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Message in a Bottle

by Ingrid Henderson

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1. You gave us hope, sent news afar, St kind mail boats heart la'en. They tracked their course from Hiort to Sail, through secret pathways came. Chorus: Muir traigh, Muir làn, you swirl and dance, you break and crash upon the shore. Your constant motion, rise and fall, gun sgurr, a' chuan mhòr. 2. We all felt gain in coastal towns, The boatman, drifter, fisher wives They plied their trades and reaped rewards But who knows to what cost. 3. For all you give, you take away. White wings they scattered kin afar. Our gillean grinn, false story fed, sailed blindly off to war. 4. You stand those mountains on their heads, your power and grandeur hides your pain. You’ve robbed us of our comrades dear and tears they run to rain Refrain: My soul is drawn once more to you, be it joyful sad or catch a breath, My soul is drawn once more to you, a' chuan mhòr. 5 Your bounty, beauty half explored,  your stacks & cliffs, they’re fading now. Wasting, tumbling to the shore. Perhaps your final bow?
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The undeniably romantic notion of casting a message into the ocean and allowing fate, the currents, wind and nature to guide the journey and decide its final destination, formed the catalyst for this piece.

In 2008 a nine year old boy from Armagh placed just such a message in a bottle off Northern Ireland and ten years later it washed up on Canna. The message was a simple one of childhood love, and it’s this story & innocent sentiment that forms the stimulus to explore the bigger stories of tides, emigration & sea journeys through music & song recorded on this album and the artwork hinting at the visuals elements in the live show.

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released September 17, 2021

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Ingrid Henderson Scotland, UK

Harper, pianist and presenter, Ingrid Henderson is a ”musician of quite outstanding calibre, a virtuoso in terms of sensibility....”

She has nearly thirty years experience performing, teaching and recording traditional music appearing with the likes of Cliar, Glenfinnan Ceilidh Band & in duos with singer Margaret Stewart and with her own fiddling hubby, Iain MacFarlane.
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