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Fara Fara Music FARACD001 (CD EP, UK, 20 December 2014) |
Recorded and mixed by David McNee at North Park;
Mastered by Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop;
Photography by Louise Bichan and Mike Guest;
Layout by Louise Bichan
Musicians
Louise Bichan,
Kristan Harvey,
Jeana Leslie,
Catriona Price: fiddles, vocals;
Jennifer Austin: piano
Tracks
- Jeremy and Regina’s / Bright Grey (3.11)
- Where’s Neil / Up da Strood / The Man Who Shot the Windmill (4.15)
- Three Fishers (3.57)
- The Loon and His Quine (5.51)
- The Battle of Waterloo / Roca House (3.40)
- Billy’s Short Leg / Thunderhead / Across the Rooftop (3.12)
- My Heart’s in the Highlands (Roud 5878; G/D 3:521) (4.21)
Tracks 1a, 5b Louise Bichan;
Track 1b Catriona Price;
Track 2a Jennifer Auston;
Tracks 2b, 5a trad.;
Track 3 words Charles Kingsley;
Track 4 Jeana Leslie;
Track 6a Kristan Harvey;
Track 6b Grey Larsen;
Track 6c Deirdre Moynihan;
Track 7 words Robert Burns
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Fara: Cross the Line
Cross the Line Fara Music FARA001 (CD, UK, 30 September 2016) |
Produced by Mike Vass;
Engineered by Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop;
Edited by Euan Burton and Mike Vass;
Mixed by Duncan Lyall;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Photography by Mike Guest;
Design, artwork and layout by Elph
Musicians
Jennifer Austin: piano, vocals;
Kristan Harvey: fiddle, viola, vocals;
Jeana Leslie: fiddle, lead vocals;
Catriona Price: fiddle, viola, vocals
with
Mike Guest: percussion [6];
Fiona Black, Euan Burton, Rachel Lightbody, Siobhan Miller, Fergus Mutch,
Mike Vass: choir [9]
Tracks
- The Dragon: The Grower / The Abbey Reel / The Dragon (4.15)
- Shapinsay: The Shapinsay Polka / Fisher’s Hornpipe (5.40)
- Three Fishers (3.49)
- Whisky You’re the Devil (Roud 21715) (3.38)
- Bright Grey: Jeremy and Regina’s / Bright Grey (4.39)
- Changing Plans (4.17)
- My Heart’s in the Highlands (Roud 5878; G/D 3:521) (4.26)
- Cheeky Vimto: Beare Island / The Shetland Fiddle Diva (3.55)
- Games People Play (5.14)
- Billy’s Short Leg: Billy’s Short Leg / Thunderhead / Across the Rooftops (3.42)
- I’ve Endured (2.13)
Tracks 1a, 10a Kristan Harvey;
Track 1b Larry Redican;
Track 1c William ‘Billy’ Peace;
Track 2a John ‘Jackie’ Sinclair;
Track 2b trad.;
Track 3 Charles Kingsley;
Track 4 lyrics trad. / Bella Hardy;
Track 5a Louise Bichan;
Tracks 5b, 8c Catriona Price;
Track 6 Jeana Leslie;
Track 7 Robert Burns;
Track 8a Richard Dwyer;
Track 8b Ian Lowthian;
Track 9 Joe South;
Track 10b Grey Larsen;
Track 10c Deirdre Moynihan;
Track 11 Ola Belle Reed
Video
Fara sing Three Fishers:
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Fara: Times From Times Fall
Times From Times Fall Fara Music FARA002 (CD, UK, 19 October 2018) |
Produced by Anna Massie;
Recorded and mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios in June 2018;
Mixed by August Wanngren;
Photography by Mike Guest;
Design, artwork and layout by Roberta Landreth
Musicians
Jennifer Austin: piano, Nord keyboard,
fiddle [10],
vocals;
Kristan Harvey: fiddle, vocals;
Jeana Leslie: fiddle, lead vocals;
Catriona Price: fiddle, vocals
Tracks
- The Port Polka / Rognvald Ritch, the Little / The Shore (4.46)
- Speir Thoo the Wast Wind (3.13)
- At the Ebb (2.34)
- 7, 8, Nein / I’ll Do It Last Friday (4.15)
- Song (Love Gathers All) (3.40)
- Miss Rosa Sermanni Holmes / Vintage Pals / Upside Down Under (5.39)
