QUINIE - 'Forefowk, Mind Me' album launch

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Upset The Rhythm presents…

QUINIE - 'Forefowk, Mind Me' album launch
SOUND OF YELL
HARRY GORSKI BROWN
Friday 30 May
St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, King's Cross, NW1 1UL
7.30pm | £10

QUINIE will release her her third album ‘Forefowk, Mind Me’ with Upset The Rhythm on May 24th 2025. This show is the album launch. The record is largely sung in Scots language, one of Scotland’s three official languages along with Gaelic and English. “Scots gives me a way of expressing myself which is connected directly with the landscapes I love. It brings the songs alive and it is a fascinating language. The name of the record is in Scots - Forefowk means the people who came before, or ancestors. When we say ‘mind me,’ we can mean a few things- remind, remember, watch over or care for me. The record explores how tradition needs to be constantly reconnected with, built upon, looked after, and shared.”

Quinie sings with a style inspired by Scottish Traveller singers. “I began singing unaccompanied Scots Song in 2015 after hearing Scots Traveller singer Sheila Stewart on the radio. Over the years I have met Traveller friends who taught me that settled people sharing these songs could contribute to raising awareness. Scottish Travellers are marginalised and discriminated against in modern Scotland, despite being custodians of so many of our important traditions. So I started to perform them and tell this story. From there I built on my repertoire and started writing my own songs”.

To develop this record, Quinie travelled across Argyll with her Horse. They went on a pilgrimage of sorts through the ancient landscapes of the West of Scotland to explore the interconnected relationships between people, ancestors, animals, and place. The album’s vinyl release is accompanied by a book and film, documenting this unusual research process.  ‘Forefowk, Mind Me’ was recorded in August 2024 at The Big Shed in Highland Perthshire with support from Creative Scotland. Quinie is accompanied by an ensemble of musicians: Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola), Oliver Pitt (duduk, bouzouki, percussion), Harry Górski-Brown (small pipes, violin), and Stevie Jones (double bass, recording, and mixing). Each of these artists brings their own distinctive voice, bridging contemporary experimental practice with worlds of traditional and early music.

https://www.quinie.co.uk/

SOUND OF YELL is the solo project of Glasgow based musician, sound designer and producer, Stevie Jones. At times fronting an all acoustic collective of exploratory string and woodwind arrangements, in this instance Stevie will play solo fingerstyle steel string guitar, accompanied by tapes and synth. A serial collaborator, Stevie also plays with the New String Collective, Alasdair Roberts and Arab Strap (and of course, Quinie) and co-directs radio-art festival Radiophrenia.

https://soundofyell.wordpress.com/

HARRY GORSKI BROWN is a Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalist known for his innovative blend of electroacoustic and small pipes. In 2024, he released a tape with Glasgow label GLARC, Durt Dronemaker After Dreamboats, featuring settings of traditional Gàidhlig songs for voice, small pipes, and electronics. 

https://www.harrygorskibrown.com