An album of 12 old Scots and Gaelic songs from London-based Scots singer Sophie Ramsay. Recorded and produced by Matheu Watson. Matheu Watson and Sophie Ramsay both grew up with Scots and Gaelic folk music. As close as they feel to the radition, they also like to make it feel new. This is an album of very old Scots and Gaelic songs, sung in a pure way, almost as though unaccompanied, but supported by a gush of sounds from guitars and prepared resonator, fiddle, mandolin, organ and synth, Fraser Fifield's low whistle with loop pedals, kaval and lowland pipes; cello (Ben Cashell), French horn (Jim Rattigan), Findlay Napier's baritone vocals and the eerie nostalgia of an old asthmatic piano. Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Regina Spektor) creatively mixed the album, adding final textural garnish.
Tracks:
1. Ae Fond Kiss 4:26
2. The Burning of Auchindoun 2:54
3. Bothan Airigh Am Braighe Raithneach 4:11
4. By Yon Castle Wa? 3:14
5. Braighe Loch Iall 4:25
6. The Lea Rig 3:25
7. Bidh Clann Ulaidh 5:33
8. The Dowie Dens of Yarrow 4:49
9. My Love?s in Germanie 5:11
10. Song Composed in August 4:11
11. MacPherson?s Rant 4:21
12. Auld Lang Syne 4:52
