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Talisk: Pinnacle 67

Talisk: Pinnacle 67 (Talisk TALCD0001)

Pinnacle 67
Talisk

Talisk Records TALCD0001 (CD EP, UK, 2015)

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Tracks 1-3 recorded and mixed by Barry Reid at Carrierwaves Studio;
Track 4 recorded and mixed by Bob Whitney at RCS Studio;
Mastered by Barry Reid;
Artwork by Nooneboy

Musicians

Mohsen Amini: concertina;
Hayley Keenan: fiddle;
Craig Irving: guitar

Tracks

  1. Waterfall (5.36)
  2. Ballyhoura (3.11)
  3. Abyss (4.34)
  4. Minion (live) (4.15)

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Talisk: Abyss

Talisk: Abyss (Talisk TALISK01CD)

Abyss
Talisk

Talisk Records TALISK01CD (CD, UK, 3 August 2016)

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Recorded and mixed by Barry Reid at Carrierwaves Studio;
Mastered by Richard Dowling at Wav Mastering;
Artwork and design by Nooneboy

Musicians

Mohsen Amini: concertina;
Hayley Keenan: fiddle;
Craig Irving: guitar

with
Ryan Murphy: pipes, flute;
Adam Brown: bodhrán;
Graham Mackenzie: violin;
Rufus Huggan: cello

Tracks

  1. Abyss: Dad’s Jig / Dog à l’Orange / Curious Beetle (4.40)
  2. Pict: Seonaidh Meg / The Picc Line / The Happy Aunt (4.41)
  3. The Knife: Joe Derrane’s / Pull the Knife and Stick It Again (5.16)
  4. The Hills: The Hills of Kaitoke (5.27)
  5. Echo: Aye Right (4.55)
  6. Waterfall: Charlie / Nikki’s Leap (6.05)
  7. Crossing: Crossing Warness / Grant Wood Reserved into My Dad’s Fence (4.10)
  8. The Millhouse (7.16)

Track 1a Shona Kipling;
Track 1b Niall Vallely;
Track 1c Jeremy Kittel;
Track 2a Alistair Iain Paterson;
Track 2b Heather Shelley;
Track 2c Diarmaid Moynihan;
Tracks 3ab trad.;
Track 4 Catherine Fraser;
Track 5 Angus R. Grant;
Track 6a Andy Cutting;
Track 6b Ian Carr;
Track 7a Douglas Montgomery, Stewart Shearer;
Track 7b Hamish Napier;
Track 8 John Martin

> Folk Music > Records > Mohsen Amini, Craig Irving: The Mist

Mohsen Amini, Craig Irving: The Mist

Mohsen Amini, Craig Irving: The Mist

The Mist
Mohsen Amini, Craig Irving

private issue (CD, UK, probably 2018)

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Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ross Saunders;
Photographyby Archie MacFarlane

Musicians

Mohsen Amini: concertina;
Craig Irving: guitar, vocals

Tracks

  1. Ne’er Shall I (3.04)
  2. A Night in Montreal (3.26)
  3. Là Inbhir Lòchaidh (3.19)
  4. Bromyard (3.23)
  5. England’s Motorway (2.59)
  6. Gur Lilis Mòrag (2.38)
  7. Collapsed (2.47)
  8. When You Go (3.37)
  9. Glór na nAingael (4.07)
  10. The Reaction (2.59)

no sources given in the CD notes

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Talisk: Beyond

Talisk: Beyond (Talisk TALISK02CD)

Beyond
Talisk

Talisk Records TALISK02CD (CD, UK, 26 October 2018)

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Produced by Mohsen Amini amd Andrea Gobbi;
Recorded and mixed by Andrea Gobbi at Carrierwaves Studio and GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering;
Artwork and design by Nooneboy

Musicians

Mohsen Amini: concertina;
Hayley Keenan: fiddle;
Graeme Armstrong: guitar

with
Greg Lawson: violin, viola

Farewell Choir: Aidan Moodie, Breabach, Claire Hastings, Ciaran Algar, Connla, Cuig, Diana Ladio, Elephant Sessions, Ewen Henderson, Gary Innes, Iona Grace Fyfe, Josie Duncan, Kim Carnie, Jenn Butterworth, Laura Beth Salter, Mischa Macpherson, Sarah Markey, Shannon Quinn, Simon Thoumire, Siobhan Miller, Skerryvore, Ten Strings and a Goatskin, The East Pointers, The Friel Sisters, The Young’uns, Tide Lines, We Banjo 3

Tracks

  1. Montreal: A Night in Montreal (5.28)
  2. Crooked Water Valley: Howey & Scahill’s / Frank Marchand’s (5.21)
  3. Serbian Dreams: Trip to Serbia (4.47)
  4. Cabot Trail: The Cabot Trail (4.50)
  5. Farewell: Dystopia (6.37)
  6. Liddesdale: John Armstrong’s Farewell (4.07)
  7. Rations: Rations for Diamh (6.28)
  8. Beyond: McKendrick’s / Sweeney’s Buttermilk / Green Banana (6.11)

