Emily Smith: backing vocals
Tracks
- One for the Ditch (5.20)
- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (4.49)
- When I’m Gone (3.46)
- Man of War (3.37)
- The King of Rome (5.15)
- Ride Away (4.10)
- Oh Gin I Were (Roud V20841) (4.13)
- Doesn’t Get Better Than This (2.56)
- Scarecrow Song (4.17)
- Ship in Order (Roud 402; G/D 4:792) (5.15)
Tracks 1, 6 Nick Turner, Findlay Napier;
Track 2 Richard Thompson;
Track 3 Phil Ochs;
Track 4 Steve Knightley;
Track 5 Dave Sudbury;
Tracks 7, 10 trad.;
Track 8 Rick Taylor, Angus Venters;
Track 9 James Grant
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach: Bann
Breabach: Bann
Bann (Band) Breabach Records BRE002CD (CD, UK, 10 September 2012) |
Produced by Andy Thorburn and Breabach;
Recorded at Old Laundry Studios, Glenfinnan;
Mixing and additional recording at GloWorm Studios, Glasgow;
Engineered and mixed by Iain Hutchison;
Mastering by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters, Memphis Tennessee;
Photography by Archie MacFarlane;
CD artwork by James Morrison at Mojo Creative
Musicians
Megan Henderson: fiddle, vocals;
James Lindsay: double bass, vocals, percussion;
Calum MacCrimmon: pipes, whistles, bouzouki, vocals, jew’s harp;
James Duncan Mackenzie: pipes, flute, vocals;
Ewan Robertson: guitar, vocals, cajon
Tracks
- Glasgow of the Big Shops: Glasgow of the Big Shops / Joe MacKenzie (3.17)
- Mogaisean: Walter Graham MBE / Rørospols / Òran nam Mogaisean / Mogaisean Jig (3.27)
- Gig Face (5.44)
- Scotland’s Winter / Scotland’s Winter Instrumental / Park Píobaireachd (6.02)
- Farley Bridge (3.55)
- Western Skies (4.01)
- Donald’s Rant: Dr. Who and the Harris Tweed Jacket / Tulloch Gorm / B’ fhearr mar a’ bha mi ‘n uiridh / Donald’s Rant (3.27)
- Rivers Run (3.34)
- Sorry I’m Late / Relief (4.35)
- The New Paradigm / Smelling Fresh (3.11)
- M’eudail, m’eudail Macmhic Ailean (3.16)
- Scotland’s Winter (radio edit) (3.52)
Tracks 1a, 3, 6, 9b Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 1b John Mackay;
Track 2a Pipe Major Angus MacDonald;
Tracks 2b, 4b, 7bcd trad. arr. Breabach;
Track 2c Murdo MacArthur arr Breabach;
Tracks 2c, 7a, 10b James Duncan Mackenzie;
Tracks 4a, 12 words Edwin Muir, music Ewan MacPherson, instrumental Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 5 Duncan Chisholm;
Track 8 Karine Polwart, instrumentals Calum MacCrimmon, James Lindsay;
Track 9a Allan MacDonald;
Track 10a 1st and 2nd part Mark Saul, bridge Calum MacCrimmon;
Tracks 11 trad. arr. Breabach, instrumental James Duncan Mackenzie;
> Folk Music > Records > James Duncan Mackenzie: James Duncan Mackenzie
James Duncan Mackenzie
James Duncan Mackenzie James Mackenzie Music JMMCD001 (CD, UK, 2 September 2013) |
Produced by James Duncan Mackenzie and Matheu Watson;
Recorded by Jamie Savage at Chem19, Blantyre;
Mixed and mastered by Paul McGeechan;
Design and photography by Somhairle MacDonald
Musicians
James Duncan Mackenzie: Highland bagpipes, wooden flutes, whistles;
Matheu Watson: guitar [1-3, 5-6, 8-9];
Seán Grey: guitar [3, 5, 9];
Alasdair White: fiddle;
Hamish Napier: piano, harmonium;
Robert Nairn: three row button accordion;
James Lindsay: double bass
Tracks
