> Folk Music > Records > Rachel and Lillias: Dear Someone
Rachel and Lillias: Dear Someone
Dear Someone Fellside Recordings FECD215 (CD, UK, 2008) |
Recorded by Paul Adams and Robert Hallard;
Produced by Paul Adams;
Photography by Archie MacFarlane;
Design by Lillias Kinsman-Blake
Musicians
Rachel Newton: harp, vocals;
Lillias Kinsman-Blake: flute
with
Paul Jennings: percussion [1-2, 5, 8, 11]
Tracks
- Bonnie Lassie (3.09)
- Hoi Liffie!: The New Fiddle / Sidney Grove / Hoi Liffie! (3.27)
- Nighean nan Geng (3.24)
- The Wrong Medicine: The Wrong Medicine / Francis Xavier Kennedy MacDonald / The Knifestone (4.25)
- Rich Man’s Daughter (Roud 2987) (4.51)
- Waltzes: Waltz of the Little Girls / Archie the Flying Beast (3.39)
- Dear Someone: Dear Someone / Waltz for One (4.05)
- Harp Set: Dresden Reel / The Berserk / The Wrong Trousers (5.08)
- Mo Thruaigh Leir Thu Ille Bhuidhe (4.20)
- Young Horseman (Roud 1185; G/D 8:1584; Henry H122a) (4.18)
- Wedding Reels: Wedding Reel / Miss Girdle / Gun Anam (4.40)
Track 1 Tony Cuffe, William Jackson;
Tracks 2ac, 7b Lillias Kinsman-Blake;
Track 2b, 8c Rachel Newton;
Tracks 3, 4a, 5, 6a, 7a, 9-11 trad.;
Track 4b David Greenberg;
Track 4c Alistair Anderson;
Track 6b Tóla Custy;
Track 7a Gillian Welsh, David Rawlings;
Track 8a Paul Kelly;
Track 8b Corrina Hewat
> Folk Music > Records > Rachel Newton: The Shadow Side
Rachel Newton: The Shadow Side
The Shadow Side Shee Records SHEERACH1 (CD, UK, 2 July 2012) |
Recorded and mixed at Mobile With a Home, Heriot Toun by Mattie Foulds;
Mastered at Castlesound Studios, Pentcaitland by Stuart Hamilton;
Photography by Somhairle MacDonald;
Design by Lillias Kinsman-Blake
Musicians
Rachel Newton: vocals, harp, electroharp, fiddle, harmonium;
Kris Drever: vocals, guitar, mandolin;
Mattie Foulds: percussion
Tracks
- Lady Diamond (Roud 112; Child 269; G/D 6:1224) (4.16)
- Rung 2 (4.20)
- Green Willow (Roud 172; Child 24; G/D 6:1225) (3.40)
- ’S Toil Leam Chruinneag Dhonn nam Bo (3.16)
- The Discoboat (3.22)
- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (3.37)
- The Last Minute / The Groupie / Height of Rudeness (3.30)
- Must I Be Bound? (Roud 18829; Henry H218ab) (3.01)
- The Shadow Side (3.55)
- Soundboards and Sockets (4.26)
- Am Bruadar Ud a Chunnaic Mi (3.37)
All songs trad. arr. Rachel Newton except
Track 3 trad. arr. Kris Drever, Rachel Newton;
Track 6 Hank Williams arr. Rachel Newton;
All instrumental tracks/tunes composed by Rachel Newton
Video
> Folk Music > Records > Rachel Newton: Changeling
Rachel Newton: Changeling
Changeling Shadowside Records SHADOW1 (CD, UK, 1 September 2014) |
Recorded and mixed at Mobile With a Home, Heriot Toun by Mattie Foulds;
Mastered at Castlesound Studios, Pentcaitland by Stuart Hamilton;
Album design and concept by Lillias Kinsman-Blake
Musicians
Rachel Newton: vocals, viola, harp, electroharp, Rhodes piano;
Corrina Hewat: backing vocals;
Lauren MacColl: fiddle;
Su-a Lee: cello, musical saw;
Mattie Foulds: percussion;
Alec Frank-Gemmil: horn;
Adam Holmes: vocals [6]
Tracks
- Mo Chùbhrachan (The Fairy Lullaby) (5.46)
- The Changeling Reel (2.41)
- Queen of Elfan’s Nourice (Roud 3723; Child 40; G/D 2:328) (4.16)
- When I’m Gone (2.13)
- Three Days (6.00)
- The Fairy Man (3.58)
- A Phiùthrag’s a Phiuthar (3.50)
- Up the Lum: The Eggshell Brewery / Up the Lum (3.31)
- The Changeling Air (3.30)
All music written by Rachel Newton;
