Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

A little musical saying-sorry for anyone who forget to send that card, and would like to send this song belatedly instead...

Acoustic : Folk

The language is a little old-fashioned, but this is new song. It seems right that way. Have a listen if you love someone.

Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

Listen and let the song paint the picture: this is just a short single verse, a moment in time, an image.

World : Traditional Celtic

For Burns' Night - the bard's classic song recorded with mellow nylon string guitar and vocals, and an instrumental break.

Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

I tried to use the iPad with GarageBand as a sort of musical notepad end of 2011, beginning 2012. Today I was trying to get the iPad to work with some other gear (it never has yet) and found this recording. An ad-lib sort of songwriting..

Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

Song No 538 Version A from the Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection (Aberdeen), recorded on Dec 31 2012 after finding it by mistake, with a variation headed Auld Lang Syne.

Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

This is the song normally known as Sir Patrick Spens, but substantially updated and shortened, with a chorus based on one of the Walter Scott verses

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

A Scottish fingerstyle guitar instrumental echoing the rythm of a well-known song, but in a minor key and much altered noo.

World : Traditional Celtic

Aimed at the (very few) Scots who look backwards rather than forwards and rather fancy themselves in another Jacobite rebellion!

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

A slow Scottish jig written for the guitar, using harmonics, named for the deep pool in the Tweed where the bells of ruined Kelso Abbey are supposed to lie, ringing as the dark water flows over them - to be heard when danger is near...

Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

A quick song as a Valentine's Day pressie for my wife, Feb 14th 2005. In the general tradition of Scots oldies.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

Impressions of return to a western island, a small boat and waters lapping a mooring shrouded by mist. Guitar instrumental.

World : Traditional Celtic

The tale of Gordon of Auchanachie and his love Jeannie, who is married off by her domineering father to wealthy Lord Saltoun.

Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

This is 90 seconds of quick instrumental to show how badly Scotland the Brave, which is a pretty lousy tune, can be mangled on guitar

World : Traditional Celtic

An atmospheric Border Scots ballad in the auld tradition: how 'the Piper of Loos' saved the 7th Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers in October 1915.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

A short celtic guitar piece on a familiar Scottish theme.

Acoustic : Folk

This is a ballad on the life and death of John Armstrong, 'Black Jock', the laird of Gilnockie and notorious thief and reiver, hanged by James V of Scotland in 1530 on the field of Carlinrig high above Hawick town.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

The farmers of Scotland wondered, in the grip of winter and the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001, if they were the last generation on the land... a lament for the last farmer, whenever and wherever he (or she) may be.

World : Traditional Celtic

This is a late Victorian parlour-song by the Rev. Thomas Davidson and Mr T S Smail of Jedburgh, found in the British Students' Song Book circa 1900

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

Traditional Scottish Border tune played on my new Lowden S35C guitar which arrived today April 1st 2005

Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

This is a very much personal interpretation of the 1830 words for this Scots song from R A Smith's Scotish Minstrel, with nylon string guitar accompaniment. An unrehearsed live recording with some variation from the original words.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

This is a recording on a new guitar received today hand made by Russell Rose of Avandel Guitars in Wales

Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

This is an old Scots song with many variants, and here I have assembled a story using some of the verses I like best.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

The Skye Boat Song meets blues meets jazz and wanders off into the ocean beyond - relaxed nylon string Celtic guitar instrumental.

Acoustic : Acoustic Folk

This is a recording of one of my favourite Scots Border songs, by Sir Walter Scott, the story of John Scott of Hassendean and his English runaway bride from Westmorland.