- Smelling Fresh: Back to Glasgow and Back to Back Again / Mary MacDonald’s Reel / Willie Bucach Macleod of Stornoway / Smelling Fresh (5.25)
- Bridge to Nowhere: Bridge to Nowhere Waltz / Bridge to Nowhere Jig / Lisnagun Jig / The Seagull (5.58)
- Second Sight (4.50)
- 2/4 Marches: Donald Maclellan of Rothesay / Morag Ramsay (3.52)
- Eyes to the Sky: Eyes to the Sky / Iain Donald MacGillivray / Barbara Anne MacKenzie’s Jig (4.33)
- Anna MacKenzie’s: Anna Elisabeth MacKenzie / No Time Like the Present (5.00)
- Strathspeys & Reels: Davidson of Tulloch’s Strathspey / Kames Lassies / Hoch! Hey! Johnnie Lad / Wiseman’s Exercise / Pipe Major Calum Campbell / The Piper and the Dairy Maid / Selma / The Sandwich Maker (3.57)
- A Mhairead Óg: A Mhairead Óg / Airidh Nam Badan (4.12)
- Quickstep & 9/8 Marches: The Cobbler Quickstep / Donald Macphee / Heights of Dargai (7.22)
- Lament for the Iolaire (3.22)
All tracks by James Duncan Mackenzie except
Tracks 1b, 7f, 8ab trad. arr. James Duncan Mackenzie;
Track 2c Brendan Ring;
Tracks 4a, 10 Pipe Major Donald Macleod;
Track 4b Pipe Major Peter Rorderick Macleod;
Track 7a J.J. Connan;
Track 7d Pipe Major Calum Campbell;
Track 7e Pipe Major Angus Macdonald;
Track 7g Pipe Major Donald Maclean;
Track 7h Anna Murray;
Track 9b Angus Macphee;
Track 9c James Wallace
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach: Ùrlar
Breabach: Ùrlar
Ùrlar (Theme) Breabach Records BRE003CD (CD, UK, 21 October 2013) |
Produced by Kris Drever and Breabach;
Recorded at Castlesounds Studios;
Engineered by Stuart Hamilton;
Additional Engineering by Euan Burton at Southpark Studios;
Mixed by Andy Seward and Kris Drever;
Illustration by Magdalena Werner;
Sleeve design by James Morrison
Musicians
Megan Henderson: fiddle, vocals;
James Lindsay: double bass, vocals;
Calum MacCrimmon: bagpipe, whistles, bouzouki, vocals;
James Duncan Mackenzie: bagpipe, flute, whistles, vocals;
Ewan Robertson: guitar, cajon, vocals
Tracks
- The Poetic Milkman: The Braes of Mellinish / The Poetic Milkman / The Milkman’s Bridge / Ray Anderson (4.19)
- Hi Ho Ro Tha Mi Duilich (3.32)
- I Am Proud to Play a Pipe (6.43)
- Forvie Sands (6.06)
- The Orangedale Whistle (4.01)
- Bowmore Fair: Dookin’ for Beetroot / The Bowmore Fair / Fiona Macleod (3.57)
- Bha Mise Raoir an Airigh (4.38)
- Monday Night at Riccardo’s: The Dudes of Hazzard / Monday Night at Riccardo’s (4.55)
- The Seven Men of Knoydart (5.17)
- The Old Hill: Peter MacCrimmon’s / Seana Bheinn / Dr MacInnes’ Fancy (6.06)
Tracks 1a, 3, 6bc, 7 trad. arr. Breabach;
Track 1b Ian Hardie;
Tracks 1c, 8b, 10a Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 1d Duncan Johnstone;
Track 2 trad. arr. Breabach, instrumentals James Duncan Mackenzie;
Track 4 James Lindsay;
Track 5 Jimmy Rankin, instrumentals James Duncan Mackenzie;
Track 6a Mike Katz;
Track 8a Megan Henderson;
Track 9 words Hamish Henderson, music Ewan Robertson, instrumentals Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 10b James Duncan Mackenzie;
Track 10c Pipe Major Donald Macleod
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach: Astar
Breabach: Astar
Astar (Journey) Breabach Records BRE004CD (CD, UK, 11 March 2016) |
Produced by Greg Larson;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesounds Studios, Pencaitland;
