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Kirsty Law: Shift

Kirsty Law: Shift (Toun TOUNCD01)

Shift
Kirsty Law

Toun Records TOUNCD01 (CD, UK, 1 December 2014)

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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

  1. The Wild Lass / The Twa Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (4.55)
  2. Riddles (2.29)
  3. Soutra Aisle (5.13)
  4. O, Are Ye Sleepin’, Maggie? (Roud 4897) (2.16)
  5. Wee Song (0.56)
  6. Barefit Lasses (2.58)
  7. The Lament of the Border Widow (Roud 199; Child 106; G/D 1:163) (5.47)
  8. Hymn for the Shepherd (2.31)
  9. The Faithful Shepherdess (4.08)
  10. Twa Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (3.57)
  11. Howling at the Moon (2.10)
  12. 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:

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Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought

Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought (Toun TOUNCD02)

Young Night Thought
Kirsty Law

Toun Records TOUNCD02 (CD/LP, UK, 2 March 2018)

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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

  1. The Fairy Boy (4.03)
  2. My Rovin’ Eye (4.36)
  3. Underneath the Sycamore (3.45)
  4. Coracle (3.57)
  5. The Lovers’ Tryst (4.36)
  6. The Boys Up Yonder (3.24)
  7. Fledgeling (4.32)
  8. The Iron Railing (4.47)
  9. Gutting Knife (4.49)
  10. 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:

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Kirsty Law: An Urban Seascape

Kirsty Law: An Urban Seascape (Toun)

An Urban Seascape
A Coastword Residency
Kirsty Law

Toun Records (EP, UK, 18 May 2018)

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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

  1. Foundered (5.48)
  2. Moving Uphill (5.15)
  3. 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 (Rusty Squash Horn RSH005CD) Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin & Mike Vass: The Archive Project, CD, Rusty Squash Horn RSH005CD, 2014

The Food of Love Project (Autolycos AUT01CD) Various Artists: The Food of Love Project, CD, Autolycos AUT01CD, 2016

Fiona Hunter, Siobhan Miller, Lucy Pringle, Steve Byrne, Kirsty Law: Scott's Sangs (ScottLore SL01-MSB) Fiona Hunter, Siobhan Miller, Lucy Pringle, Steve Byrne, Kirsty Law: Scott's Sangs, CD, ScottLore SL01-MSB, 2019