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Flyway

Tern: Flyway (Tern)

Flyway
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Tern (CD, UK, 7 February 2025)

Shetland Reels
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Tern (DL single, UK, 31 March 2023)

Tern: Shetland Reels (Tern)

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

  1. Smackpolskan (3.24)
  2. Nighean donn nan gobhar (3.36)
  3. Tha mo ghaols’ aig Dònal (3.18)
  4. Jigs: Eliza Ross Nr. 35, Jig 58, The Orphan (6.52)
  5. Storpolska: Vid faboden / Kung Eriks Storpolska (6.21)
  6. Blodomloppet: Storpolska / Bordunpolskan (5.48)
  7. The Living Stream: The Living Stream / Con Carthy’s Favourite / Hie Mee Stiagh (3.33)
  8. Hallings: Halling efter Per Myhr / Espelandsjenten (4.12)
  9. 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