Flower and Iron
Flower and Iron
Reviews
“After all these years, Malinky should be one of the folk bands of 2009” The Guardian
“Soars…recalls the halcyon days of Silly Wizard, the Battlefield Band and the Tannahill Weavers” Boston Herald
“May be the finest young Scottish band since Silly Wizard” Boston Globe
“Scots music at its most evocative” MOJO
“producing great music…another gem of Scottish folk” Irish Music Magazine
“a class act…just gets better each time you play it” fRoots
“just glorious” Living Tradition
“possibly one of the most lucid folk releases of 2008…bold and honest” Folking.com
Released Sep/Oct 2008 on Greentrax Recordings in the UK, Europe and worldwide., and Mad River Records in the USA.
Lineup
STEVE BYRNE :: vocals, 8 and 10-string bouzoukis, guitars, jew’s harps, shruti box
MARK DUNLOP :: vocals, whistles, bodhrán, flute
FIONA HUNTER :: vocals, cello
MIKE VASS :: fiddle, guitar, vocals
DAVE WOOD :: guitar, bouzouki, vocals
Produced by Steve Byrne and Dave Wood
*Featuring Dougie MacLean on didgeridoo!
Track list
PAD THE ROAD WI ME
THE BROOMFIELD HILL*
WHEN MARGARET WAS ELEVEN
COWS & COTTONGRASS
DARK HORSE ON THE WIND
THE SHIPYARD APPRENTICE
SWEET WILLIE AND FAIR ANNIE
THE DRUNKEN DUCK
THE PLOUGHBOY AND THE MAID
WHY SHOULD I?
RUARAIDH MOR’S
THE ROAD TAE DRUMLEMAN