Additional recording by Olivier Demers (Quebec) Phil Woollams (New Zealand),
Steve Newton at Enrec studio Tamworth, Australia, and
Tim Johnson at RMIT studio Melbourne, Australia;
Photo by Stuart Curnow;
Design by James Morrison
Musicians
Megan Henderson: fiddle, step-dance, lead vocals [5, 7, 10];
James Lindsay: double bass, backing vocals;
James Duncan Mackenzie: Highland bagpipe, flute, whistles, backing vocals;
Calum MacCrimmon: Highland bagpipe, whistles, bouzouki, lead vocals [11];
Ewan Robertson: guitar, cajon, lead vocals [3, 11]
with
Greg Lawson: violin [1, 7, 11-12];
Olav Luksengård Mjelva: Hardanger fiddle [3-4, 7, 12];
Olivier Demers: fiddle, foot tapping, vocals [8, 12];
Nicola Boulerice, Simon Beaudry, Réjean Brunet: vocals [8];
Mark Atkins: yiḏaki (didgeridoo) [7, 9, 12];
Yirrmal Marika: vocals [7];
Scott Morrison: vocals [2]
Tracks
- The Midnight Sun (5.04)
- Muriwai: Hautapu / Hautapu Haka / Muriwai (5.59)
- Outlaws and Dreamers / De Drammende (5.22)
- Farsund: Farsund / The Night Crawler / Wee Totum Fog (4.37)
- Mo Thruaigh Léir Thu ’Ille Bhuidhe (3.12)
- The Ramparts: The Ramparts / We Were Poor But We Were Miserable (3.05)
- The White Sands of Jervis Bay: Guku Manikay / The White Sands of Jervis Bay (7.30)
- Les Pieds Joyeux: Maggie Cameron / Lochiel’s Away to France / The Eight Men of Moidart / Les Pieds Joyeux (4.56)
- The Striking Clock: Mrs Angus Macdonald of Tiree / The Striking Clock (4.32)
- Coisich a’ Rùin (4.22)
- Ribbon of Fire (5.03)
- The Last March (4.47)
Tracks 1, 2c, 3 outro, 6b James Duncan Mackenzie;
Tracks 2a, 4b Calum MacCrimmon;
Tracks 2b Scott Morrison;
Track 3 Dick Gaughan;
Track 3b James Linday;
Tracks 4a, 8d Megan Henderson;
Tracks 4c, 5, 8abc trad. arr. Breabach;
Track 6a Pipe Major Donald Macleod;
Track 7a trad. from Arnham Land, Northern Australia;
Track 7b lyrics Darren Maclean, music Calum MacCrimmon, James Duncan Mackenzie;
Track 9a Dr John MacAskill;
Track 9b Alan Doherty;
Track 7b Alan Doherty;
Track 10 trad. arr. Breabach, instrumentals James Duncan Mackenzie;
Track 11 Ewan Robertson, instrumentals Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 12 John Morris Rankin
Video
Making of Astar:
> Folk Music > Records > James Lindsay: Strand
James Lindsay: Strand
Strand Oir Recordings OIRCD001 (CD, UK, 2 June 2017) |
Produced by James Lindsay;
Recorded by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Assistant engineer Ben King;
Mastered by Michael Perez-Cisneros/Point Sonic Sound Mastering;
Artwork “Into the Blue”, Jane McMillan 2015
Musicians
James Lindsay: double bass;
Tom Gibbs: Fender Rhodes;
Ben Macdonald: guitar;
Scott Mackay: drums;
Adam Sutherland: fiddle;
Hamish Napier: flute, Wurlitzer
Tracks
- Hebrides Terrace Seamount (5.52)
- The Silent Spring (4.57)
- Sòdhaigh (4.30)
- Shallow Firth (7.03)
- UB85 (6.23)
- Stacks (6.03)
- Forvie Sands / Creel (6.07)
- Beaufort’s Dyke (7.05)
All tracks by James Lindsay
> Folk Music > Records > James Duncan Mackenzie: Sròmos
James Duncan Mackenzie: Sròmos
Sròmos James Mackenzie Music JMMCD002 (CD, UK, 12 February 2018) |
Produced by James Duncan Mackenzie and John Lowrie;
Recorded and mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Studios, Glasgow;
Additional recording at Geal Studios, Florida;