Track 3 words trad.;
Track 6 words Sidney Goodsir Smith;
Track 7 trad. arr. Rachel Newton;
Video
The Fairy Man
Mo Chùbhrachan (Fairy Lullaby)
Eggshell Brewery
Links
- Rachel Newton talks about Changeling at Celtic Music Radio on 2 February 2014
- Amazing Radio session, 28 October 2014
> Folk Music > Records > Rachel Newton: Here’s My Heart Come Take It
Rachel Newton: Here’s My Heart Come Take It
Here’s My Heart Come Take It Shadowside Records SHADOW02 (CD, UK, 15 April 2016) |
Recorded and mixed at Caribou Recording by Mattie Foulds;
Mastered at Castlesound Studios by Stuart Hamilton;
Produced by Rachel Newton and Mattie Foulds;
Photography and design by Somhairle MacDonald
Musicians
Rachel Newton: vocals, harps, piano, keyboards;
Mattie Foulds: drums;
Lauren MacColl: fiddle, viola;
Michael Owers: sousaphone, trombone, flugelhorn
Tracks
- Here’s My Heart Come Take It (Roud 443; Laws H12) (3.11)
- Gura Mise Tha Fo Mhulad (I Am Full of Sorrow) (3.34)
- The Bloody Gardener (Roud 1700) (5.28)
- Don’t Go Out Tonight, My Darling (Roud 3521) (2.54)
- Chaidh Mo Dhonnchadh Dhan Bheinn (My Duncan Went to the Hill) (4.42)
- Proud Maisrie (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840) (5.46)
- Poor Lost Babe (Roud 15856) (2.36)
- An Hour With Thee (3.30)
- One Hour More (2.45)
Track 1 trad., from the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection, music Rachel Newton;
Tracks 4, 7 trad., from the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection;
Tracks 2-3, 5-6 trad.;
Track 8 words Sir Walter Scott, music Rachel Newton;
Track 9 Rachel Newton
Video
> Folk Music > Records > Rachel Newton: West
Rachel Newton: West
West Shadowside Records SHADOW03 (CD, UK, 28 September 2018) |
Recorded by Mattie Foulds in Achnahaird in Wester Ross;
Mixed and mastered by Mattie Foulds at Caribou Recording;
Photography and design by Somhairle MacDonald
Musicians
Rachel Newton: vocals, harps
Tracks
- Gura Muladoch Sgith Mi (3.25)
- The Maid of Neidpath (Roud 8318) (3.43)
- Suilven (1.44)
- Once I Had a True Love (Roud 170) (3.19)
- Hi Horo ’s na Horo Eile (3.58)
- Skye Air (5.01)
- For Love (Roud 6261; G/D 6:1215) (3.30)
- Stac Pollaidh (1.19)
- A Token (Roud 3530) (3.22)
- Beinn an Eoin (1.10)
- O Cò Thogas Dhìom An Fhadachd (3.40)
- Ben Mor Coigach (2.22)
- Jolene (3.44)
Track 1 words based on the singing of Flora MacNeil, music based on the singing of Catriona NicCharmaig;
Track 2 words Walter Scott, music Rachel Newton;
Tracks 3, 8, 10, 12 Rachel Newton;
Track 4 trad., based on a version by Peggy Seeger;
Track 5 John Maclean of Tiree;
Track 6 trad., from the Patrick MacDonald Collection (1784);
Track 7 trad., based on the version by Willie Mathieson on
Tobar an Dualchais;
Track 9 trad., based on the version by Mr Frank Pool, Fayetteville, Arkansaws, from the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection;
Track 11 trad., based on the singing of Jenna Cumming on BBC Alba Bliadhna nan òran;
Track 13 Dolly Parton
Video
> Folk Music > Records > Rachel Newton: Everything I Know Without Knowing
Rachel Newton: Everything I Know Without Knowing
Everything I Know Without Knowing Shadowside Records (DL EP, UK, 5 November 2019) |
A set of improvisations/sketches on electroharp inspired by the poetry of Uxue Alberdi and Ciara MacLaverty. Recorded while working on Throwing Voices for the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019.
