Albums

The Knockbain Road

Beautiful wire-strung harp music recorded live in nature and inspired by the land and poetry.

 

'engaging, atmospheric and skilfully understated'

RnR Magazine

The Knockbain Road album cover plus Bandcamp link

Books

Cherry Blossom After Rain

Contemplative, minimalist wire-strung harp music with its roots in Japan and Scotland

 

'the album is a comforting break... a perfectly reflective companion'

Irish Music Magazine

Cherry Blossom album cover plus Bandcamp link

The Black Isle Collection

Over 70 tunes all inspired by this beautiful Scottish Highland peninsula

 

'a wonderful collection of music'

Duncan Chisholm

Black Isle Collection book cover plus Bandcamp link

The Barley Skimmers

Wonderfully original tunes for the Scottish bagpipes filled with rhythm and atmosphere.

 

'pipers will find plenty of interesting tunes in the book'

Piping Times

Barley Skimmers book cover plus Bandcamp link

Heartstone

Original music composed for the wire-strung clarsach/harp. arranged by Bill Taylor

'lucid beauty and emotional depth'

Robert MacLean

Heartstone book cover and Bandcamp link
Orkney Sampler music book plus Bandcamp link

An Orkney Sampler

From tunes about mermaids and otters to people and places, slow waltzes to lively rhythms, all inspired by Orkney and the people who live there.

 

'There are some great wee tunes in this book'

Ivan Drever

A Song Among the Stones

The story of 6th C Celtic monks' journey from Iona to Iceland evocatively told through Kenneth Steven's poetry and Hilary de Vries' music

 

Song Among the Stones book cover plus Bandcamp link
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