Image: Viking galley at Up Helly Aa, Lerwick, Shetland 2024 (photo by Fiona Ritchie)
Week 7 (#2125)
From the northern isles of Orkney and Shetland and onward to Norway, hear the fusion of Celtic and Scandinavian music.
Shetland Pony Shuffle…by Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley from Idiom (Geo Sound)
The Sheriff…by Chris Stout from Quintet (Greentrax)
Braes o’ Gleniffer…by Ivan Drever from Four Walls (Iona)
James & Emilie Kirkness…by Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley from Northern Lights (Birnam CD)
Got To Go…by Rock, Salt & Nails from Live and Hazardous (Park)
Norwegian…by Blazin’ Fiddles from Thursday Night in the Caley (Accusound)
Swedish…by Blazin’ Fiddles from The Old Style (Blazin Fiddles)
[ID excerpt] Totaig…by Harta from Harta (HartaSkye)
The Constitution…Aly Bain from The Shetland Sessions, Vol 1 (Lismor)
Shaskeen/Paddy Fahey’s, Fair Jenny…Hom Bru from The Shetland Sessions, Vol 1 (Lismor)
Turning Tide…by Shoormal from Turning Tide (Greentrax)
Don’t Drink and Dance…by The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc (Nordic Fiddlers Bloc)
The Call and the Answer…by Kris Drever from Mark the Hard Earth (Navigator)
Valtrail…by Harta from Harta (HartaSkye)
The Joy of It!…by Catriona Macdonald from Bold (Peerie Angel Productions)