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 7" triple A side single on glorious red vinyl
Boredom (with Lisa Milne)
Walking the Cow (with Daniel Johnston)
b/w Future Pilot AKA: Devil Town

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

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and rough trade


Lion cover image by Joe DavieLion
the quartet album
with Lisa Milne, Daniel Johnston and Mary Ann Kennedy

five centuries of Scottish music, and some other stuff too 
Boxwood
BOX-905

full track listing and previews at www.myspace.com/lioncd
"The recording of the year. Everyone should own this disc." The Herald

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Fiddler Tam
Fiddler Tam cover image by Joseph Davie 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

"I can't stop playing this delightful disc" The Times
"Concerto Caledonia play with great style, understanding and fervour,
for this is music which exudes energy, sparkle and enthusiasm" ***** Sunday Herald

more reviews

available at linnrecords.com


The Red Red Rose
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  

"svelte and stylish" ***** The Scotsman
"the funkiest album of Burns songs I've ever heard" CD Review - BBC Radio 3
"
playing of the highest order" Early Music Review
more reviews

download at iTunes and linnrecords.com
buy from the shop at delphian records 


Spring Any Day Now
Music of 18th century Scotland and elsewhere
David Greenberg, baroque and modern violins
David McGuinness, harpsichord, piano, harmonium, melodica
with Concerto Caledonia
 Marquis 77471 81325 2 9

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.

"Not your average collection of fiddle tunes then, and all the better for it ... what a surprising treat it is too!" BBC Music
"
You just might freak out when you hear this." WholeNote, Toronto
more reviews

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Mungrel Stuff
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
reviews

available at linnrecords.com 


cover imageColin's Kisses 
the music of James Oswald
Catherine Bott, soprano 
Iain Paton, tenor
Linn CKD 101

Who is James Oswald anyway? Find out here
"Oswald's music contains romance, sex, pathos and humour; it is joyous, moving, and unmissable." ***** amazon.co.uk
reviews

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

mp3: Dic mihi saeve puer
click here for our pocket guide to John Clerk of Penicuik
reviews
out-takes

buy from Hyperion Records