> Folk Music > Records > Kim Edgar: Smile

Kim Edgar: Smile

Kim Edgar: Smile (private issue)

Smile
Kim Edgar

private issue (CD EP, UK, 2002)

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Track 1 recorded by Ross Farlane, mixed by Stone Shih;
Track 2 recorded and mixed by Stone Shih;
Track 3 recorded by Lissa McIntyre and Kim Edgar, mixed by Jim Wilson and Kim Edgar;
Track 4 recorded by Nadin Hadorn and Kim Edgar, mixed by Sam Kim and Kim Edgar;
Photography by Mark Kean

Musicians

Kim Edgar: vocals, piano [2], keyboards [4], acoustic guitar [1], guitar [3-4];
Ross McFarlane: drums [1];
Dan Skinner: bass guitar [1];
Stone Shih: electric guitar [1], guitar [2-3];
Javier Martinez: bass guitar [2-3];
Andy Norwood: drums [3];
Dan Curtis: drums [4];
Shimpei Kaiho: bass guitar [4];
Alex Reid, Nadin Hadorn: guitars [4]

Tracks

  1. You Make Me Smile (3.03)
  2. Quietly Fantastic (2.31)
  3. Valentine (2.50)
  4. Don’t Say You Love Me (2.58)

All tracks written by Kim Edgar

> Folk Music > Records > Kim Edgar: Wee Dote

Kim Edgar: Wee Dote

Kim Edgar: Wee Dote (Quietly Fantastic QFM001)

Wee Dote
Kim Edgar

Quietly Fantastic Music QFM001 (CD EP, UK, 20 April 2004)

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Photography by Mark Kean

Musicians

Kim Edgar: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Paul Keeling: piano;
Steve Cooke: Hammond organ, guitar;
Nail Muir: bass;
Steven Cochrane: drums, percussion, guitars

Tracks

  1. Shelf (2.31)
  2. She Waits for Saturday (3.16)
  3. Tucked in My Pocket (2.45)
  4. Wee Dote (3.46)
  5. Thaw (2.32)

All tracks written by Kim Edgar except
Track 1 Kim Edgar, Ross McFarlane

> Folk Music > Records > Kim Edgar: Butterflies and Broken Glass

Kim Edgar: Butterflies and Broken Glass

Kim Edgar: Butterflies and Broken Glass (Quietly Fantastic QFM002)

Butterflies and Broken Glass
Kim Edgar

Quietly Fantastic Music QFM002 (CD, UK, 28 April 2008)

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Produced by Mattie Foulds;
Recorded in Heriot Toun Studios and Mattie’s House;
Engineered by Jamie and Mattie Foulds;
Mixed by Jamie Foulds, Soundpark Studios, Canada;
Mastered by Calum Malcolm;
Photography by Mark Kean and William Wang;
Artwork and design by William Wang

Musicians

Kim Edgar: vocals [1-10], piano [1-3, 5, 7-8, 10], Rhodes [1, 4], acoustic guitar [4, 6], guitar [9], synthesiser [9], backing vocals [10], handclaps [10];
Stephen Polwart: electric guitar [1-5, 8, 10], acoustic guitar [1, 3, 6, 10];
Kevin McGuire: bass [1-3, 5], double bass [4, 8-9];
Mattie Foulds: drums [1-6, 8-10], percussion [1-3, 5, 10], handclaps [10];
Karine Polwart: backing vocals [1, 5, 8, 10], handclaps [10];
Inge Thomson: backing vocals [1-5, 8, 10], handclaps [10];
Jamie Foulds: electric guitar [2];
Heriot Toun studio deck: atmosphere [3];
Fergus Kerr: French horn [3, 5-6, 9];
Chris Grieve: trombone [3, 5-6];
Lorna McDonald: bass trombone [3, 5-6];
Greg Lawson: violin [4, 8];
Mairi Campbell: viola [4, 6];
Sushil K. Dade: bass [10]