Recorded by Mattie Foulds
Cover photo by Somhairle MacDonald
Musicians
Rachel Newton: electroharp
Tracks
- Everything I Know Without Knowing (2.51)
- The Big Will of the Small People (3.48)
- Lighthouse (3.37)
- Giant Leap (2.18)
All tracks written by Rachel Newton
> Folk Music > Records > Rachel Newton: To the Awe
Rachel Newton: To the Awe
To the Awe Shadowside Records SHADOW04 (CD, UK, 6 November 2020) |
Produced by Mattie Foulds and Rachel Newton;
Recorded at home in the lockdown of May/June 2020;
Mixed by Mattie Foulds at Caribou Recording;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Photography and design by Somhairle MacDonald
Folk Radio UK review
by Billy Rough;
Fonancial Times review
by David Honigmann
Musicians
Rachel Newton: vocals, electroharp, keys;
Lauren MacColl: violin, viola;
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion, programming, keys;
Mikey Overs: trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, flugelhorn,
electric guitar, vocals;
Sarah Hayes: vocals
Tracks
- The Early Morning (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (4.38)
- We Will Listen (4.08)
- Chaidil Mi A-Raoir air an Airigh (4.11)
- I Will Go (1.57)
- To the Awe (4.13)
- Maid by the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (5.02)
- To My Daughter (3.28)
- Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (5.20)
- Life and Light (1.50)
- Would You Be Young Again (4.47)
Track 1 lyrics based on the ballad The False-Hearted Knight, Child 4;
Track 2 lyrics from the poem To Jean Ingelow by Susan Coolidge (1835-1905);
Track 3 trad., based on a version collected by the Scool of Scottish Studies
and sung by Captain Donald Joseph MacKinnon;
Track 4 inprovisation by Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl;
Track 5 lyrics from the poem The Rock of Cader Idris by Felicia Hemans (1793-1835);
Track 6, 8 trad.;
Track 7 lyrics from the poem To My Daughter on Being Separated from Her on Her Marriage by Anne Hunter (1742-1821);
Track 9 inprovisation by Rachel Newton and Mikey Owers;
Track 10 lyrics from the poem Would You Be Young Again by Carolina Oliphat / Lady Nairne (1766-1845)
Video
Rachel Newton sings To the Awe in a video made by Marry Waterson:
Rachel Newton at the Hudson Records Listening Club on 8 November 2020:
> Folk Music > Records > Heal & Harrow: Heal & Harrow
Heal & Harrow: Heal & Harrow
Heal & Harrow Shadowside Records SHADOW05 (CD, UK, 4 February 2022) |
Recorded by Andy Bell at Black Bay Studios, Great Bernera, Isle of Lewis, June 2021;
Extra vocals recorded by Grant Anderson in Glasgow;
Mixed by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Dean Honer;
Photography and design by Elly Lucas;
Sleeve note text by Màiri Kidd
Folk Radio UK review by David Pratt
Musicians
Rachel Newton: harp, electric harp, vocals, piano, harmonium,
synthesisers, kalimba, spoken word;
Lauren MacColl: fiddle, viola, harmonium, mandolin, spoken word
with
Andy Bell: pocket piano, found sound
Tracks
- Lilias (5.23)
- Isobel (4.02)
- An Teine (The Fire) (3.39)
- Da Dim (5.02)
- Behind the Eyes (4.34)
- Corp-crèadha (Figure of Clay) (2.51)
- Judge Not (3.18)
- Màiri (3.30)
- Cutty Sark (4.12)
- Eachlair (4.29)
All music written and arranged by Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl,
based on the writing of Màiri Kidd, except
Track 8 words and melody an extract from
Mo Chràdhgal Bochd (Sad and Heartsore My Weeping) by
Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruadh (c.1615-c.1707)
Track 9 words an extract from
Tam o’ Shanter
by Robert Burns pub. 1791;
Track 10 charm in Gaelic taken from Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael pub. 1900
