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Lise Sinclair & Ástvaldur Traustasson: A Time to Keep

Lise Sinclair & Ástvaldur Traustasson: A Time to Keep (own label LISECD001)

A Time to Keep
songs inspired by the stories in George Mackay Brown’s A Time to Keep
Lise Sinclair & Ástvaldur Traustasson

own label LISECD001 (2 CD, UK, 2012)

Produced by Lisa Sinclair and Stuart Hamilton;
Recorded and engineered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, Scotland, except the wireless noise by Inge Thomson beside the wireless, and the Chapel bell by Lise Sinclair and Liz Musser in the porch of the Chapel, Fair Isle;
Mixed by Stuart Hamilton, Lise Sinclair and monk;
Mastered by Calum Malcolm;
Photographs by Cheryl D. Barnett;
Cover photos by Dave Wheeler

Musicians

Lise Sinclair: vocals, harmony vocals, keening, guitar, harmonium, toy piano;
Inge Thomson: harmony vocals, vocals, keening, accordion, sansula, glockenspiel;
Ástvaldur Traustasson (monk): piano, harmony vocals, singing bowl;
Brian Cromarty: harmony vocals, vocals, resonator, banjo, mandolin, fiddle;
Ewen Thomson: fiddle, guitar, mandolin, harmony vocals;
Stewart Thomson: Chapel bell

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Celia (6.04)
  2. A Time to Keep (5.24)
  3. The Bright Spade (3.46)
  4. Cornerstone (3.22)
  5. Miracle (3.53)
  6. Icarus (3.23)
  7. Wireless (3.28)
  8. The Fishing Boat (4.47)
  9. The Fiddler (6.00)
  10. The Five of Spades (inc. The Ballad of Check Harra) (4.23)
  11. The Whaler’s Return (3.07)
  12. Tartan (4.16)
  13. A Carrier of Stones (inc. Signy’s Song) (4.41)
  14. The Eye of the Hurricane (3.47)

CD 2: Icelandic Translations

  1. Selja (3.14)
  2. Einmunatíđ (2.35)
  3. Hornsteinn (1.33)
  4. Kraftaverk (2.11)
  5. Ikarus (2.01)
  6. Viđtækiđ (2.23)
  7. SagnaÞulur (0.16)
  8. Tvær Konur (0.17)
  9. Fiskibáturinn (2.17)
  10. Fiđlarinn (1.27)
  11. Spađafimman (1.10)
  12. Söngljóđiđ um Check Harra (1.05)
  13. Hvalfangarinn Snýr Aftur (1.40)
  14. Köflótt (2.06)
  15. Grjótberi inc. Söngur Signýjar (3.03)
  16. Auga Fellibylsins (1.46)

All lyrics by Lise Sinclair except The Ballad of Check Harra and Signy’s Song by George Mackay Brown from A Time to Keep (1969);
Icelandic translations by Ađalsteinn Asberg Sigurđsson;
All music written by Lise Sinclair & Ástvaldur Traustasson except The Bright Space by Lise Sinclair