Iona Fyfe - Guise of Tough (Celtic Connections 2018)

'Guise of Tough' - Available Now. Taken from the album 'Away From My Window' out 24th March 2018
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Iona Fyfe - vocals
Graham Rorie - mandolin
Charlie Grey - fiddle
Ross Miller - whistle, vocals
Simon Gall - piano, vocals
Innes White - guitar, vocals
Charlie Stewart - double bass
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This is a song which I would often hear at singarounds, sessions and bothy ballad competitions. Growing up, I’d attend many Traditional Music and Song Association and Buchan Heritage Society events, in which I met many singers such as Joe Aitken, Geordie Murison, Jim Taylor and Scott Gardiner, all of whom would often o er the audience a great rendition of this bothy ballad.
The song is about a man who is hired by “Jimmy Broon”, after an initial feed of bread and cheese, he soon finds that he is disappointed in the quality of his horses, and the plough doesn’t work either! I met the legendary Jock Duncan in 2012 at Turriff Bothy Ballad Competition where he was adjudicating the senior bothy ballad competition, and the terrifed 14-year-old me.
Found in John Ord’s Bothy Songs and Ballads and in the Grieg-Duncan Folk Song Collection (3:378) Roud 3800

[@leslieovens4523]

Hearing Iona live in Seattle was such a treat!

[@hamsaomar5351]

Wow I just seen you on bbc news and fell in love with your voice I’ve always had lots of respect for the beauty and resistance of the Scottish Much love from Africa

[@annov7500]

More ....Scotland:) its our music and we want to share:)

[@_jmcjmc_]

An absolute pleasure every time I listen. Thank you so much Iona, you're a treasure! Great work all

[@muttznuttz2972]

Iona is awesome!

[@HighlandSaga]

wonderful voice.

[@casualeye1633]

LOVE your version of this song. My favorite is the performance at Braemer Gallery.

[@persallnas5408]

Best British folk preformance of this millenium so far.

[@ruiiziinhoo]

I know right!!

[@persallnas5408]

Stands

[@HenryFSJR]

Looking forward to the concert at the Sofia.

[@pamcarr4779]

beautiful voice

[@TallinnTadgh]

just grand, hadn't previously been introduced but now looking forward to seeing Iona at the Oval Tavern E. Croydon next month

[@laurafulcher7890]

wonderful voice and lovely to hear the language

[@peterzuehlke]

Excellent!

[@tascalmaclean8959]

Fantastic singing maybe next time it could be a Britain got talent or Scotland got talent.

[@persallnas5408]

Oh! Nice! Have not heard this tune before but its lovely and lovely preformed

[@margaretscott133]

Brilliant Iona. Loved this

[@northi777]

Mia mamma adora questa canzone, sempre in my heart mamma Tamsynne

[@Lanticonformista]

(Meravigliosa!)

[@GrahamByrne63]

Love it sheer teckle 👌

[@digdog16]

Superb

[@martymannion5234]

Brillant from Galway

[@LboroWick]

I wish I understood what the lyrics mean but it sounds so beautiful. Definitely playing in my frequent trips to the Scottish Highlands; sounds such a perfect fit to the environment.

[@molecatcher3383]

Tough and Alford mentioned in the song are in West Aberdeenshire not the Highlands. She is singing in Aberdeenshire Scots (aka Doric).

[@mapleleafer74]

Blissful

[@persallnas5408]

love this and the mandolin player looks like a merge of konstantin kissin and pravus, there I said it but its not an insult its a compliment.

[@ianwattsOfficial]

just WATCHED THE CLIP AND THAT WAS TERRIFIC, ONLY THING MISSING IS THE UILLEANN PIPES WITH LIAM O'fLYNN AND wow:::))) cheer's FROM Australia

[@jimreid3906]

Rid rotten !

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Yi ken at dislike wis at gaffer fits he like 😂

[@perthrockskinda2946]

Um fae Glesga, ah cannae unnerstaun whit yer sayin'. Ye must be fae ova east hehehehe

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Pmsl A'm fae Murrikay an a ken whut aal yiz er oan aboot. A'd jaloose Waynoz fae ap Aiberdeen wye.

[@KevinRoss-ux9dh]

It's nice to hear vocals rather the band drowning the vocals out ❤