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Hawthorn’s Sweeter Shade
Stewart Hardy
A solo CD stripped back to the bare essentials: the majority of the tracks are solo, unaccompanied fiddle and of the rest, seven are fiddle duets and three tunes are arranged for string ensemble. All instruments are played by Stewart.
Description
Hawthorn’s Sweeter Shade
Stewart Hardy
Tracklist:
- Wild Hills of Wannies
- Italian Maggot
- Bottle Bank
- Niel Gow’s Lament for the Death of His Second Wife
- Emma’s Reel
- If You Jack
- Young Blenheim
- King Jacob Shuter
- Roslin Castle
- Yule Sea
- Hawthorn’s Sweeter Shade
- Bess King’s Hornpipe
- Lament for the Death of the Rev. Archie Beaton
- Cheviot Rants
- Factory Smoke
- Farewell to Bradford
- Free Trade
- The Purlongs
- The Flower of Yarrow
“Beautifully and stylishly played, good technique serves the music, never being used for mere flash.”
Tom Bell-Richards, Fiddle On.
“Hardy’s fiddling is technically nigh perfect, and his solo performance is enough to hold the attention for over an hour on this CD”
Alex Monaghan, Living Tradition.
Released December 1, 2012
Recorded and Mastered by Anthony Robb
Produced by Anthony Robb and Stewart Hardy
© 2012 Hooky Mat Records HMS 016