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtletone Studio, New York;
Photography by Sean Purser and Dan Froese;
Design by James Morrison
Musicians
James Duncan Mackenzie: Highland bagpipe, border pipes, wooden flutes;
John Lowrie: drums, percussion, piano, Rhodes piano, harmonium;
Allan Nairn: electric guitar, melodeon, banjo;
Innes White: acoustic guitar, mandolin;
James Lindsay: bass;
Alasdair White: fiddle [2-3, 5, 11];
Jack Smedley: fiddle [1-2, 6-7, 9]
Tracks
- Sròmos (3.36)
- Lazy Beds (3.27)
- Plough on the Cross-Beam (5.44)
- Stornoway Waltz (4.22)
- Land Raiders (3.56)
- Next Tide (1.00)
- Walk Home (4.08)
- Langavat (4.45)
- Tormod (4.39)
- Leverhulme (4.23)
- Every Little Detail (5.10)
All tunes composed by James Duncan Mackenzie
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach: Frenzy of the Meeting
Breabach: Frenzy of the Meeting
Frenzy of the Meeting Breabach Records BRE005CD (CD, UK, 26 October 2018) |
Produced by Eamon Doorley;
Recorded and mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording and Gorbals Sound, Glasgow;
Additional recording by Sam Welch;
Mastered by Calum Malcolm;
Artwork from a painting ‘Sun in Bog’ by Somhairle, Struan and Breagha MacDonald;
Artwork and layout by Somhairle MacDonald
Musicians
Calum MacCrimmon: bagpipes, whistle, vocals, bouzouki, trombone;
Ewan Robertson: acoustic & electric guitar, vocals, cajon;
James Lindsay: double bass, moog, electric guitar, vocals;
James Duncan Mackenzie: bagpipes, wooden flute, whistle;
Megan Henderson: fiddle, vocals, harmonium
Tracks
LP Side 1
- Prince’s Strand (3.52)
- Knees Up: Knees Up in Hanoi / Dòchas Glan Na Fàire (3.27)
- Winter Winds (3.59)
- Western Isle Dance / The Round Earth Society (3.34)
- Birds of Passage (3.57)
LP Side 2
- Google This / Mo Nighean Donn Hò Gù (4.31)
- The Oban Ball: The Ball That Was in Oban / kThunderstorm on Thunder Bay (3.16)
- Invergordon’s Welcome: Invergordon’s Welcome to HM Queen Elizabeth II / An E Mo Chur Fodhad? (4.57)
- Frenzy of the Meeting: Incahoots / The Frenzy of the Meeting (3.06)
- Òran Bhràigh Rùsgaich (5.25)
Tracks 1, 7b James Duncan Mackenzie;
Tracks 2a, 3, 6a Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 2b Ewen Henderson, Calum MacCrimmon;
Tracks 4a, 6b, 7a, 8b, 9b trad. arr. Breabach;
Track 4b James Lindsay;
Track 5 Ewan Robertson, Michael Farrell;
Track 8a John D. Burgess;
Track 9a Megan Henderson;
Track 10 Iain Mac Dhùghaill
Video
Animated video of Birds of Passage by Cat Bruce:
> Folk Music > Records > James Lindsay: Gaither
James Lindsay: Gaither
Gaither Oir Recordings (DL single, UK, 13 November 2020) |
Written for Forvie Nature Reserve as part of the
‘In Tune With Nature’ competition, a collaboration with
Nature Scot and Fèis Rois. Part of Scotland’s year of coasts and waters 2020;
Mixed by Euan Burton;
Mastered by Chris Waite
Musicians
James Lindsay: bass guitar, electric guitar, moog;
Jack Smedley: fiddle;
John Lowrie: keyboard;
Scott Mackay: drums
Tracks
- Gaither (4.20)
All tracks composed by James Lindsay
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach: Dùsgadh
Breabach: Dùsgadh
Dùsgadh Breabach Records BRE006CD (CD, UK, 26 March 2021) |
Soundtrack to the animated film by Cat Bruce
