Album of the Week

Album of The Week - 'Live From Harvard' The Clutha 17th Aug 2019 The Clutha ‘From Harvard is taken from a long-lost recording, unearthed from a dusty cupboard, of The Clutha on a two-week USA tour in 1981, and the 17 tracks capture the five musicians at the height of their powers. The Clutha was one of the great bands who pioneered the Scottish revival, and this … [Read more...] about Album of The Week – ‘Live From Harvard’ The Clutha

CMR Album of The Week 3rd Aug 2019 -' What Makes You’’ The Elephant Sessions Elephant Sessions Bursting onto the scene  in 2012 and hailing from the Highlands of Scotland. The band is :- Euan Smillie (fiddle),  Alasdair Taylor (mandolin),  Mark Bruce (guitar), Seth Tinsley (bass,) Greg Barry (drums). Elephant sessions won the highly prestigious Best Up and Coming Act … [Read more...] about Album of The Week – What Makes You’’

Album of The Week – Gavin Livingstone’s ‘Fire In The Snow’ 13 July 2019 Gavin Livingstone Gavin’s long-overdue solo album  Fire in the Snow was released on the 3rd of June 2019. It contains nine tracks, 8 of which are Gavin’s own compositions, and one by the Scottish songwriter Alistair Hulett.As an acoustic guitarist and singer in The Skerries, also in Mirk … [Read more...] about Album of The Week – Fire In The Snow

Album of the Week – On The Edge  – Folky MacFolk Face  6th July 2019 Folky MacFolk Face Dougie Torrance / Nick Watson / Jackie Mullen / Eabhnat Ní Laighin Guest Artists – Adam Sutherland/ Trish Strain / Paula Gomes / Xosé Liz On the Edge is the 2nd studio album from Folky MacFolk Face. It features 12 tracks which include original songs and … [Read more...] about Album of The Week – On The Edge

CMR’s Album of The Week – ‘Live In Concert’ – Tony McManue & Julia Toaspern 29th July 2019 ‘Hailing from Scotland, but currently residing in Canada, Tony has come to be recognised throughout the world as one of the leading guitarists in Celtic Music. While Tony is known as a soloist, his frequent collaborations with diverse musicians have always been a … [Read more...] about Album of The Week – Live In Concert

Album of The Week ‘These Are The Hands’ Alexander McCall Smith & James Ross 22nd June 2019 Album of the Week -Alexander McCall Smith & James Ross ‘These Are The Hands’ Artists appearing on this album - James Ross/ Michelle Burke/ Kathleen MacInnes / Alexander McCall Smith / Leo Forde / Liam Bradley / Patsy Reid / Ryan Young / Su-a Lee / Euan Burton … [Read more...] about Album of The Week – ‘These Are The Hands’

Album of The Week ‘Galena by Dave Gibb 15th June 2019 Dave Gibb Listen in to Album of The Week on Sat 15th at 12 noon when you can hear Dave in conversation with our own Bill Morris about this much anticipated album ‘Galena’This is Dave Gibb’s 10th Album  release from his first release back in 1999. Dave is a singer of songs and a teller of tales from the … [Read more...] about Album of The Week – Galena