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 8ac Mohsen Amini;
Tracks 2a, 7 Mohsen Amini, Hayley Keenan;
Tracks 2b, 4 Hayley Keenan;
Track 6 Graeme Armstrong;
Track 8b trad. arr. Talisk

Video

Talisk perform Montreal:

> Folk Music > Records > Talisk: Aura

Talisk: Aura

Talisk: Aura (Talisk)

Aura
Talisk

Talisk Records (DL single, UK, 9 July 2021)

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Recorded and mixed by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound, USA

Musicians

Mohsen Amini: concertina;
Hayley Keenan: fiddle;
Graeme Armstrong: guitar

Tracks

  1. Aura (6.28)

Video

Talisk perform Aura:

> Folk Music > Records > Talisk: Echo 22

Talisk: Echo 22

Talisk: Echo 22 (Talisk)

Echo 22
Talisk

Talisk Records (DL single, UK, 31 December 2021)

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Musicians

Mohsen Amini: concertina;
Benedict Morris: fiddle;
Graeme Armstrong: guitar

Tracks

  1. Echo 22 (6.28)

Track 1 Mohsen Amini, Benedict Morris, Graeme Armstrong

> Folk Music > Records > Talisk: Dawn

Talisk: Dawn

Talisk: Dawn (Talisk TALISK03CD)

Dawn
Talisk

Talisk Records TALISK03CD (CD, UK, 11 February 2022)

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Produced by Talisk and Andrea Gobbi;
Recorded and mixed by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Recording;
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound

Musicians

Mohsen Amini: concertina, synthesiser;
Graeme Armstrong: guitar, electric guitar, vocals;
Benedict Morris: fiddle, strings

Tracks

  1. Intro (0.42)
  2. Aura (6.26)
  3. Surya (6.36)
  4. The Light of Day (6.17)
  5. Lava (4.42)
  6. Interlude (2.10)
  7. Storm (4.40)
  8. Beast (5.13)
  9. Dystopia Pt.1 (4.07)
  10. Dystopia Pt.2 (3.40)

> Folk Music > Records > Graeme Armstrong: You Are Free

Graeme Armstrong: You Are Free

Graeme Armstrong: You Are Free (Graeme Armstrong)

You Are Free
Graeme Armstrong

Graeme Armstrong (CD, UK, 22 April 2022)

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Produced by Andrea Gobbi and Graeme Armstrong;
Mixed by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Recording;
Mastered by Andrea Gobbi at Carrier Waves Mastering;
Recorded at GloWormRecording by Andrea Gobbi;
and ‘at home’ by Graeme Armstrong and the guest musicians

Folk Radio UK review by Johnny Whalley

Musicians

Graeme Armstrong: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tenor guitar, synthesisers, fiddle sounds;
Carly Blain: strings;
Keir Long: synthesisers;
Rachel Newton: backing vocals;
Michael Owers: brass, guitar;
Bevan Morris: double bass;
Mattie Foulds: percussion;
Jennifer Austin: keyboards;
Duncan Lyall: piano

Tracks

  1. Isle of France (Roud 1575) (4.02)
  2. You Are Free (3.52)
  3. Beads and Feathers (3.48)
  4. William’s Song (4.12)
  5. My Son David (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (3.59)
  6. Waterlily (4.26)
  7. The Beast (3.59)
  8. Both Sides the Tweed (Roud 8913) (4.06)
  9. Sit Alone (3.08)
  10. Fine Flowers in the Valley (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (3.50)

Tracks 1, 5, 8, 10 trad.;
Tracks 2, 4, 9 Graeme Armstrong;
Track 3 Sandy Wright;
Track 6 Karine Polwart;
Track 7 Michael Marra

Video

Graeme Armstrong sings Isle of France live at GloWorm in December 2022, accompanied by Keir Long on synthesisers and Laura Donnelly on backing vocals and synthesiser:

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Other records with Talisk and Talisk members

Mohsen Amini also is a member of Ímar. Craig Irving is a member of Mànran since 2016.

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 (Proper PROPERFOLK16) Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK16, 2015

TMSA Young Trad Tour 2016 (TMSA TMSA16) Various Artists, TMSA Young Trad Tour 2016, CD, TMSA TMSA16, 2017

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 (Proper PROPERFOLK18) Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK18, 2017

TMSA Young Trad Tour 2017 (TMSA TMSA17) Various Artists, TMSA Young Trad Tour 2017, CD, TMSA TMSA17, 2018

Chris Gray: Chris Gray (Chris Gray CG2020CD) Chris Gray, Chris Gray, CD, Chris Gray CG2020CD, 2020