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Fara: Fara (Fara FARACD001)

Fara
Fara

Fara Music FARACD001 (CD EP, UK, 20 December 2014)

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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 Highland (Roud 5878) (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

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Fara: Cross the Line

Fara: Cross the Line (Fara FARA001)

Cross the Line
Fara

Fara Music FARA001 (CD, UK, 30 September 2016)
CPL Music CPL018 (CD, Germany, 9 June 2017)

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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) (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:

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Fara: Times From Times Fall

Fara: Times From Times Fall (Fara FARA002)

Times From Times Fall
Fara

Fara Music FARA002 (CD, UK, 19 October 2018)
CPL Music CPL027 (CD, Germany, 2 November 2018)

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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:

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Fara: Energy Islands

Fara: Energy Islands (Fara FARA003)

Energy Islands
Fara

Fara Music FARA003 (CD, UK, 26 August 2022)


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Fara at Ceòlas Scottish Music Nights at Berlin Universität der Künste, Germany, on  3 December 2022; photo Reinhard Zierke
Fara at Ceòlas Scottish Music Nights at Berlin Universität der Künste, Germany, on 3 December 2022; photo Reinhard Zierke

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:

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Other records with Fara

See also the Jeana Leslie and, for Catriona Price, the Twelfth Day and Nua pages.

Orkney Folk Festival: The Gathering (Orkney Folk Festival OFFCD026) Orkney Folk Festival, The Gathering, CD, Orkney Folk Festival OFFCD026, 2011

Orkney Folk Festival: Fiddle Gathering (Orkney Folk Festival OFFCD027) Orkney Folk Festival, Fiddle Gathering, CD, Orkney Folk Festival OFFCD027, 2015

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 (Proper PROPERFOLK18) Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK18, 2017

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Other records with Kristan Harvey

Besides being with Blazin’ Fiddles, Kristan Harvey played on these albums:

TMSA Young Trad Tour 2011 (TMSA TMSA11) Various Artists, TMSA Young Trad Tour 2011, CD, TMSA TMSA11, 2011

Robyn Stapleton: Fickle Fortune (Laverock LAVE001CD) Robyn Stapleton, Fickle Fortune, CD, Laverock LAVE001CD, 2015