- Frances’ Day (3.29)
- See It All (3.16)
- The Depliction / My Favourite Cow / Farewell to the Prid (4.40)
- Simple Dirt / The Fighter (4.27)
- The Road Home (3.37)
- Maxwell’s Light (5.02)
Tracks 1ab, 4b, 9b Jennifer Austin, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price;
Tracks 1c, 9a, 10b Kristan Harvey;
Track 2 poem Christina Mackay Costie (1902-1967), music Jennifer Austin, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price;
Tracks 3, 4a, 6c, 8 Jeana Leslie;
Track 5 poem Edwin Muir (1887-1995), music Jennifer Austin, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price;
Track 6a, 10a, 12 Jennifer Austin;
Tracks 6b, 7, 9c Catriona Price;
Track 11 poem George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), music Jennifer Austin, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price
Videos
Fara perform Song (Love Gathers All):
Album announcements:
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Fara: Energy Islands
Energy Islands Fara Music FARA003 (CD, UK, 26 August 2022) |
Energy Islands is inspired by the renewable energy innovation taking place in the band’s homeland of Orkney.
Produced by Fara with Seonaid Aitken;
Recorded by Euan Burton at Gorbals Sound and GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Additional recording by Tim Matthew at Mareel, Shetland;
Mixes by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Photography by Euan Robertson;
Cover art and album design by Helen Wyllie
Folking.com review by Mike Wistow
Musicians
Kristan Harvey: fiddle, backing vocals, stomp;
Jeana Leslie: fiddle, lead vocals, harmonium;
Rory Matheson: piano, keyboards;
Catriona Price: fiddle, backing vocals
with
Seonaid Aitken: fiddle [3],
vocals [12]
Tracks
- Solar: The Witch o’ Sommerdale / The Battle o’ Sommerdale / Sunkiss (4.51)
- Wind Dancers: Chinook Winds / Turbine Down (5.02)
- Fair Winds (3.53)
- Broom Power: Allt a’ Mhuilinn / Orbital O2 (4.54)
- Merry Dancers (3.58)
- The Hampshire: Kitchener’s (4.16)
- West Tide Story: The Bermuda / Rudha Beag (4.45)
- Song in the Night (4.48)
- White Horse Power: Pelamis / Stoer Point / Quicksilver (4.21)
- Northerner (3.56)
- Excess Electric (7.06)
- Energy Islands: Capacity / Home Straight / Archie’s (6.18)
Tracks 1a, 4a, 7a, 9b Rory Matheson;
Tracks 1b, 2a, 3, 4b Jeana Leslie;
Tracks 1c, 2b, 6 Kristan Harvey;
Track 5 poem by Lucy Douglas, adapted by Jean Leslie, music Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price;
Tracks 7b, 9c, 11bc Catriona Price;
Track 8 poem by Duncan J Robertson, adapted by Jean Leslie, music Jeana Leslie, Rory Matheson, Catriona Price;
Tracks 9a, 11a Kristan Harvey, Rory Matheson;
Track 10 poem by Margaret Tait, music Catriona Price
Video
Fara play Solar: an Energy Islands preview:
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Other records with Fara
See also the Jeana Leslie and, for Catriona Price, the Twelfth Day and Nua pages.
Orkney Folk Festival, The Gathering, CD, Orkney Folk Festival OFFCD026, 2011
Orkney Folk Festival, Fiddle Gathering, CD, Orkney Folk Festival OFFCD027, 2015
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK18, 2017
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Other records with Kristan Harvey
Besides being with Blazin’ Fiddles, Kristan Harvey played on these albums:
Various Artists, TMSA Young Trad Tour 2011, CD, TMSA TMSA11, 2011
Robyn Stapleton, Fickle Fortune, CD, Laverock LAVE001CD, 2015