{"title":"Karen Matheson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"karen-matheson-downriver","title":"Downriver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Matheson - Downriver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in the serene setting of Crear Studios on the West Coast of Argyll, the album evolved from live sessions with James Grant (guitar), James MacKintosh (percussion), Donald Shaw (piano\/accordion), Ewen Vernal (double bass) and Donal Lunny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...remarkable in English but breathtaking when she draws on Hebridean roots to sing in Gaelic\"\u003cbr\u003eTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\" Karen Matheson's vocals are the coolest - swirling and slamming - amazingly dynamic\"\u003cbr\u003eNME\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"spellbinding and evocative... she takes folk music to a celestial high\"\u003cbr\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Vertical Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52480088736084,"sku":"VERTCD075","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5544\/1236\/files\/Karen_Matheson_Downriver.jpg?v=1751901088"},{"product_id":"karen-matheson-urram-respect","title":"Urram (Respect)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Matheson - Urram (Respect)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternationally recognized as lead vocalist of acclaimed crossover folk band \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/capercaillie.co.uk\/\" title=\"Link to Capercaille Band Website\"\u003eCapercaillie\u003c\/a\u003e (with whom she has toured over 30 countries and sold over a million albums) this solo project ‘Urram’ (Gaelic for respect) is a musical love letter to her families’ Hebridean roots, with a collection of timeless Gaelic songs that evoke the character and atmosphere of Island life, through work songs, love songs, lullabies, mouth music and evocative poems to the surroundings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sound of the album is engagingly contemporary in it’s ambition though, with guest musicians including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.seckoukeita.com\/\" title=\"Link to Seckou Keita Website\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSeckou Keita\u003c\/a\u003e (Senegal) on African kora, Soumik Datta (India) on Sarod, Scotland’s Mr. McFall’s Chamber group on strings, Innes White \u0026amp; Sorren MacLean on guitars, and long-term musical partner Donald Shaw producing and on Piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these days of music with no frontiers from cosmopolitan multi-cultural countries it is perhaps not so unusual to hear of musicians from Africa \u0026amp; India engaging with beautiful melodies from the Scottish tradition of centuries old Gaelic songs. But when the voice bringing those songs to life is Gaelic singer Karen Matheson, it’s not surprising to find the resulting recording far exceeds just a meeting of similar musical minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThis album came about after finding old photographs when my parents died.  They sent me on a journey of discovery about their early lives, their ancestors, the tales of hardship, emigration and the losses of war, which compelled me to connect musically with what was important to them. The songs themselves are a mixture of those learnt as a child and songs gathered from the amazing archives of digitized recordings by the School of Scottish Studies.  It is the first time that I have recorded a solo album of purely Gaelic material and it’s been a joy to collaborate with such great musicians form the World music scene\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKM July 2015\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertical Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52480003604820,"sku":"VERTCD102","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5544\/1236\/files\/Karen_Matheson_Urram__Respect.jpg?v=1752085774"},{"product_id":"karen-matheson-still-time","title":"Still Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Matheson - Still Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"10 years ago I was working on a bunch of different tracks, unsure of what direction to go in when I found myself facing a number of personal challenges including the loss of both my parents. It felt right to concentrate on the Gaelic songs of my childhood, in tribute to what had given true shape to my life, resulting in the purely Gaelic release of 'Urram' (Respect) from 2015. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe were then left with a body of work, waiting in the wings to be resurrected at a later date with my sore heart eased and my faith in humanity restored. Fast-forward a decade and while the world paused, bird song soared and banana bread baked 'Still Time' was re-born. With the help of some familiar, brilliant musicians who could accommodate the 'home-recording' situation, we worked through lockdown. Somehow having time to reflect and consider music in a different way helped me finally finish the record and I am super proud of it!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKM\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertical Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52085654094164,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":52085654126932,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5544\/1236\/files\/Karen_Matheson_Still_Time.jpg?v=1752081607"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.verticalrecords.co.uk\/collections\/karen-matheson-1.oembed","provider":"Vertical Records Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}