Taken from her forthcoming album ‘All Is Not Forgotten’, which finds Scottish singer songwriter Siobhan Miller returning to her roots, watch “May Morning Dew”, also our Song of the Day. The slow air of May Morning Dew is the first traditional track from her new album – simply arranged and meditative with Megan Henderson’s wonderfully expressive fiddle particularly noteworthy.
All is Not Forgotten is the Midlothian-born performer’s fourth solo studio album following on from 2018’s Mercury which Neil McFadyen described as “a rich and perfectly balanced blend of traditional and contemporary sounds”, which was also made it into our end of year’Best Albums of 2018‘.
This new album is a more stripped back affair which sees Miller return to her roots. Where Mercury fielded all original songs, All is Not Forgotten magically melds new and traditional numbers in nine tracks with an overriding air of unrushed calm peppered with a touch of fun in the final tracks.
She is joined by some of the Scottish folk scene’s finest musicians – Orcadian singer/guitarist Kris Drever (Lau), fiddler Megan Henderson {Breabach), Innes White on acoustic guitar, Euan Burton on double bass, John Lowrie on piano and Kim Carnie on backing vocals.
Produced by the team of Miller, Burton, Drever and lain Hutchison the album was recorded at Gloworm Studio in Glasgow. Says Siobhan: “After releasing Mercury I really wanted to create something reflective of our live shows, mixing original songs with new arrangements of traditional songs I’ve learned and making it as raw and honest as possible. We returned to Gloworm Studio and recorded the songs live together. It was such an enjoyable experience -possibly the most fun I’ve had recording with everyone reacting to each other’s performances and feeding off each other.”
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