is the much-anticipated new album
from leading fiddle player Adam Sutherland. His much-awaited second album was
released at Celtic Connections on Friday 2nd February 2018.
Some other Land
is full to the brim with self-penned tunes, with the majority of them written
out of dreams. Waking in the middle of the night with a brand new tune in his
head is a recent phenomenon for Adam and it has happened so regularly over the
past year that it has become the undeniable theme of this new release. Adam, who
is originally from Errogie - situated on South side of Loch Ness, plays with an
array of high profile bands including Croft No. 5, Treacherous Orchestra and
Session A9. For his latest release Adam has drawn together a genre-spanning
quintet to showcase his all-new original compositions. Solidly under-pinned by
John Paul Speirs and Iain Copeland on bass and drums, Adam's melodies are aided
in texture by John Somerville on accordion, Marc Clement on guitar and Hamish
Napier on keys.
Adam Sutherland on his latest album: "It was about a year
ago that melody started coming to me in my dreams. 'Some Other Land' refers to
this place of dreams and the album is made up mostly of tunes that have come to
me in my sleep, during the rapid eye movement stage. Others were inspired by
waking life, for example the moody 'Dusk on Loch Ness' is a portrait of the end
of the day, sighing trees, lengthening shadows and the onset of the night in the
place I grew up. I am really excited to share this new album with the world, I
am fascinated and so in love with melody - which is perhaps why it has started
filling my dreams! I love composing new tunes in a modern but identifiably
Scottish accent and I think this really comes across in this album."
Recently crowned Scottish Composer of the Year at the 2017 MG Alba Scots
Trad Music Awards, Adam's unique arrangements on Some Other Land deftly weave
together strands from diverse genres into a work featuring frenetic Scottish
reels, through subtly Balkan diversions to poignant slow airs all grounded on
emotive, soulful melodies.
