Cover by Anne Campbell
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The Past and the Sky comprises story-driven songs with a distinctive blend of humanity and humour. The carefully crafted lyrics have a poetic quality, enhanced by a range of fluid acoustic guitar based musical settings. Featuring contributions from leading Scottish folk musicians Angus Lyon (accordion) and Jenna Reid (fiddle), the album takes the listener on a journey through the ups, downs and roundabouts of life. This spans the joy of young love (Mirrors, walls and windows), perinatal loss (A garden with a swing), the wonder of a new person (You), the daft/fantastical (The graveyard of the greats), dying (Leaving) and reflection (The past and the sky). By turns smilesome and poignant, The Past and the Sky was produced by Angus Lyon and mastered by Chris Waite at Gran’s House Studio near Biggar, Scotland.
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Reviews/Comments
This is a lovely Scottish singer-songwriter record filled with acoustic care, hushed passion, a slight bluesy pulse, and lyrical wisdom.
The music conjures the Scottish beauty of (the great) Archie Fisher.
A series of truly great songs.
Bill Golembeski, Folking.com
There is an engaging honesty to Macduff’s unaffected singing style.
Macduff’s straightforward delivery carries the listener through to the twist in the tale of each song.
Trevor Raggatt, RnR Magazine
Very delightful. Funny and good
Iain Anderson, Radio Scotland
Colin MacDuff came on a Bird On A Wire course with Findlay Napier and I, and now he's made a lovely, lovely album.
Boo Hewerdine
This is a lovely Scottish singer-songwriter record filled with acoustic care, hushed passion, a slight bluesy pulse, and lyrical wisdom.
The music conjures the Scottish beauty of (the great) Archie Fisher.
A series of truly great songs.
Bill Golembeski, Folking.com
There is an engaging honesty to Macduff’s unaffected singing style.
Macduff’s straightforward delivery carries the listener through to the twist in the tale of each song.
Trevor Raggatt, RnR Magazine
Very delightful. Funny and good
Iain Anderson, Radio Scotland
Colin MacDuff came on a Bird On A Wire course with Findlay Napier and I, and now he's made a lovely, lovely album.
Boo Hewerdine
Lyrics booklet download
You can download a booklet with the album lyrics directly from here:
You can download a booklet with the album lyrics directly from here:
The Past and the Sky lyrics booklet |