All music was written, recorded, and produced individually from home;
Additional music, production and mix by Keir Long;
Mastered by Andrea Gobbi;
Artwork by Cat Bruce;
CD layout by James Lindsay
Musicians
Megan Henderson: fiddle, vocals;
James Lindsay: double bass, moog, percussion, vocals;
Calum MacCrimmon: Highland pipes, whistle, vocals;
Ewan Robertson: acoustic and electric guitar, vocals;
Conal McDonagh: Highland and uilleann pipes, whistle, vocals
with:
Keir Long: synthesizers, percussion
Tracks
- Awakening - Ùrlar (3.25)
- An Cù Dubh (4.09)
- Giuthas (3.02)
- Seabhag (3.36)
- Comar (4.16)
- Uilebheist (2.50)
- Awakening - Reprise (1.31)
Tracks 1, 4 Conal McDonagh;
Track 2 Megan Henderson;
Track 3 Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 5 Ewan Robertson;
Track 6 James Lindsa
> Folk Music > Records > James Lindsay: Torus
James Lindsay: Torus
Torus Oir Recordings OIRCD002 (CD, UK, 23 April 2021) |
Produced by Euan Burton and James Lindsay;
Recorded and mixed by Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording Studios, Glasgow;
Engineering assistant Daniel Victory;
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, New York;
Cover art “Observatory iv” by Alice Strange;
CD layout and photography by Elly Lucas
Folk Radio UK review by Johnny Whalley
Musicians
James Lindsay: bass guitar, electric guitar, moog;
Angus Lyon: accordion;
Ben MacDonald: electric guitars;
Jack Smedley: fiddle;
John Lowrie: keyboard;
Norman Wilmore: alto saxophone;
Scott Mackay: drums;
Signy Jakobsdottir: percussion;
Deirdre Graham: vocals [4]
Tracks
- Lateral Roots (5.37)
- Observatory (5.03)
- Electroreceptor (3.53)
- Lewisian Complex (10.10)
- Cycles (3.25)
- Skekler (4.37)
- The Smiddy (4.36)
- Jinibara (4.45)
- Holon (4.18)
All tracks composed by James Lindsay;
Track 4 lyrics Clach-Stèidhe by Ewen Henderson
> Folk Music > Records > Megan Henderson: Pilgrim Souls
Megan Henderson: Pilgrim Souls
Pilgrim Souls Megan Henderson MHM01CD (CD, UK, 21 January 2022) The Dawn Chorus Megan Henderson (DL single, UK, 21 January 2022) |
Recorded and mixed by Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording Studios, Glasgow;
Mastered by Iain Hutchison;
Album artwork by Christine Clark;
Graphic design by Somhairle MacDonald;
Photography by Elly Lucas
Musicians
Megan Henderson: fiddle, piano [5],
vocals [4];
Jack Smedley: fiddle;
Mairi Campbell: viola;
Su-a Lee: cello, saw [2];
Laura-Beth Salter: mandolin, vocals [3];
Anna Massie: mandolin;
Alistair Iain Paterson: piano, harmonium;
Olav Luksengård Mjelva: Hardanger fiddle [1, 5-7]
Tracks
- The Dawn Chorus (5.45)
- Flight of Fancy (5.19)
- Pilgrim Souls (4.32)
- The Composer (4.43)
- The Empty Chair (6.01)
- Almost Home (5.55)
- Ascending (5.17)
- The Dawn Chorus (radio edit) (4.31)
All music composed by Megan Henderson, inspired by the work of fellow Fort William native Christine Clark;
Track 3 additional lyrics W.B. Yeats;
Track 4 Gaelic translations by Ewen Henderson
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach: Fàs
Breabach: Fàs
Fàs (growth, developing, sprouting) Breabach Records BRE007CD (CD, UK, 14 October 2022) |
Produced by Inge Thomson;
Recorded and mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Mastered by Peter Beckmann;
