from
The River,
released January 19, 2016
Hamish Napier - whistles, wooden flutes, piano, harmonium, Rhodes, Wurly, clavinet, bean pods and backing vocals
Sarah Hayes - alto flute
James Lindsay - double bass
Martin O'Neill - bodhran
Calum MacCrimmon - vocals (Canntaireachd)
Oystercatchers, Curlew, Heron & River Spey - vocals
All tracks composed by Hamish Napier PRS/MCPS.
Canntaireachd lyrics by Calum MacCrimmon
All tracks arranged by Hamish Napier with invaluable contributions from Andrea Gobbi
Produced by Hamish Napier and Andrea Gobbi
Recorded and mixed at carrier Waves Studies, Glassgow
Mastered by Guy Davie at Electric Mastering
Photos, artwork and design by Somhairle Macdonald
For more info on The River visit
www.hamishnapier.com
This album is dedicated to my mother, for sharing with me her vast musical knowledge and passion for composition and for first encouraging me to write and arrange music as a child; and to my father, for sharing with me his great love of nature, history and outdoor adventures. I cannot thank them enough for their love and support over the years.
Thanks to: Donald Shaw and the Celtic Connections festival team; The Spey Cast (Sarah Hayes, Martin O'Neill, James Lindsay, James Duncan Mackenzie, Ross Ainslie, Dave Milligan, Tom Gibbs and Andrea Gobbi); Duncan Lyall for the lend of his harmonium; James Duncan MacKenzie for the lend of his Martin Doyle E flat flute; Jarlath Henderson for the Uillean pipe drone sample; Niall Macauley for the field recorder hire; Calum MacCrimmon at The Big Music Society; Martin Hadden at Bimam CD; Alison Smith at Maxwell Music; Mike and Kirsty Shilson at Honeyrock Health; All the staff and students on the BMus Traditional Music degree course at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; The Ledinghams for the local photos; William and Muriel Grant for finding Beel Grant's old fishing photo albums; Bill Sadler at the Grantown Society; Caimgorm National Park; Adam Sutherland and Nae Plans; Cask Strength Ceilidh Band; Blas Collective; Man's Ruin; Mairi Maclnnes; Findlay Napier; Marc Duff; Jarlath Henderson; Ross Ainslie; Iain Macfarlane; Mike Vass; Fi Vass; Finlay MacDonald; Chris Stout; Dave Francis and Simon Thoumire.