> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe: The First Sangs
Iona Fyfe: The First Sangs
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The First Sangs Iona Fyfe IGF001 (CD EP, UK, 1 March 2015) |
Recorded live at Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, and at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall;
Photography by Gary Stewart, Aberdeen
Musicians
Iona Fyfe: vocals, piano
Tracks
- Logie o' Buchan (Roud 1994; G/D 4:828) (4.25)
- Mary of Argyle (Roud 12904) (1.57)
- Billy Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H231, H757) (3.03)
- Ae Fond Kiss (Roud V1011) (4.04)
All tracks trad. arr. Iona Fyfe
> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe Band: East
Iona Fyfe Band: East
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East Cairnie Records IFB16EAST (CD EP, UK, 1 July 2016) |
Produced and recorded by Euan Burton;
Recorded at GloWorm Studios, Glasgow;
Artwork and layout by Dougie Harley
Musicians
Iona Fyfe: vocals, piano, shruti box;
Christopher Ferrie: guitar, bodhrán;
Charlie Grey: fiddle, tenor guitar;
Callum Cronin: double bass;
Ross Miller: border pipes
Tracks
- Sleepytoon (Roud 3775; G/D 3:356) (4.10)
- Pride of Aberdeen (3.02)
- Queen Amang the Heather (Roud 375; G/D 5:962; Henry H177) (5.32)
- Cairn o' Mount (Roud 3794; G/D 5:1042) (5.13)
- Earl Richard (Roud 47; Child 68) (3.49)
- Bonny Udny (Roud 3450; G/D 6:1089) (4.45)
All tracks trad. arr. Iona Fyfe Band except
Track 2 words Iona Fyfe based on Ellen of Aberdeen (Roud 2179; G/D 6:1235), music Iona Fyfe
> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe: Away from My Window
Iona Fyfe: Away from My Window
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Away from My Window Cairnie Records IF18AWAY (CD, UK, 24 March 2018) |
Produced, recorded and mixed by Jani Lang at Gran’s House Studio;
Mastered by Chris Waite at Gran’s House Studio;
Layout and booklet photography by Louise Bichan;
Photography by Martin Venherm;
Archive samples provided and granted permission for use by Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen and Springthyme Records.
Musicians
Iona Fyfe: vocals, harmonium [2-3];
Charlie Grey: fiddle [3-8];
Jani Lang: fiddle [1, 10];
Ross Miller: whistle [4],
border pipes [4, 6, 10];
Graham Rorie: mandolin [1-2, 7-8, 10];
Tim Edey: melodeon [1, 5, 10],
nylon guitar [1-2, 5],
steel guitar [7];
Luc McNally: guitar [1-3, 5, 7, 10];
Aidan Moodie: guitar [4, 6],
harmony vocals [7];
Simon Gall: piano [3-8],
harmony vocals [7];
Charlie Stewart: double bass [1, 4-6, 10];
Callum Cronin: double bass [2-3, 5, 7-8];
Cameron Nixon: backing vocals [1, 4, 7-8, 10];
David Foley: bodhrán [1, 4, 6];
Laura Wilkie: violin [2, 5];
Alice Allen: cello [2, 5]
Tracks
- Guise o' Tough (Roud 3800; G/D 3:378) (5.22)
- Glenlogie (Roud 101; Child 238; G/D 5:973) (5.35)
- The Banks of Inverurie (Roud 1415; G/D 6:1263) (5.32)
- The Swan Swims (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (5.32)
- Away from My Window (Roud 966) (4.38)
- Bonny Udny (Roud 3450; G/D 6:1089) (7.06)
- Take Me Out Drinking Tonight (4.13)
- And So Must We Rest (4.30)
- Banks of the Tigris (4.02)
- Pitgair (Roud 2584; G/D 3:401) (5.19)
Tracks 1-6, 10 trad.;
Track 7 Michael Marra;
Track 8 Aidan Moffat;
Track 9 Iona Fyfe
Video
Iona Fyfe sings The Banks of Inverurie:
> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe: Dark Turn of Mind
Iona Fyfe: Dark Turn of Mind
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Dark Turn of Mind Cairnie Records IF19DARK (CD EP, UK, 1 January 2019) If I Go, I'm Goin' Cairnie Records IF18IF (DL single, UK, 10 November 2018) |
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Produced, recorded and mixed by Graham Rorie at Rumley Sounds;
Mastered by Chris Waite at Gran's House Studio;
Photography by Martin Venherm;
Design and layout by Elly Lucas;
Single artwork by Orla Stevens
Musicians
Iona Fyfe: vocals;
Aidan Moodie: guitar, harmony vocals;
Graham Rorie: mandolin;
Rory Matheson: piano
Tracks
- Dark Turn of Mind (3.48)
- Swing and Turn (Roud 7403) (2.34)
- If I Go, I'm Goin' (3.22)
- The Golden Vanity (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (3.58)
