Sitting here listening to what I (and many others) think was the best album of last year, I thought I’d better share it with you ib case you’ve missed it.
The album is ‘Traces’ by Scottish singer-songwriter Karine Polwart. This is a wonderfully constructed, played and sung album. Karine is a bit of a radical but, hey, that’s OK around here!
The first track on the album, “Cover Your Eyes” is kind of dedicated to that lunatic Donald Trump. The song is Karine’s response to the famous golf course development. A section of lyric:
The tide still ebbs and flows
where the Ythan meets the ocean
And not even God himself
could can stop the northerlies from blowing
You can tear these dunes asunder
Pound this wonder into dust
with your cruel hands and crooked hearts
laden with lust and expensive lies
But the haar will stumble in to cover your eyes
The haar will stumble
Great stuff.
Here’s a You Tube clip of this song being played during the Celtic Connections Festival.
As I said, this is my album of last year, achingly beautiful. You can get it here:
Was listening to KP on New Year’s Eve – first time I can say I’ve really heard her music and remembered! Good stuff – and any dig at the likes of Mr. T is fine by me.
Anyone have a go at the Trump deserves the minimum of a listen. I shall seek her out on Spotify.
Ah, I loved her album Faultlines a few years back – powerful, beautiful music. Will look for her new album. I admire anyone who can, regarding Trump, form a coherent, restrained response. Personally i just begin to spit bile….
I just noticed that katrine was on the folk show on radio 2 on 11th jan – podcast available
Er … shouldn’t that line be “But the hair will stumble in to cover your eyes”
The Scots Phil – I can’t understand half of what they are talking about