Artwork, design and photography by Somhairle MacDonald
Musicians
Megan Henderson: fiddle, vocals;
James Lindsay: double bass, moog, vocals;
Calum MacCrimmon: Highland bagpipe, whistle, bouzouki, vocals;
Conal McDonagh: Highland bagpipe, uilleann pipes, whistle, vocals;
Ewan Robertson: acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
with:
Inge Thomson: percussion, kalimba, additional programming;
Keir Long: synthesizers [6, 8]
Tracks
LP Side 1 / CD
- The Old Collection: Miss Victoria Ross / Lochgilphead Fair / Millar’s Number 11 / The Clearing (4.35)
- Revolutions (3.27)
- Eadar an Dà Bhràigh (4.01)
- Bròg to the Future: The JHCD 1991 Grads Reel / Fridays for Future / Clach nam Bròg (5.15)
LP Side 2 / CD
- Fàil ì, Fàil ó (3.50)
- Fàs: Dhòmnaill Òig ’ic Dhòmnaill ’ic Ruari / Kids Today / The Dark Side (4.46)
- Lochanside (4.10)
LP Side 3 / CD
- Dear Green: Dear Green Place / Frøvelv (5.22)
- John Mackenzie’s March (4.46)
- Changing World (4.15)
Tracks 1a-c, 5a, 6a trad. arr. Breabach;
Tracks 1d, 6b, 9-10 Calum MacCrimmon;
Track 2 Ewan Robertson;
Track 3 Ewan Henderson;
Track 4a Kinnon Beaton;
Track 4b, 8a Megan Henderson;
Tracks 4c, 6c Conal McDonagh;
Track 7 words Jim Malcolm, music John McLellan;
Track 8b James Lindsay
LP Side 4 / Dùsgadh
- Awakening - Ùrlar (1.23)
- An Cù Dubh (4.09)
- Giuthas (3.02)
- Seabhag (3.36)
- Comar (4.16)
- Uilebheist (2.50)
- Awakening - Reprise (0.51)
Video
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach
Other records with Breabach
Various Artists, The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk (Second Edition), 2 CD, World Music RGNET 1235 CD, 2010
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK11, 2011
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK15, 2014
Various Artists, Cambridge Folk Festival: Celebrating 50 Years, DL, Delphonic DELPH100, 2014
Various Artists, The Rough Guide to Scottish Music (Third Edition), 2 CD, World Music RGNET 1310 CD, 2014
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK18, 2017
Talisk, Beyond, CD, Talisk TALISK02CD, 2018
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach
Other records with Calum MacCrimmon
Various Artists, TMSA Young Trad Tour 2007, CD, TMSA TMSA07, 2007
The Unusual Suspects, Big Like This, CD, Big Bash BBRCD017, 2010
Mike Vass, String Theory, CD, Rusty Squash Horn RSH001CD, 2011
Fiona Hunter, Fiona Hunter, CD, Rusty Squash Horn RSH004CD, 2014
> Folk Music > Records > Breabach
Other records with Ewan Robertson
Various Artists, TMSA Young Trad Tour 2008, CD, TMSA TMSA08, 2008
Various Artists, TMSA Young Trad Tour 2009, CD, TMSA TMSA09, 2009
The Unusual Suspects, Big Like This, CD, Big Bash BBRCD017, 2010
Various Artists, 101 Scottish Songs: The Wee Red Book 2, DVD, TMSA DVD102, 2017
Hamish Napier, The Railway, CD, Strathspey SPRCD02, 2018
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Other records with Megan Henderson
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK03, 2007
Mike Vass, String Theory, CD, Rusty Squash Horn RSH001CD, 2011
Kris Drever, Éamonn Coyne & Megan Henderson, Kris Drever, Éamonn Coyne & Megan Henderson, EP, Reveal REVEAL008CDX, 2013
Éamonn Coyne & Kris Drever, Storymap, CD, Reveal REVEAL014CDX, 2013
