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Kirsty Law: Shift
Shift Toun Records TOUNCD01 (CD, UK, 1 December 2014) |
Produced by Mattie Foulds;
Engineered and mixed by Mattie Foulds at Mobile With a Home, Heriot Toun Studio;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland;
Photography by Mhairi Law;
Graphic design by Joanne Myerscough
Musicians
Kirsty Law: vocals, clunky piano [7];
Rona Wilkie: fiddles;
Marit Fält: låtmandola, cittern
with:
Dave Milligan: Rhodes piano [3, 6];
Conrad Molleson: double bass [2-3, 6, 9-12];
Drew Wright aka Wounded Knee: vocals [2]
Tracks
- The Wild Lass / The Twa Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (4.55)
- Riddles (2.29)
- Soutra Aisle (5.13)
- O, Are Ye Sleepin’, Maggie? (Roud 4897) (2.16)
- Wee Song (0.56)
- Barefit Lasses (2.58)
- The Lament of the Border Widow (Roud 199; Child 106; G/D 1:163) (5.47)
- Hymn for the Shepherd (2.31)
- The Faithful Shepherdess (4.08)
- Twa Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (3.57)
- Howling at the Moon (2.10)
- Ballad (5.30)
Track 1a words Marion Angus, tune Kirsty Law;
Track 1b trad. arr. Marit Fält, Kirsty Law, Rona Wilkie;
Track 2 Kirsty Law feat. Wounded Knee;
Tracks 3, 5-6, 11 Kirsty Law;
Track 4 Robert Tanahill arr. Marit Fält, Kirsty Law, Rona Wilkie;
Tracks 7, 10 trad. arr. Kirsty Law;
Track 8 words Kirsty Law, tune trad.;
Track 9 words Thomas Murray, tune Kirsty Law arr. Marit Fält, Kirsty Law, Rona Wilkie;
Track 12 words David Harsent, tune Kirsty Law arr. Marit Fält, Kirsty Law, Rona Wilkie
Video
Kirsty Law with Wounded Knee and Conrad Molleson on double bass perform Riddles at the album launch in December 2014:
Kirsty, Marit and Rona play Twa Sisters and Howling at the Moon at The Ceilidh Place in Ullapool in July 2014:
> Folk Music > Records > Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought
Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought
Young Night Thought Toun Records TOUNCD02 (CD/LP, UK, 2 March 2018) |
An audiovisual album project made in collaboration with filmmaker Daniel Warren and painter Kirsty Whiten
Produced, recorded and mixed by Ben Seal at The Piggery, Craigrothie;
Mastered by Bob Katz at Digital Domain;
Arranged by Kirsty Law with Ben Seal and Esther Swift;
Artwork by Kirsty Whiten;
Filmstills by Daniel Warren;
Graphic design by Joanne Myerscough;
Musicians
Kirsty Law: vocals, keyboards, piano, glockenspiel, shruti box;
Esther Swift: pedal harp, backing vocals;
Catriona Price: fiddle;
Owen Curtis Williams: drums, percussion
with
Karine Polwart: vocals [3];
Ben Seal: bass guitar, synthesisers, bass harmonica, backing vocals [5];
Jarlath Henderson: vocals, low whistle [7];
Carla Easton: vocals [8]
Tracks
- The Fairy Boy (4.03)
- My Rovin’ Eye (4.36)
- Underneath the Sycamore (3.45)
- Coracle (3.57)
- The Lovers’ Tryst (4.36)
- The Boys Up Yonder (3.24)
- Fledgeling (4.32)
- The Iron Railing (4.47)
- Gutting Knife (4.49)
- Snaw Wreaths in Thaw (5.05)
All songs written by Kirsty Law except
Track 2 words Kirsty Law, tune trad.;
Track 3 Kirsty Law, Karine Polwart
Video
Underneath the Sycamore featuring Karine Polwart:
> Folk Music > Records > Kirsty Law: An Urban Seascape
Kirsty Law: An Urban Seascape
An Urban Seascape Toun Records (EP, UK, 18 May 2018) |
This EP was written as part of a Coastword residency in Dunbar, East Lothian. The songs explore the human relationship with the Firth of Forth.
Performed by Kirsty Law live in Belhaven Parish Church;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave House, The Noisefloor;
Cover art is made out of a photograph taken by the German Luftwaffe of the
Firth of Forth during WW II;
Graphic design by Joanne Myerscough
Musicians
Kirsty Law: vocals, church organ
Tracks
- Foundered (5.48)
- Moving Uphill (5.15)
- Of Water and War (3.02)
All songs written by Kirsty Law
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Other records with Kirsty Law
Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin & Mike Vass: The Archive Project, CD, Rusty Squash Horn RSH005CD, 2014
Various Artists: The Food of Love Project, CD, Autolycos AUT01CD, 2016
Fiona Hunter, Siobhan Miller, Lucy Pringle, Steve Byrne, Kirsty Law: Scott's Sangs, CD, ScottLore SL01-MSB, 2019