The Lassies Reply – Pur 

Pur are Scots singer and fiddler, Shona Donaldson and Gaelic singer and clarsach player Katie Mackenzie. Their CD features twelve Burns songs in both Gaelic and Scots designed to demonstrate that the two cultures can co-exist and compliment each other. 

The  lovely  new arrangements, which leave the original melodies entirely intact and completely familiar, are largely based on traditional acoustic instrumentation with beautiful embellishment from Mr McFall’s Chamber String Quartet and some of Scotland’s best traditional musicians, including guitarist John Goldie, multi instrumentalist Anna Massie, harmonica player Fraser Spiers, clàrsach player Mary Ann Kennedy, percussionist James Mackintosh and accordion player Gary Innes.

"a pleasing freshness and vitality in either language..." Kenny Mathieson, The Scotsman.

 VOTE HERE NOW IN THE CATEGORY OF ALBUM OF THE YEAR:-

 http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/tradmusicawards/index.htm

Lauren MacColl learned fiddle with Alpha and the Kiltearn Fiddlers through Fèis Rois.  Lauren is an emotional and communicative performer of the music from her Highland tradition along with her trio 'The MacCollective'. 

She won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005 and two years on released her debut album 'When Leaves Fall', named 'Classic Album' of Celtic Connections festival 2008. Her second album 'Strewn with Ribbons' was released to critical acclaim in 2009, a recording of music researched from old Highland Collections married with her own tune writing.

As well as with the MacCollective, Lauren plays in a duo with flute player Calum Stewart and in a new project Mackinnon | MacColl | MacPherson and is also fiddle tutor at RSAMD's Junior dept.

"Her slow airs may well make you cry.....stop-you-in-your-tracks gorgeousness" (The Herald)  

Lauren has been nominated for 'Instrumentalist of the Year' at the Scots Trad awards this year.  She said, "I am delighted and overwhelmed to learn that I have been nominated for an award at this year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards."

So all present and past Kiltearn Fiddlers click through to the link below and VOTE for Lauren:-

VOTE HERE NOW IN THE CATEGORY INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR:-

http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/tradmusicawards/index.htm