> 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