Recorded and mixed by David McNee at North Park;
Mastered by Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop;
Photography by Louise Bichan and Mike Guest;
Layout by Louise Bichan

Musicians

Louise Bichan, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price: fiddles, vocals;
Jennifer Austin: piano

Tracks

1. Jeremy and Regina’s / Bright Grey (3.11)
2. Where’s Neil / Up da Strood / The Man Who Shot the Windmill (4.15)
3. Three Fishers (3.57)
4. The Loon and His Quine (5.51)
5. The Battle of Waterloo / Roca House (3.40)
6. Billy’s Short Leg / Thunderhead / Across the Rooftop (3.12)
7. My Heart’s in the Highlands (Roud 5878; G/D 3:521) (4.21)

Tracks 1a, 5b Louise Bichan;
Track 1b Catriona Price;
Track 2a Jennifer Auston;
Tracks 2b, 5a trad.;
Track 3 words Charles Kingsley;
Track 4 Jeana Leslie;
Track 6a Kristan Harvey;
Track 6b Grey Larsen;
Track 6c Deirdre Moynihan;
Track 7 words Robert Burns

Produced by Mike Vass;
Engineered by Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop;
Edited by Euan Burton and Mike Vass;
Mixed by Duncan Lyall;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Photography by Mike Guest;
Design, artwork and layout by Elph

Musicians

Jennifer Austin: piano, vocals;
Kristan Harvey: fiddle, viola, vocals;
Jeana Leslie: fiddle, lead vocals;
Catriona Price: fiddle, viola, vocals

with
Mike Guest: percussion [6];
Fiona Black, Euan Burton, Rachel Lightbody, Siobhan Miller, Fergus Mutch, Mike Vass: choir [9]

Tracks

1. The Dragon: The Grower / The Abbey Reel / The Dragon (4.15)
2. Shapinsay: The Shapinsay Polka / Fisher’s Hornpipe (5.40)
3. Three Fishers (3.49)
4. Whisky You’re the Devil (Roud 21715) (3.38)
5. Bright Grey: Jeremy and Regina’s / Bright Grey (4.39)
6. Changing Plans (4.17)
7. My Heart’s in the Highlands (Roud 5878; G/D 3:521) (4.26)
8. Cheeky Vimto: Beare Island / The Shetland Fiddle Diva (3.55)
9. Games People Play (5.14)
10. Billy’s Short Leg: Billy’s Short Leg / Thunderhead / Across the Rooftops (3.42)
11. I’ve Endured (2.13)

Tracks 1a, 10a Kristan Harvey;
Track 1b Larry Redican;
Track 1c William ‘Billy’ Peace;
Track 2a John ‘Jackie’ Sinclair;
Track 2b trad.;
Track 3 Charles Kingsley;
Track 4 lyrics trad. / Bella Hardy;
Track 5a Louise Bichan;
Tracks 5b, 8c Catriona Price;
Track 6 Jeana Leslie;
Track 7 Robert Burns;
Track 8a Richard Dwyer;
Track 8b Ian Lowthian;
Track 9 Joe South;
Track 10b Grey Larsen;
Track 10c Deirdre Moynihan;
Track 11 Ola Belle Reed

Video

Fara sing Three Fishers:

Produced by Anna Massie;
Recorded and mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios in June 2018;
Mixed by August Wanngren;
Photography by Mike Guest;
Design, artwork and layout by Roberta Landreth

Musicians

Jennifer Austin: piano, Nord keyboard, fiddle [10], vocals;
Kristan Harvey: fiddle, vocals;
Jeana Leslie: fiddle, lead vocals;
Catriona Price: fiddle, vocals

Tracks

1. The Port Polka / Rognvald Ritch, the Little / The Shore (4.46)
2. Speir Thoo the Wast Wind (3.13)
3. At the Ebb (2.34)
4. 7, 8, Nein / I’ll Do It Last Friday (4.15)
5. Song (Love Gathers All) (3.40)
6. Miss Rosa Sermanni Holmes / Vintage Pals / Upside Down Under (5.39)
7. Frances’ Day (3.29)
8. See It All (3.16)
9. The Depliction / My Favourite Cow / Farewell to the Prid (4.40)
10. Simple Dirt / The Fighter (4.27)
11. The Road Home (3.37)
12. Maxwell’s Light (5.02)

Tracks 1ab, 4b, 9b Jennifer Austin, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price;
Tracks 1c, 9a, 10b Kristan Harvey;
Track 2 poem Christina Mackay Costie (1902-1967), music Jennifer Austin, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price;
Tracks 3, 4a, 6c, 8 Jeana Leslie;
Track 5 poem Edwin Muir (1887-1995), music Jennifer Austin, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price;
Track 6a, 10a, 12 Jennifer Austin;
Tracks 6b, 7, 9c Catriona Price;
Track 11 poem George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), music Jennifer Austin, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price

Videos

Fara perform Song (Love Gathers All):

Album announcements:

Energy Islands is inspired by the renewable energy innovation taking place in the band’s homeland of Orkney.

Produced by Fara with Seonaid Aitken;
Recorded by Euan Burton at Gorbals Sound and GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Additional recording by Tim Matthew at Mareel, Shetland;
Mixes by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Photography by Euan Robertson;
Cover art and album design by Helen Wyllie

Folking.com review by Mike Wistow

Musicians

Kristan Harvey: fiddle, backing vocals, stomp;
Jeana Leslie: fiddle, lead vocals, harmonium;
Rory Matheson: piano, keyboards;
Catriona Price: fiddle, backing vocals

with
Seonaid Aitken: fiddle [3], vocals [12]

Tracks

1. Solar: The Witch o’ Sommerdale / The Battle o’ Sommerdale / Sunkiss (4.51)
2. Wind Dancers: Chinook Winds / Turbine Down (5.02)
3. Fair Winds (3.53)
4. Broom Power: Allt a’ Mhuilinn / Orbital O2 (4.54)
5. Merry Dancers (3.58)
6. The Hampshire: Kitchener’s (4.16)
7. West Tide Story: The Bermuda / Rudha Beag (4.45)
8. Song in the Night (4.48)
9. White Horse Power: Pelamis / Stoer Point / Quicksilver (4.21)
10. Northerner (3.56)
11. Excess Electric (7.06)
12. Energy Islands: Capacity / Home Straight / Archie’s (6.18)

Tracks 1a, 4a, 7a, 9b Rory Matheson;
Tracks 1b, 2a, 3, 4b Jeana Leslie;
Tracks 1c, 2b, 6 Kristan Harvey;
Track 5 poem by Lucy Douglas, adapted by Jean Leslie, music Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price;
Tracks 7b, 9c, 11bc Catriona Price;
Track 8 poem by Duncan J Robertson, adapted by Jean Leslie, music Jeana Leslie, Rory Matheson, Catriona Price;
Tracks 9a, 11a Kristan Harvey, Rory Matheson;
Track 10 poem by Margaret Tait, music Catriona Price

Video

Fara play Solar: an Energy Islands preview: