Soundscape and production by Andrea Gobbi.
Edinburgh singer, guitarist and Storyteller David Francis is hugely knowledgeable and experienced in the Scottish folk tradition. He and I have collaborated on various projects over the years, including the ‘Ceol Mor’ youth folk big band at Aberdeen International Youth Festival 2012-2016, and the ‘Dufftown Stories’ for the People’s Parish project in 2022. ‘Strathspey Stories’ was series of self-filmed local heritage stories on YouTube for the Scottish International Storytelling Festival Online in 2020. David researched and wrote the stories - they are brilliant. We went out on location to farms, cottages and firesides in my local area to record the stories and tunes associated with each place. We are very proud of the 8 short films - they have a very homemade feel (we didn’t have pro videography gear, just our iPhones)! You can find them on my YouTube channel. Have a pot of tea and a packet of biscuits at the ready.
from
an t’Each Uisge [The Water-Horse] COMPLETE EDITION (All 5 Parts),
released October 5, 2023
Full Album Credits for An t’Each Uisge [The Water-Horse]: All Parts 1 - 5.
It’s basically just a whole load of bonus tracks for my first album 'The River. In the end it turned out to be an hour and 45 minutes worth of new compositions, remixed older music, trad tunes, field recordings, storytelling, narration and poetry recitations, in 5 parts:
Part 1 Child - Featuring Kenneth Steven, Jim Macintosh & Innes Watson.
Part 2 Land - Featuring Merryn Glover, Innes Watson & Marie-Louise Napier.
Part 3 Love - Featuring Su-a Lee, Karen Hodgson Pryce, Peter Stronach, Duncan Chisholm, Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson
Part 4 Spirit - Featuring Andrea Gobbi and David Francis
Part 5 Work - Featuring Duncan Chisholm, Fraser Stone, David Francis, Marie-Louise Napier, Will Boyd-Wallis, Innes Watson, Steve Byrnes and Su-a Lee.
Your contribution to this release is greatly appreciated!
So, who’s actually featured on An t’Each Uisge [The Water-Horse] EP?...
Karen Hodgson-Price - poet and recitation
Jim Mackintosh - poet and recitation
Kenneth Steven - poet and recitation
David Francis - writer and storytelling
Merryn Glover - writer and narration
Marie-Lousie Napier - clarsach and narration
Jarlath Henderson - uilleann pipes
Steve Byrnes - acoustic guitar & snare drum
Innes Watson - acoustic guitar, tenor guitar & fiddle
Duncan Chisholm - fiddle
Will Boyd-Wallis - acoustic guitar
Fraser Stone - drums
Su-a lee - cello and field recordings
Peter Stronach - field recordings
Fergus Napier - fly fishing rod
Hamish Napier - field recordings, wooden flutes, whistles, piano, keyboards, programming, percussion and poems
Musicians who originally performed on the selected and remixed tracks from my albums 'The River' and 'The Woods’:
Sarah Hayes - alto flute
Martin O'Neill - bodhran
James Lindsay - double bass
Steve Byrnes - guitar and drums
Recorded by Hamish Napier & Andrea Gobbi
All tracks arranged by Hamish Napier with invaluable contributions from Andrea Gobbi
All tracks composed by Hamish Napier PRS/MCPS, except 'The Power of the River’ composed by Hamish Napier & Duncan Chisholm, and 'Music of Spey' and 'Spey in Spate’ by James Scott Skinner.
Poems by Hamish Napier, Jim Macintosh, Karen Hodgson-Pryce and Kenneth Steven.
Writers: David Francis, Merryn Glover and Elizabeth Grant (1797-1885).
Edited, mixed & Mastered by Andres Gobbi at Carrier Waves and GloWorm Recording, Glasgow.
Photos, artwork and design by Somhairle Macdonald. with some design by Hamish Napier.