Tracks

  1. Red (3.14)
  2. Just Outside Your Door (3.49)
  3. House on the Hill (4.37)
  4. Heavy Skies (4.44)
  5. Cinderella’s Slipper (3.11)
  6. Do You Feel Loved? (3.48)
  7. The Bonnie Lad (Roud 6324; G/D 6:1112) (2.41)
  8. Scissors, Paper, Stone (2.54)
  9. Climber (3.24)
  10. The Majesty of Decay (5.03)

All tracks written by Kim Edgar except
Track 3 words Emma Pollock, music Emma Pollock, Kim Edgar;
Track 6 words Chris Difford, music Kim Edgar;
Track 7 words Robert Burns, music Kim Edgar;
Track 10 words Kim Edgar, music Sushil K. Dade, Kim Edgar;
String and brass arrangements by Kim Edgar

Video

Kim Edgar sings Just Outside Your Door at The Lot, Edinburgh:

> Folk Music > Records > Kim Edgar: The Ornate Lie

Kim Edgar: The Ornate Lie

Kim Edgar: The Ornate Lie (Quietly Fantastic QFM003)

The Ornate Lie
Kim Edgar

Quietly Fantastic Music QFM003 (CD, UK, 2 April 2012)

Kim Edgar: The Ornate Lie, booklet cover (Quietly Fantastic QFM003)
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Produced by Mattie Foulds;
Recorded at Castlesound Studios and at Mobile With a Home by Mattie Foulds and Stuart Hamilton;
Mixed by Mattie Foulds at Mobile With a Home;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Design and artwork by Design Leaf;
Photographs by Clear Photography

Musicians

Kim Edgar: vocals, piano, Rhodes, synthesiser;
Steven Polwart: acoustic and electric guitars;
Kevin McGuire: double and electric bass;
Mattie Foulds: vocals, drums, percussion;
Inge Thomson, Karine Polwart, Andy Tucker, Jessica Townsley, Hannah Townsley: vocals;
Lorna McDonald: bass trombone;
Lissa McIntyre: trombone;
Fergus Kerr: French horn;
Tom MacNiven: trumpet, cornet;
Corrina Hewat: harp;
Su-a Lee: cello;
Kathryn Jourdan, Robert McFall, Sijie Chen: violins

Tracks

  1. A Poppy Blossoms (3.06)
  2. Not for Sharing (2.52)
  3. The Ornate Lie (3.29)
  4. Walls (3.13)
  5. Hands Held (2.47)
  6. All the Little Sunbursts (3.52)
  7. The Steamy Note (4.06)
  8. Blood, Ice and Ashes (4.10)
  9. Ready (3.32)
  10. A Favour from the Sea (2.42)
  11. Fragile (3.02)
  12. 8, 9, 10 (3.05)

All tracks written by Kim Edgar except
Track 8 words Karine Polwart, Kim Edgar, Kenny Anderson; music Karine Polwart;
String and brass arrangements by Kim Edgar

Videos

Promo video of The Ornate Lie:

Kim Edgar sings Blood, Ice and Ashes at Rothbury Roots on 21 March 2013:

> Folk Music > Records > Kim Edgar: Stories Untold

Kim Edgar: Stories Untold

Kim Edgar: Stories Untold (Quietly Fantastic QFM004)

Stories Untold
Kim Edgar

Quietly Fantastic Music QFM004 (CD, UK, 23 September 2016)

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Produced by Mattie Foulds;
Recorded at Castlesound Studios by Mattie Foulds, and remotely by Mikey Owers, Karine Polwart and Rachel Sermanni;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios

Musicians

Kim Edgar: vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, synthesiser;
Inge Thomson: vocals;
Gudrun Walther: vocals, violin, viola;
Su-a Lee: cello;
Fergus Kerr: French horn;
Michael Owers: trombone, bass trombone, sousaphone;
Kevin McGuire: double and electric bass;
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion

