Elspeth Cowie Spain
Elspeth Cowie is a leading singer of folk and traditional songs, notably from Scotland, but also Americana. Her life and musical journey has spanned many places, genres, and decades. This shows in the arrangements she produces across, and sometimes fusing, genres. "If a song's got soul, it's worth singing whatever the label on it," she says. "Why paint with just one colour?" ... more
Elspeth Cowie recommends:
Once in a Blue Moon
by David Pringle & Fraser Speirs
Fraser Speirs wowed me when he generously comped for me at one of my gigs a long time back in Glasgow, and I hear the same astounding sensitivity in his playing here on this fine album.
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Prologue: The Farmer's Daughter EP
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