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Why do terns fly in pairs?
One good tern deserves another.
Flyway
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Flyway Tern (CD, UK, 7 February 2025) Shetland Reels Tern (DL single, UK, 31 March 2023) |
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Recorded by Gus Stirrat at Solas Sound, Glasgow;
Mixed by Peter Alec Kay;
Mastered by Barry Reid;
Artwork and design by Chloe Keppie
At the Barrier album review
by Seuras Og;
FolkNotes album review
Musicians
Rose Logan (Scotland),
Kristina Leesik (Sweden): fiddles;
Lea Søndergaard Larsen (Denmark): bodhrán;
Miguel Girão (Portugal): guitar;
Amy Laurenson (Scotland): piano
Tracks
- Smackpolskan (3.24)
- Nighean donn nan gobhar (3.36)
- Tha mo ghaols’ aig Dònal (3.18)
- Jigs: Eliza Ross Nr. 35, Jig 58, The Orphan (6.52)
- Storpolska: Vid faboden / Kung Eriks Storpolska (6.21)
- Blodomloppet: Storpolska / Bordunpolskan (5.48)
- The Living Stream: The Living Stream / Con Carthy’s Favourite / Hie Mee Stiagh (3.33)
- Hallings: Halling efter Per Myhr / Espelandsjenten (4.12)
- Shetland Reels: Aandowin at da Bow / Shelder Geö / Came Agen, Ye’re Wylcome (4.47)
All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1, 5a, 6b Kristina Leesik;
Track 5b Lovis Jacobsson;
Track 6a Patrik Andersson;
Track 7a Jackie Daly;
Track 9 trad., three Auld Reels taken from two of the most emblematic
collections of music from Shetland,
Da Mirrie Dancers and Ringing Strings,
both by Tom Anderson and Tom Georgeson (1970);
All sets arr. by Tern