Tracks

  1. Twa Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (3.30)
  2. Anchor in the Sky (3.08)
  3. The Whole Rainbow (3.35)
  4. Significant Other Deceased (3.24)
  5. Things Crack, Then Shatter (4.08)
  6. The Seamstress (3.21)
  7. Peerie Boy (3.07)
  8. Arms (3.42)
  9. Well Worn (2.21)
  10. Tightrope (3.22)
  11. Withheld (3.57)
  12. Tether Me (3.07)

All tracks written by Kim Edgar except
Track 1 trad., Kim Edgar; based on the one verse and chorus in Greig/Keith’s Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads and Ballad Airs;
Track 2 Kim Edgar, Jürgen Treyz, Gudrun Walther;
Track 4 poem by Rachel Fox;
Track 7 Kim Edgar, Karine Polwart

Video

This video of Kim’s song Tightrope features Freedom of Mind Choir from Falkirk’s Mental Health Association FDAMH. Please support FDAMH.

> Folk Music > Records > Kim Edgar: Held

Kim Edgar: Held

Kim Edgar: Held (Quietly Fantastic QFM005)

Held
Kim Edgar

Quietly Fantastic Music QFM005 (CD, UK, 11 December 2020)

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Produced by Mattie Foulds;
Recorded by Mattie Foulds at Castlesound Studios and remotely by Mikey Owers, Karine Polwart and Rachel Sermanni;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Cover photograph by Louise Mather, other photographs by Kim Edgar;
Album design and artwork by Eva Giovannini

The Fountain review by David Ferguson

Musicians

Kim Edgar: piano, synths, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals;
Kevin McGuire: electric and acoustic bass;
Mattie Foulds: drums and percussion;
Su-a Lee: cello;
Fergus Kerr: French horn;
Mikey Owers: brass, guitars, synths, backing vocals and general wizardry;
Karine Polwart, Rachel Sermanni: vocals;
Ava Edgar, Joe McIntyre, Orla Edgar: backing vocals

Tracks

  1. Lower (3.26)
  2. Witness (3.34)
  3. Powerless (5.02)
  4. Waiting for a Sign (3.45)
  5. Give It Time (3.16)
  6. Shelf (2.43)
  7. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (4.09)
  8. Absent Father (2.51)
  9. Some Things Happen (2..33)
  10. Baby Steps (2.46)
  11. Perpetual Light (2.47)
  12. Held (3.43)

All tracks written by Kim Edgar except
Track 6 words Ross McFarlane, music Kim Edgar;
Track 7 Karine Polwart, Kim Edgar

Video

Kim Edgar sings Lower:

> Folk Music > Records > Kim Edgar: Consequences

Kim Edgar: Consequences

Kim Edgar: Consequences (Quietly Fantastic QFM006)

Consequences
Kim Edgar

Quietly Fantastic Music QFM006 (CD, UK, 3 February 2023)

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Kim’s Consequences project is focused on the personal, social or environmental consequences of human behaviour. She created the album a song a month in collaboration with another musician; see Kim’s blog for the ongoing creative process.

Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Mattie Foulds at Caribou Recording;
Additional remote recording by Kim Edgar, Mikey Owens, Dan Bettridge, Louise McCraw, J-P Piirainen, Nicolas Basque (for Sandra Le Coteur), James Grant, Stone, and Louis Abbott;
Cover design by Gillian Gamble;
Album design and artwor by Eva Giovannini

Folk Radio UK review by Mike Davies

Musicians

Kim Edgar: vocals, piano [1, 4, 7-12], Rhodes [10], synthesisers [2-3, 5, 10];
Mattie Foulds: drums and percussion [1-5, 7-8, 10-12], progrmaming [2, 9];
Kevin McGuire: bass guitar [1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-12];
Mikey Owers: brass [1-2, 5-7, 10-12], guitar [1, 4, 11], vocals [4, 6, 10-12]

with
Horse McDonald: vocals, programming [2];
Dan Bettridge: vocals, guitar [4];
Goodnight Louisa: vocals [5];
J-P Piirainen: guitele, vocals, programming, production [6];
Sandra Le Couteur: vocals [7];
James Grant: vocals, guitar [8];
Stone: vocals, guitar, production [9];
Rachel Sermanni: vocals, guitar [10];
Louis Abbott: guitar [11]