> Folk Music > Records > Heal & Harrow: The Stories of Heal & Harrow
Heal & Harrow: The Stories of Heal & Harrow
The Stories of Heal & Harrow Shadowside Records (DL, UK, 7 July 2023) |
Produced by Heal & Harrow (Rachel Newton & Lauren MacColl);
Recording, Editing and Sound Design by Grant Anderson;
All music taken from the album
Heal & Harrow,
originally recorded by Andy Bell;
Heal & Harrow logo by Elly Lucas
Tracks
- Lilias - read by Gerda Stevenson (27.06)
- Isobel - read by Kathryn Joseph (7.46)
- An Teine - read by Màiri Kidd (16.18)
- Da Dim - read by Inge Thomson (32.49)
- Behind the Eyes - read by Len Pennie (10.16)
- Corp-crèadha (Figure of Clay) - read by Cass Ezeji (12.19)
- Judge Not - read by Cora Bissett (15.27)
- Màiri - read by Deirdre Graham (11.21)
- Cutty Sark - read by Annie Grace (12.43)
- Eachlair - read by Alyth McCormack (11.58)
All words by Màiri Kidd, available as part of her book We Are All Witches, Black & White Publishing, 2022
> Folk Music > Records > Rachel Newton: Sealladh
Rachel Newton: Sealladh
Sealladh Hudson Records HUD048CD (book w/ CD, UK, 31 May 2024) |
Sealladh (pronounced ‘shall-ugh’) began as a commission for the National Galleries of Scotland, celebrating over eighty years of live music programming at the Gallery. The commission also coincided with the opening of the new Scottish Galleries, home to the vast collection of artworks by Scottish painters, a selection of which both inspired and are in conversation with Newton’s music. Each track on the album is based on a particular painting and draws on the mythology, language, history, culture and landscapes that originally set the scene for these artworks.
Produced by Andy Bell and Rachel Newton;
Recorded by Andy Bell at Heriot Toun;
Found sounds recorded by Grant Anderson;
Mixed by Andy Bell at Hudson Studios;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
Cover photography by Somhairle MacDonald;
Design by Robin Beatty
All artworks in the collection of National Galleries of Scotland. Images courtesy of National Galleries of Scotland.
Musicians
Rachel Newton: vocals, harp, electroharp, synthesisers, piano;
Alice Allen: cello, shaker;
Andy Bell: synthesisers and sounds;
Grant Anderson: found sound recording
Tracks
LP Side 1
- The Entrance (1.27)
- Saint Bride (2.49)
- Deirdre of the Sorrows (4.27)
- Machrihanish Bay (5.59)
- The Sailing of the Emigrant Ship (4.58)
- The Stress (2.23)
LP Side 2
- The Storm (3.49)
- Despair (1.48)
- Quiet Sunset, Machrihanish (3.24)
- Angus Og, God of Love and Courtesy, Putting a Spell of Summer Calm on the Sea (3.48)
- The Victory (1.44)
- Harvest Moon (3.17)
All tracks by Rachel Newton
> Folk Music > Records > Mairearad Green and Rachel Newton: Anna Bhàn
Mairearad Green and Rachel Newton: Anna Bhàn
Anna Bhàn Shadowside Records SHADOW06/SHADOW06LP (CD/LP, UK, 4 October 2024) |
Our great great Grandmother, known as Anna Bhàn, was one of a group of young women who were at the forefront of the Coigach Resistance of 1852/53. The events that formed the resistance were among only a few that were successful during the Highland Clearances in the lead up to the Napier Commission and the Crofting Act of 1886. We’ve always been aware of the story, but the recent plans of Coigach Heritage to commission a sculpture by Will Maclean RSA and Marian Leven RSA in honour of these women galvanised us to come together to make music and art that celebrates and remembers Anna Bhàn and the rest of the community.
To find out more about the history and the sculpture, visit Lorg na Còigich / Coigach Heritage.
