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Vent

Laura Jane Wilkie

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  • Genre: Folk
  • Label: Hudson Records
  • Released Date: 5th July 2024
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Hailing from Tain in the Highlands, Laura Jane Wilkie has a unique style which has roots in the Highland fiddle traditions but is influenced by an eclectic range of music from all genres.

Vent is centered around ancient women’s work songs – waulking songs. Laura studied these to adapt them for the fiddle, immersing herself in the Scottish archives as well as having them passed on from friend, tradition bearer and one-woman-ceilidh: Rona Lightfoot. The album explores the melodies of these ancient waulking songs and how they have individually and communally provided a sense of safety, shared knowledge, power, love, humour and freedom to not only rural working women’s communities but to Laura as a non Gaelic speaker.

Vent features an array of amazing talent including: Ian Carr on guitars/harmonium; Sarah Hayes on keys/flute/vocals; Joe Rattray on bass; Rachel Sermanni on vocals; Hannah Read on electric guitar; and Alice Allen on cello as well a improvised vocal samples by Pippa Blundell, Hannah Findlay, Gillian Fleetwood, Rona Lightfoot and Imogen Macleod.

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Track Listings

  1. "I am Sad in the Braes of the Glen"
  2. Lift Up My Love
  3. I'm Not Alone
  4. Mermaid
  5. A New Story
  6. A Man Ran Off
  7. Albatross
  8. The Sailor Has Good Chat
  9. Try

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