- Let Him Sink (Roud 1034; Henry H504) (5.35)
- Little Musgrave (Roud 52; Child 81) (4.15)
All tracks trad. arr. Iona Fyfe except
Track 1 Gillian Welch;
Track 3 Gregory Alan Isakov
Video
Iona Fyfe and band perform Dark Turn of Mind live in Braemar Gallery, Scotland, in March 2018:
> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe: Bonny Lass of Fyvie
Iona Fyfe: Bonny Lass of Fyvie
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Bonnie Lass of Fyvie Cairnie Records (DL single, UK, 29 January 2020) |
Produced, recorded and mixed by Graham Rorie at Rumley Sounds;
Mastered by Chris Waite at Gran's House Studio;
Illustration by Chris Riddell;
Design by Orla Stevens
Musicians
Iona Fyfe: vocals;
Aidan Moodie: guitar, harmony vocals;
Graham Rorie: mandolin
Tracks
- Bonnie Lass of Fyvie (Roud 545; G/D 1:84) (3.48)
Track 1 trad. arr. Iona Fyfe
> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe: Baltic Street
Iona Fyfe: Baltic Street
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Baltic Street Cairnie Records (DL single, UK, 20 March 2020) |
Produced, recorded and mixed by Graham Rorie at Rumley Sounds;
Mastered by Chris Waite at Gran's House Studio;
Illustration and design by Orla Stevens
Musicians
Iona Fyfe: vocals;
Aidan Moodie: guitar;
Graham Rorie: mandolin
Tracks
- Baltic Street (3.48)
Track 1 words Violet Jacob, melody Carole Prior
> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe: Ballads Vol. I
Iona Fyfe: Ballads Vol. I
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Ballads Vol. I Cairnie Records (DL, UK, 22 July 2020) |
Photo by Martin Venherm Photography
Musicians
Iona Fyfe: vocals
Tracks
- Mill o' Tifty's Annie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018) (5.10)
- Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (4.42)
- The Gaberlunzie Man (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274) (4.54)
- Johnnie o' Breadisley (Roud 69; Child 114; G/D 2:250) (5.00)
- Edom o Gordon (Roud 80; Child 178; G/D 2:231) (3.59)
- Jock o' Hazeldean (Roud 250; Child 293; G/D 5:1029) (2.49)
All tracks trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe: In the Bleak Midwinter (Scots)
Iona Fyfe: In the Bleak Midwinter (Scots)
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In the Bleak Midwinter (Scots) Cairnie Records (DL single, UK, 4 December 2020) |
Mixed and Mastered by Chris Waite at Gran's House Studio;
Artwork by Seth Tinsley Illustration
FATEA Magazine review by Bob Leslie
Musicians
Iona Fyfe: vocals;
Michael Biggins: piano
Tracks
- In the Bleak Midwinter (Scots) (5.01)
Track 1 words Christina Rossetti, translated by Iony Fyfe, 3rd verse Iona Fyfe, music Gustav Holst
> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe
Other records with Iona Fyfe
Various,
Even in Winter,
CD, Fitlike, 2016
Best Girl Athlete,
Best Girl Athlete,
CD, Fitlike FITLIKE018, 2017
CS Buchan,
CS Buchan & Friends,
CD, Fitlike FITLIKE019, 2018
Talisk,
Beyond,
CD, Talisk TALISK02CD, 2018
Various,
TMSA Young Trad Tour 2017,
CD, TMSA TMSA17, 2018
Various,
101 Scottish Songs: The Wee Red Book 3,
DVD, TMSA DVD103, 2018
Various Artists,
Cèilidh Air Chuairt: 21 Years on the Fèis Rois Ceilidh Trail,
2 CD, Fèis Rois FEISROIS006, 25 September 2020
> Folk Music > Records > Iona Fyfe
Links
- Iona's website
- @ionafyfe
- Iona's Vimeo amd YouTube videos
- Iona Fyfe interview by Jon Wilks of Grizzly Folk (with a favourite mention of Mainly Norfolk!)
- Iona Fyfe—The Real Deal by Hector Christie (in Living Tradition issue 127), including Iona's desert island choices:
- I Will Lay Ye Doon, Love – The Exiles, The Hale and the Hanged (1967)
- When I Was Noo But Sweet Sixteen – Jeannie Robertson, Songs of a Scots Tinker Lady (1957)
- The Battle of Harlaw – Old Blind Dogs, Five (1957)
- The Wife of Usher's Well – Hedy West, Old Times and Hard Times (1965)
- Glenlogie – Back of the Moon, Luminosity (2005)
- Bonny Udny – Lizzie Higgins, Princess of the Thistle (1969)
- If I Die Young – The Band Perry, The Band Perry (2010)
- It Is What It Is – Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- Barbara Allen – Dolly Parton & Altan, Heartsongs: Live from Home (1994)
- Jaqueline – Sarah Jarosz, Undercurrent (2016)