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Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia | Màiri Morrison, Alasdair Roberts and Pete Johnston | Alasdair Roberts

Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia by Màiri Morrison, Alasdair Roberts and Pete Johnston, released 25 April 2025 1. Màiri nighean Dòmhnaill 2. The Bonny House of Airlie 3. Sir Neil and Glengyle 4. Hind Horn 5. Druimfhionn donn 6. Katharine Jaffray 7. Peggy Gordon 8. Uilleam Glen 9. Hi horò’s na hòro h-eile 10. The Soldier’s Adieu Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts collaborate with Canadian bassist/musical arranger Pete Johnston on a set of traditional songs with Scottish roots collected in Canada's maritime provinces by folklorist Helen Creighton (1899-1989). Recording in Nova Scotia with Pete and a group of Canadian players, Màiri and Alasdair sing these far-travelled Scots ballads and Gaelic lyrical songs with poignancy yet playfulness, the gravity of exile ever alive in their hearts.