Produced, recorded and mixed by Andy Bell;
Recorded by Andy Bell at Gran’s House Studio;
Additional recording by Grant Anderson and Mairearad Green;
Mastered by Sam Proctor;
Photography by Somhairle MacDonald;
Artwork and design by Mairearad Green
Musicians
Mairearad Green: smallpipes, accordion, shruti box, piano, vocals;
Rachel Newton: harp, viola, vocals
Tracks
- Anna Bhàn (4.13)
- Achnahaird
- 1852
- The Burning of the Writs
- Not Today, Nor Tomorrow
- Lady Stafford
- Ceit Bheag
- The Wick Fishermen
- Am Banais
- Tha Sinn an Seo
All tracks written by Mairearad Green and Rachel Newton
> Folk Music > Records > Rachel Newton
Groups and Projects featuring Rachel Newton
The Shee, A Different Season, CD, The Shee SHEE1, 2008
Emily Portman, The Glamoury, CD, Furrow FUR002, 2010
The Shee, Decadence, CD, The Shee SHEE2, 2010
Emily Portman, Hinge of the Year, 7" single, Furrow FURR004, 2011
Emily Portman, Hatchling, CD, Furrow FURR006, 2012
The Shee, Murmurations, CD, The Shee SHEE3, 2012
The Furrow Collective, At Our Next Meeting, CD, Furrow FURR007, 2014
Emily Portman, Coracle, CD, Furrow FURR008, 2015
The Furrow Collective, Blow Out the Moon, EP, Furrow FURR009, 2015
Boreas, Ahoy Hoy, CD, ISLE ISLE04CD, 2016
The Furrow Collective, Wild Hog, CD/LP, Hudson HUD001CD/LP, 2016
The Shee, Continuum, CD, The Shee SHEE4, 2016
The Furrow Collective, Fathoms, CD, Hudson HUD015CD, 2018
Various Artists, The Lost Words: Spell Songs, CD, Quercus QRCD004, 2019
Various Artists, Spell Songs II: Let the Light In, CD, Quercus QRCD005, 2021
The Furrow Collective, The Longest Night, DL EP, Hudson HUD037D, 2022
The Furrow Collective, We Know by the Moon, CD, Hudson HUD044CD, 27 November 2023, LP, Hudson HUD044LP, 8 December 2023
Various Artists, Spell Songs: Gifts of Light (Live), DL, Hudson HUD043D, 1 December 2023
> Folk Music > Records > Rachel Newton
Other records with Rachel Newton
Various Artists, TMSA Young Trad Tour 2005, CD, TMSA TMSA05, 2005
Alistair Anderson, Islands, CD, White Meadow WMR2008CD, 2008
Charles-Henri Belleville, The Inheritance, film/DVD, Lyre Productions, 2008
Sandra Kerr and Friends, ’Hi!’ Said the Elephant, CD, Smallfolk SMF2, 2009
Dan Walsh, Tomorrow’s Still to Come, CD, Shankly SH01, 2009
Bella Hardy, The Dark Peak and the White, CD, Noe NOE04, 2012
Dan Walsh, The Same But Different, CD, Rooksmere RRCD105, 2012
Various Artists, Cambridge Folk Festival 2011, DVD, Delphonic DELPH015, 2012
Various Artists, Weirdlore: Notes From the Folk Underground, CD, Folk Police FPR008, 2012
Salt House, Lay Your Dark Low, CD, Make Believe MBR5CD, 2013
Blue Rose Code, The Ballads of Peckham Rye, CD, Rochanan Songs A40340, 2014
Various Artists, The Elizabethan Session, CD, Quercus QRCD001, 2014
Mairearad Green, Maggie West’s, EP, Buie BUIEEP02, 2014
Fiona Rutherford, Sleep Sound, CD, Fiona Rotherford SLEEP001, 2014
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK16, 2015
John Somerville et al, The Voyage of the Hector, CD, Fèis Rois FEISROIS003, 2016
Tannara, Trig, CD, Braw Sailin’ CD001BSR, 2016 (produced by Rachel)
Various Artists, The Journey Continues: Fellside at 40, 3 CD, Fellside FECD272, 2016
Lauren MacColl, The Seer, CD, Fèis Rois FEISROIS005, 2017
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK18, 2017
Various Artists, Dorsan Fosgailte / Doors Open, 2 CD, Creative Scotland CSCD005, 2017
Various Artists, Cèilidh Air Chuairt: 21 Years on the Fèis Rois Ceilidh Trail, 2 CD, Fèis Rois FEISROIS006, 2020
Burd Ellen, Says the Never Beyond, CD, Burd Ellen, 2020
Julie Fowlis, Source to Sea, DL EP, Machair, 2021
Màiri MacMillan, Gu Deas, CD, Màiri MacMillan MMM1CD, 2021
Graeme Armstrong, You Are Free, CD, Graeme Armstrong, 2022
Iona Lane, Hallival, CD, Iona Lane ILR001CD, 2022
Lauren MacColl, Haar, CD, Make Believe MBR11CD, 2023
Olivia Ross, Grace the Blue, CD, Olivia Ross OJR01CD, 1 September 2023