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Archive Project

Archive Project

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Format: CD

Cat No: RSH005CD

Release Date:  24 March 2014

Label:  Rusty Squash Horn

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060358920103

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    'The Archive Project' is a whirlwind of pit-stops around the traditional music hubs of Scotland, inspired and informed by the School of Scottish Studies archive. Tasked with creating new music and mentored by award-winning fiddler and composer Mike Vass, seven young traditional musicians have been exploring the School of Scottish Studies Archives at the University of Edinburgh, a vast repository of folklore and heritage. The final product is a full album: a collection of creativity with new tunes and songs (Gaelic, Scots and English) drawn from collected material, old tunes re-worked, and found voices. The aim of the project was to enable young people to get a meaningful understanding of the content of these archives and the context of the recordings; and then creatively respond. Through delving into this repository of heritage, the young musicians hope to make a genuine creative contribution to the living tradition of Scottish music. 'The Archive Projec't hopes to address some of the myth-making that has surrounded the archives. Instead of seeing them as a dusty old repository to be talked about in hushed and hallowed tones, we want to promote them as a varied and valuable resource relevant to everyone in Scotland, and create vibrancy and excitement around them.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Barefit Lasses
      • 2. Cas na Caora
      • 3. Samhainn
      • 4. Nam Bithinn mar Eun air Sgiathaibh
      • 5. The Mirror Monkey
      • 6. Oysters and Herring
      • 7. The Devil's Gramophone
      • 8. Saddle the Pony; Roaring Jelly
      • 9. Weathered Hands
      • 10. Journeys in Time
      • 11. Pillars of Sand
      • 12. Herding the Sheep
      • 13. The Bodach