'Rachel and Lillias'
Rachel Newton (Voice and Harp)
and Lillias Kinsman-Blake (Flute).............................................................................................................................
'THE SHEE'
Olivia Ross (Voice and Fiddle),
Amy Thatcher (Accordion),
Shona Mooney (Fiddle),
Rachel Newton (Voice and Harp),
Laura Salter (Mandolin),
Lillias Kinsman-Blake (Flute)........................................................................................................................
'VICARS OF BLYTH'
Jonny Kearny (Vocals, Guitar) , Lucy Farrell (Vocals, fiddle, guitar), Rachel Newton (Vocals, harp, fiddle)
Influences
Well everything's an influence in some way or another but some of my favourite musicians have to be...
Gillian Welch,
Jeff Buckley,
John Martyn,
Joanna Newsom,
Joan MacKenzie,
Jerry Douglas,
Billie Holiday,
James Brown,
Buddy Holly,
Martyn Bennett,
Liz Carroll,
Minnie Riperton,
Martin Hayes,
Miles Davis,
Sarah Vaughn
could go on forever!!
Rachel Newton is from Edinburgh with strong family ties to the North-West Highlands. Attending a Gaelic medium school and through the work of the Feis movement, she soon discovered her passion for traditional music. Her upbringing in both Highland and City cultures has meant that she has been strongly influenced by a diversity of styles and this is evident in both her playing and singing. Rachel attended the prestigious City of Edinburgh Music School, and gained a BMus(Hons) in Folk and Traditional Music from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne where she became involved in many different projects including trio Vicars of Blyth. In her final year at Newcastle, as well as appearing on albums by Alistair Anderson and Sandra Kerr, Rachel released ‘Dear Someone’ with flautist Lillias Kinsman Blake and ‘A Different Season’ with BBC 2 Folk Award nominated The Shee. Rachel also has experience in performing music for theatre (winning a Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland 09 for Best Use of Music alongside her two colleagues in the Rowantree Theatre Company's 'Lasses O') and film (one of her songs is used on the soundtrack for the BIFA award winning film, ‘The Inheritance’). In 2005, Rachel was a finalist in the BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year.
Hi Rach, Good to see you last night and have a wee chat. What a gorgeous gig! We both loved it, great stuff! As I said, I'll move heaven and earth to get to a Shee gig this summer. X
Poor Rach, I hope you're back to normal soon. I'm away at my sister's in Lancashire at the moment, so near to CC, yet so far. Looking forward to some good gigs this year. As I said earlier, I'll catch the Shee sometime this year. X
Aw, thanks for the ticket offer, Rach. I've checked the map and Epsom is a 'bit' farther than I thought and as it's a mid-week gig, it will be difficult to say the least. So, no, don't bother and we'll Shee you in the summer some time. What's this about you losing your voice? Take care, Phil xXx
Well, it will be a quiet new year here I'm afraid... I'm never one for the mass hysteria... and besides it's not such as big a deal south of the border! Maybe one new year I'll make it up to Scotland and learn how to celebrate it properly! We have lots of nice food and drink in so we'll enjoy that anyway! :o)
Thank you for accepting my friend request, I am so happy that I stumbled upon your page... your music is amazing, I have no words. Thank you for sharing it.
How you doin ma dear? Just to let you know - Im doin a Bevvy Sisters gig 16th Dec Leith Folk Club and then my own lot The Kaela Rowan Band at Voodoo Rooms 17th Dec. Hope you can make it along to one or all of them . Cheers ma dears Would be good to see you Kaela x
... Si ça vous dit d'écouter les morceaux qu'on a enregistré avec Satish l'été dernier (ils sont enfin mixés !!), c'est sur notre nouvelle page... A galon, Erwan et Lina
thank you very much for your myspacefriendship i listen to yóur voice and music and a little light of the western sun comes shine through my window best wishes and lots of love from heidelberg/ germany
Hi Rach, Thanks for the tip, I hadn't checked Emily's page for ages. I really like all her songs. I can hear your voice on the one playing on my page. Enjoy your girls' get together. xXx
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