Image: Chris Newman (photo courtesy of Old Bridge Music)
Week 46 (#2008)
New releases are a reminder that musicians’ creative spark has burned brightly during the pandemic.Fiona Ritchie plays music newly picked up by Thistle, including “Breaking Bach - Flatpicking the Partitas” with Chris Newman.
Allegro…by Chris Newman from Breaking Bach (New Bridge)
Lovely Joan…by Simon Mayor and Hilary James from When Summer Comes Again (Acoustics)
The Kissing Gate & The Strawberry Tree…by Simon Mayor and Hilary James from When Summer Comes Again (Acoustics)
Cailleach Mhòr Stadhlaigh…by Màiri MacMillan from Gu Deas (mairimacmillan.com)
Sarabande…by Chris Newman from Breaking Bach (New Bridge)
Bourrée Anglaise…by Chris Newman from Breaking Bach (New Bridge)
¿Un Hombre Cansado?…by Charlie O’Brien from from Hy Brasil (Trouble or Fortune)
[ID excerpt] Gigue …by Chris Newman from Breaking Bach (New Bridge)
Hurricane Ridge…by The Godhard Sisters from Dragonfly (Godhard Sisters)
Shadow and Sun…by The Godhard Sisters from Dragonfly (Godhard Sisters)
Kid on the Mountain…by Liam Kelly from At Home with McKenna (John McKenna Society)
Uamh an Oir…by Eddie Seaman from Cave of Gold (Green Linnet)
Giving Back…by Graham Rorie from The Orcadians of Hudson Bay (grahamrorie.com)