Heidi Talbot, Here We Go 1, 2, 3, CD, Nagivator NAVIGATOR101, 2016
Siobhan Miller, Strata, CD/LP, Songprint SPR001CD/LP, 2017
Lauren MacColl, The Seer, CD, Fèis Rois FEISROIS005, 2017
Kim Carnie, In Her Company (Na Cuideachd), CD EP, Kim Carnie KC0002, 2017
Gráinne Brady, The Road Across the Hills, CD, Cailín CFM01CD, 2019
Siobhan Miller, All Is Not Forgotten, CD, Songprint SPR004CD, 2020
RURA, Live at The Old Fruitmarket, CD, RURA RURACD003, 2020
Màiri MacMillan, Gu Deas, CD, Màiri MacMillan MMM1CD, 2021
Staran, Staran, CD, Staran STARAN01CD, 2021
Dàimh, Sula, CD, Goat Island GIMCD006, 2023
Kris Drever, The Best of Kris Drever, 2 CD, Reveal REVEAL193CDX, 2023
Kim Carnie, New Orleans, DL single, Càrn, 7 June 2024
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Other records with James Lindsay
Findlay Napier & the Bar Room Mountaineers, File under Fiction, CD, Watercolour WCMCD042, 2011
Bella Hardy, Bright Morning Star, CD, Noe NOE05, 2012
Jenna and Bethany Reid, Escape, CD, Lofoten LOFCD001, 2012
Bella Hardy, Battleplan, CD, Noe NOE06, 2013
Laura-Beth Salter, Breathe, CD, Shee LBSHEE01, 2013
Various Artists, Songs From Inspire!, DL EP, Scots Music Group, 2013
Fiona Hunter, Fiona Hunter, CD, Rusty Squash Horn RSH004CD, 2014
Ross Ainslie, Remembering, CD, Great White GWR003CD, 2015
Sarah Hayes, Woven, CD, Night Vad NV003, 2015
Wildings, Wildings, DL, Night Vad NV002, 2015
Hamish Napier, The River, CD, Strathspey SPRCD01, 2016
Heidi Talbot, Here We Go 1, 2, 3, CD, Nagivator NAVIGATOR101, 2016
Ross Ainslie, Sanctuary, CD, Great White GWR005CD, 2017
Blue Rose Code, The Water of Leith, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR103, 2017
Hamish Napier, The Railway, CD, Strathspey SPRCD02, 2018
Kim Richards, Leaves That Fly, CD, Kim Richards KR01CD, 2018
Gnoss, Drawn from Deep Water, CD, Gnoss BFLY03CD, 2019
Gary Innes, Imminent, CD, Gary Innes GHI02, 2019
Ross Ainslie, Vana, CD, Great White GWR006CD, 2020
Hamish Napier, The Woods, CD, Strathspey SPRCD04, 2020
Gnoss, The Light of the Moon, CD, Blackfly BFLY04CD, 2021
Graham Rorie, The Orcadians of Hudson Bay, CD, Rumley Sounds RUMS02CD, 2021
Staran, Staran, CD, Staran STARAN01CD, 2021
Ross Ainslie & The Sanctuary Band, Live at the Gorbals, CD, Great White GWR007CD, 2022
RURA, Our Voices Echo, CD, RURA RURACD004, 2022
Hannah Rarity, To Have You Near, CD, Hannah Rarity HR085HYN, 2022
Tina Jordan Rees, Beatha, CD, Tina Jordan Rees TJR005CD, 2022
John McCusker, The Best of John McCusker, 2 CD, Under One Sky UOSR010, 2023
Graham Mackenzie, The Dawning, CD, Blue Door BDM002CD, 2023
Gnoss, Stretching Skyward, CD, Blackfly BFLY05CD, 2023
Lauren MacColl, Haar, CD, Make Believe MBR11CD, 2023
Dàimh, Sula, CD, Goat Island GIMCD006, 2023
Olivia Ross, Grace the Blue, CD, Olivia Ross OJR01CD, 2023
Katie Macfarlane, An Nighean Sheunta – The Enchanted Girl, CD, Viewbank VBRCD001, 2023
Bella Hardy, The Ballad of Stone, DL single, Noe, 4 October 2024
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Other records with James Duncan Mackenzie
Various Artists, TMSA Young Trad Tour 2008, CD, TMSA TMSA08, 2008
Various Artists, Songs From Inspire!, DL EP, Scots Music Group, 2013
Julie Fowlis, Gach Sgeul, CD, Machair MACH003, 2014
Calum Alex Macmillan, Till, CD, Vertical VERTCD108, 2017