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Rachel Newton | |
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| Origin | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Genres | Folk |
| Instrument | Harp |
Rachel Newton is a Scottish singer and musician. Best known for playing the harp, she also plays viola and fiddle. She performs solo, as a member of the Emily Portman Trio as well as in the bands The Shee, The Furrow Collective and Boreas.[1] She was involved in the Lost Words Spell Songs project[2] and is a co-founder of The Bit Collective, a group campaigning for equality in folk music.[3]
Career
In 2005 Newton formed The Shee with friends Shona Mooney, Laura Beth Salter, Amy Thatcher, Lillias Kinsman Blake and Olivia Ross who she had met while studying for the Folk and Traditional Music degree at Newcastle University.[4][5] The group perform a mixture of their own works and traditional music, in both English and Scots Gaelic.[6]
She won for Best Music and Sound at the 2009 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland for her work with Rowantree Theatre Company.[7] In 2016 Newton won Instrumentalist of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards.[8] In 2017 her album Here's My Heart Come Take It was shortlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award[9] and at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards she won Musician of the Year and The Furrow Collective won Best Group.[10]
Discography
Solo work
- The Shadow Side (2012)
- Changeling (2014)
- Here's My Heart Come Take It (2016)
- West (2018)
The Shee
- A Different Season (2008)
- Decadence (2010)
- Murmurations (2012)
- Continuum (2016)
Emily Portman Trio
- One Night For Norma - Live At The Sage Gateshead (2011)
The Furrow Collective
- At Our Next Meeting (2014)
- Blow Out The Moon (2015)
- Wild Hog (2016)
- Fathoms (2018)
Other Projects
- The Lost Words: Spell Songs (2019)
References
- ^ "Rachel Newton". British Music Collection. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Spell Songs | The Lost Words". www.thelostwords.org. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Campaign launched to protect women from sexual abuse and harassment in Scots trad music scene". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "The Tradition: An Interview with The Shee". Folk Radio.
- ^ "University celebrates a decade of folk". Newcastle University.
- ^ "Folk band - The Shee". www.scottish-folk-music.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "CATS: winners by music and sound". www.criticsawards.theatrescotland.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2016 – Live Review and Winners". www.folkradio.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "SAY Award 2017: Shortlist revealed - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ folkmaster, Author (6 April 2017). "BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 Winners Announced". Folking.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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