ReDrawing Edinburgh

by Dowally

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dunc Great collection of tunes from a talented Edinburgh duo. I particularly like the track: Colinton

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1.	Colinton 04:03	buy track
2.	Cramond 02:20	buy track
3.	Leith 02:43	buy track
4.	The Buildings Next to Oors 03:00	buy track
5.	Corstorphine 01:54	buy track
6.	Liberton 01:29	buy track
7.	Old Stories in your Pockets 02:20	buy track
8.	Ceilidh in Princes Street Gardens 02:28	buy track
9.	Deck the Walls (Bonus track) 03:32	buy track

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In the Summer of 2021, Dowally were delighted to be asked to compose and record an archive film soundtrack. The project, commissioned by City of Edinburgh Council and produced by Cinescapes, was named 'ReDrawing Edinburgh'. Its aim was to signify 100 years since Edinburgh’s boundaries widened to encompass Cramond, Liberton, Colinton, Corstorphine and - controversially - Leith. The archive footage came mainly from the National Library of Scotland's Moving Image Archive, as well as from members of the public. To write music for archive film had always been an ambition of the band and the work was a joy to create. The resulting film was projected onto walls in public spaces across Edinburgh in September 2021, with each of the 5 locations which were swallowed up by the expanding boundary hosting a community screening. We all marvelled and reflected as precious film footage from 1920 onwards played out before us, showing people, places, transport, families, community.

After the film events wrapped up, we re-listened to the soundtrack as a collection of compositions and tunes in its own right. For us, the music holds its own, and we hope you feel the same!

It was a pleasure to work on this commission with Producer/Editor Amanda Rogers (Cinescapes), researcher Amaya Bañuelos Marco and script writer Alistair Rutherford. We recorded the music in Chamber Studio with one of our favourite engineers, Graeme Young, and had the honour of having Norman Mackay lend not just his beautiful accordion playing, but also a tune of his.

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released December 3, 2021

Music composed by Dowally (Rachel Walker, Dan Abrahams), except Ceilidh in Princes Street Gardens, which is 'Mr MacFarlane of Skye' (written by Norman Mackay), 'The Barren Rocks of Aden' (trad) and 'Fisher's Hornpipe' (trad)
Performed by Dowally (Rachel Walker, Dan Abrahams) featuring Norman Mackay on the accordion
Produced by Dowally and Graeme Young
Engineered by Graeme Young and Michael Street at Chamber Studio, Edinburgh, 2021
Mastered by Reuben Taylor

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Original folk rooted in Scottish/Irish trad, influenced by jazz, Klezmer and everything in-between. Danny Kyle winners 2019. “Rather splendid” The Herald

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