The Story
| Release Date | 25/04/2025 |
| Format | LP Black/ CD |
| Label | Drag City |
| Catalogue Number | DC942/ DC942CD |
Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts collaborate with Canadian bassist/musical arranger Pete Johnston on a set of traditional songs with Scottish roots collected in Maritime Canada by folklorist Helen Creighton (1899-1989). Recording in Nova Scotia with Pete and a group of Canadian players, Màiri and Alasdair sing these far-travelled Scots ballads and Gaelic lyrical songs with poignancy yet playfulness, the gravity of exile ever alive in their hearts.
Tracklist:
Màiri nighean Dòmhnaill
The Bonny House of Airlie
Sir Neil and Glengyle
Hind Horn
Druimfhionn donn
Katharine Jaffray
Peggy Gordon
Uilleam Glen
Hi horo 's na horo h-eile
The Soldier’s Adieu
Description
| Release Date | 25/04/2025 |
| Format | LP Black/ CD |
| Label | Drag City |
| Catalogue Number | DC942/ DC942CD |
Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts collaborate with Canadian bassist/musical arranger Pete Johnston on a set of traditional songs with Scottish roots collected in Maritime Canada by folklorist Helen Creighton (1899-1989). Recording in Nova Scotia with Pete and a group of Canadian players, Màiri and Alasdair sing these far-travelled Scots ballads and Gaelic lyrical songs with poignancy yet playfulness, the gravity of exile ever alive in their hearts.
Tracklist:
Màiri nighean Dòmhnaill
The Bonny House of Airlie
Sir Neil and Glengyle
Hind Horn
Druimfhionn donn
Katharine Jaffray
Peggy Gordon
Uilleam Glen
Hi horo 's na horo h-eile
The Soldier’s Adieu
