• REVENGE OF THE FOLKSINGERS

    Revenge montage

    £12 + P&P

    or download at iTunes

    with
    Alasdair Roberts - Olivia Chaney
    Mairi Campbell  - Jim Moray

    nu-folk in early music clothing:
    traditional and original songs with old and new tunes from Scotland,
    recorded in the Suffolk countryside at Aldeburgh

    sample montage includes:
    Bonnie Susie Cleland (Alasdair & Olivia)
    The Salley Gardens (Mairi)
    Sheugare Candie & Mack Beth (tunes)
    Swimming in the Longest River (Olivia)
    The Foggy Dew (Jim)

    smileybest record of the summersad
    Norman Lebrecht
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  • Late Night Sessions

    Paven (Duncan Burnett)

    £12 + P&P

    or download at iTunes

    Live at the Edinburgh International Festival 2009 with guests
    Martin Carthy, Michael Marra,
    Alasdair Roberts & Katharine Fuge
    Delphian DCD34093

    Four genre-busting nights at The Hub distilled into an exhilarating 62 minutes. 
    more audio clips:
    Jamaican tunes 
    The Scots Chaconne 
    The Book of Doves     (with Alasdair Roberts)
    Black White Yellow & Green     (with Katharine Fuge)
    Of A' the Airts (Marshall-Burns) (with Michael Marra)

  • The Red Red Rose

    The Seal Fisher's Song

    £12 + P&P

    or download at iTunes

    songs and tunes from 18th century Scotland (2008 remaster)
    Mhairi Lawson, soprano
    Jamie MacDougall, tenor
    David Greenberg, violin
    Delphian DCD34014

    songs by Robert Burns, Allan Ramsay, John Abell, and James Oswald, including the original version of A Red Red Rose, seasoned with a smattering of fiddle madness

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  • Lion

    Duff (William Marshall tunes)

    £12 + P&P

    or download at iTunes

    the quartet album
    with Lisa Milne, Daniel Johnston and Mary Ann Kennedy

    five centuries of Scottish music and other exotica
    Boxwood BOX-905

    full track listing and previews at www.myspace.com/lioncd

    smileyThe recording of the year. Everyone should own this disc.sad
    The Herald

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  • 7" vinyl

    Boredom

    £4 + P&P

    Boredom (with Lisa Milne)
    Walking the Cow (with Daniel Johnston)
    b/w Future Pilot AKA: Devil Town

    aufgeladen und bereit A&B-014

    Our slightly demented version of the Buzzcocks song Boredom featuring Lisa Milne and Chris Norman, and our arrangement of Daniel Johnston's haunting Walking the Cow

    on beautiful red vinyl with artwork by Robbie McGuinness featuring Rocky the Fox

  • Fiddler Tam

    Overture in C op1 no2: Allegro

    buy or download at Linn

    the music of Thomas Erskine,
    the 6th Earl of Kellie
    Mhairi Lawson, soprano
    Linn CKD 240 - multi-channel SACD

    Mannheim symphonies, songs, a string quartet, two trio sonatas, a largo for flute, and a strathspey and reel, all from Scotland's greatest 18th century composer - a CD that rewrites Scottish musical history

    smileyI can't stop playing this delightful discsad
    The Times

    smileyConcerto Caledonia play with great style, understanding and fervour, for this is music which exudes energy, sparkle and enthusiasmsad
    Sunday Herald winkwinkwinkwinkwink

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  • Spring Any Day Now

    Pearlin Peggie's Bonny

    download at iTunes
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    Music of 18th century Scotland and elsewhere
    David Greenberg
    & David McGuinness
    with Concerto Caledonia
    Marquis MAR 325

    Wild and woolly fiddle tunes from the age of the Scottish Enlightenment, with music from Hungary and Finland, tunes by Frank Zappa and Fred Frith, and other entertainment.

    smileyNot your average collection of fiddle tunes then, and all the better for it ... what a surprising treat it is too!sad
    BBC Music

    smileyYou just might freak out when you hear this.sad
    WholeNote, Toronto

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  • Geminiani cello sonatas

    II.Allegro (Sonata op5no1 in A)

    buy or download at Linn

    Francesco Gemianini: Sonatas for violoncello & basso continuo op.5,
    Pièces de Clavecin

    Alison McGillivray, cello
    David McGuinness, harpsichord
    Eligio Quintiero, alto guitar
    Joseph Crouch, cello

    Linn CKD251 - multi-channel SACD

    smileyThis is a stellar release, full of discrete pleasures for the discerning listenersad Classical Source

    smileyThe new star of the generation starts to spread her wingssad
    Early Music Review

  • Mungrel Stuff

    Corn Riggs Are Bonny

    buy or download at Linn

    Scottish-Italian music
    by Barsanti and others
    Mhairi Lawson, soprano
    Jamie MacDougall, tenor
    Linn CKD140

    For session photos and additional notes on the words and music, visit the Mungrel page.

    Sunday Times Records of the Year 2001

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  • Colin's Kisses

    Polwart on the Green (Sonata of Scots Tunes)

    buy or download at Linn

    the music of James Oswald
    Catherine Bott, soprano
    Iain Paton, tenor
    Linn CKD 101

    Who is James Oswald anyway? Find out here

    smileyOswald's music contains romance, sex, pathos and humour; it is joyous, moving, and unmissable.sad
    amazon.co.uk winkwinkwinkwinkwink

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  • The Lion of Scotland

    Dic mihi saeve puer (exc)


    buy or download from Hyperion

    Leo Scotiae Irritatus
    and other cantatas by
    John Clerk of Penicuik (1676-1755)
    Catherine Bott, soprano
    Hyperion CDA 67007

    click here for our pocket guide to John Clerk of Penicuik

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