Tracks

  1. Any Wishing Star [Ron Sexsmith, Kim Edgar]
  2. Save Myself (Run Away) [Horse McDonald, Kim Edgar]
  3. The Edge of Shame [Boo Hewerdine, Kim Edgar]
  4. The Rolling Sea [Dan Bettridge, Kim Edgar]
  5. Fifty to One [Goodnight Louisa, Kim Edgar]
  6. It Only Takes a Silence [J-P Piirainen, Kim Edgar]
  7. Vent Fou [Sandra Le Coteur, Kim Edgar]
  8. Cornerstone [James Grant, Kim Edgar]
  9. I Dream [Stone, Kim Edgar]
  10. Ripples [Rachel Sermanni, Kim Edgar]
  11. Whisper Pink [Louis Abbott, Kim Edgar]
  12. In the Long Run [William Crighton, Kim Edgar]

> Folk Music > Records > Kim Edgar

Groups and Projects featuring Kim Edgar

The Burns Unit: Side Show (The Burns Unit TBUCD001) The Burns Unit: Side Show (The Burns Unit TBUCD001, alternative cover) The Burns Unit, Side Show, CD, The Burns Unit TBUCD001, 2010

Cara: Horizon (artes ARCD4001) Cara, Horizon, CD, artes ARCD4001, 2013

Cara: Yet We Sing (artes ARCD4050) Cara, Yet We Sing, CD, artes ARCD4050, 2016

Refuweegee: Flight (Refuweegee) Various Artists, Flight, CD, Refuweegee, 2016

Cara: Live (artes ARCD5010) Cara, Live, CD, artes ARCD5010, 2018

Cara: Mòran Taing (artes ARCD4070) Cara, Mòran Taing, DL single, artes ARCD4070, 2019

Cara: Grounded (artes ARCD5030) Cara, Grounded, CD, artes ARCD5030, 15 October 2021

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Other records with Kim Edgar

Burnsong Live! 2005: The Big Gig (DGAABS01) VA, Burnsong Live! 2005: The Big Gig, CD, Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association DGAABS01, 2005

Karine Polwart: Fairest Floo’er (Hegri HEGRICD03) Karine Polwart, Fairest Floo’er, CD, Hegri HEGRICD03, 2007

Folk Rising 2 (Proper PROPERFOLK07) Various Artists, Folk Rising 2, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK07, 2008

Karine Polwart: The Build-Your-Own-Cathedral EP (Hegri HEGRICD07) Karine Polwart, The Build-Your-Own-Cathedral EP, CD EP, Hegri HEGRICD07, 2009

Annlaug Børsheim: November (Fivreld FIV01) Annlaug Børsheim, November, CD, Fivreld FIV01, 2010

Stevie Palmer: Heartprint Shadow (Greentrax CDTRAX347) Stevie Palmer, Heartprint Shadow, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX347, 2010

Andy Tucker & The Scattered Family: Twelve Tall Tales Andy Tucker & The Scattered Family, Twelve Tall Tales, CD, 2010

Karine Polwart: Here’s Where Tomorrow Starts (Proper PFILMS002) Karine Polwart, Here’s Where Tomorrow Starts, DVD, Proper Films PFILMS002, 2011

Karine Polwart: Threshold (W2/Borealis W2BCD9901) Karine Polwart, Threshold, CD, W2 / Borealis W2BCD9901, 2013

Stevie Palmer: We Become the Sunshine (Greentrax CDTRAX408) Stevie Palmer, We Become the Sunshine, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX408, 2020