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Staran: Staran

Staran: Staran (STARAN01CD)

*** Mainly Norfolk’s Album of the Year 2021 ***

Staran
Staran

Staran Music STARAN01CD (CD, UK, 21 May 2021)

Gaol a’ Chruidh
Staran

Staran Music (DL single, UK, 19 March 2021)

Staran: Gaol a’ Chruidh
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Produced by John Lowrie, Jack Smedley, Innes White and Euan Burton;
Recorded by Jack Smedley at Taigh a’ Chiùil Recording and Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Piano recorded by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland;
Mixed by Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording;
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York;
Liner notes by Mike Vass;
Inner sleeve band photograph by Samuel Hurt;
Artwork, design and photo processing by Elly Lucas

KLOF Magazine review by Johnny Whalley

Musicians

Kim Carnie: vocals;
John Lowrie: piano, rhodes, harmonium, percussion;
Jack Smedley: fiddle;
Innes White: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, tenor guitar;
James Lindsay: double bass

with
Megan Henderson: backing vocals [3, 7]

Tracks

  1. Dà Làimh sa Phìob (2.51)
  2. Back to Glasgow (And Back to Back Again) / Squirmy’s / Deichead (6.20)
  3. Horò gun Togainn air Hùgan Fhathast Thu (4.21)
  4. Einbeck (3.30)
  5. Casino (3.16)
  6. Little Waves (3.14)
  7. Gaol a’ Chruidh (3.49)
  8. Balcarres (6.45)
  9. Settle, Honey (5.13)

Track 1 words and melody trad., canntaireachd by Kim Carnie;
Track 2a James Duncan Mackenzie;
Track 2b Shane Cook;
Track 2c Jack Smedley;
Track 3 words trad., melody Kim Carnie;
Tracks 4, 6, 8 John Lowrie;
Track 5 Hannu Kella;
Track 7 trad., additional music and lyrics by Kim Carnie;
Track 9 Kim Carnie

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Staran: Jinibara

Staran: Jinibara (Staran)

Jinibara
Staran

Staran Music (DL single, UK, 30 May 2025)

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Produced by John Lowrie and Iain Hutchison;
String arrangement by Seonaid Aitken;
Mixed by Iain Hutchison;
Mastered by Peter Beckmann;
Photography by Elly Lucas

Musicians

Kim Carnie: vocals;
John Lowrie: piano;
Jack Smedley: fiddle;
Innes White: guitar;
James Lindsay: double bass

with
Seonaid Aitken, Kristan Harvey: violins;
Patsy Reid: viola;
Alice Allen: cello;
Matt Carmichael: tenor saxophone

Tracks

  1. Jinibara (2.51)

Track 1 James Lindsay