Mercury - LP (Limited Edition Red Vinyl)
Mercury is the third solo album from multi-award winning Scottish singer-songwriter Siobhan Miller and her first of entirely original material. Recorded in Glasgow with many of her frequent collaborators, including producer Euan Burton, it also features co-writes with Lau's Kris Drever and Admiral Fallow frontman Louis Abbott.
One of the themes of the album is memory, what we take with us over the years as the 'important moments', the precious nature of those memories and the curious process during which our brain decides what it will filter out without us really having control over it. Many of the songs see Miller looking at what we leave behind us in various chapters of our own lives and where we are headed for, individually and as a society.
Her two previous albums received widespread critical acclaim, highlighting her extensive range through traditional, contemporary and self-penned material, as well as her "delicate, nourishing vocals and lyrically rich compositions" (The List). Winner of the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for 'Best Traditional Track', at which she was also nominated for 'Best Singer', Miller is the only ever three-time winner of Scots Singer of the Year (2017, 2013, 2011), and widely regarded as one of the foremost vocalists in Scotland. She has made numerous TV and Radio appearances including a cameo in TV series 'Outlander'.
Released February 11, 2018
Siobhan Miller - Vocals
Innes White - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar (Tracks 6 & 9)
Louis Abbott - Drums & Percussion, Acoustic Guitar (Track 5), Electric Guitar (Tracks 3, 5, 7), Vocals (Tracks 2, 5 & 9)
Euan Burton - Electric Bass, Electric Guitar (Tracks 2, 4, 8 & 10), Backing Vocals (Track 2)
John Lowrie - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Keyboards
Rachel Lightbody - Backing Vocals (Tracks 1-4 & 6-9)
Iain Hutchison - Electric Guitar (Tracks 1 & 10)
Eddi Reader - Backing Vocals (Tracks 1, 2 & 8)
Kris Drever - Nashville Guitar (Track 4), Backing Vocals (Track 2)
Hannah Read - Fiddle (Tracks 1 & 5)
Lauren MacColl - Violin & Viola (Tracks 4 & 7) - Violin (Tracks 3 & 9)
Adam Jackson - Alto Saxophone (Tracks 1 & 2)
Kevin Garrity - Trombone (Tracks 1 & 2)
Phil Cardwell - Trumpet (Tracks 1 & 2)
Tom Gibbs - Clarinet (Track 2)
Produced by Euan Burton
Additional Production by Iain Hutchison & Louis Abbott
Recorded and Mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow
Additional recording by Euan Burton
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering, Los Angeles
String Arrangements - Tom Gibbs (Tracks 3, 4 & 7) & Euan Burton (Track 9)
‘The Western Edge’ was inspired by ‘A Song Among the Stones’ by Kenneth Steven
‘The Growing Dawn’ was inspired by the poem ‘The Bird that was Trapped has Flown’ by James Robertson
Photography, Artwork, & Design - James Morrison
Mercury is the third solo album from multi-award winning Scottish singer-songwriter Siobhan Miller and her first of entirely original material. Recorded in Glasgow with many of her frequent collaborators, including producer Euan Burton, it also features co-writes with Lau's Kris Drever and Admiral Fallow frontman Louis Abbott.
One of the themes of the album is memory, what we take with us over the years as the 'important moments', the precious nature of those memories and the curious process during which our brain decides what it will filter out without us really having control over it. Many of the songs see Miller looking at what we leave behind us in various chapters of our own lives and where we are headed for, individually and as a society.
Her two previous albums received widespread critical acclaim, highlighting her extensive range through traditional, contemporary and self-penned material, as well as her "delicate, nourishing vocals and lyrically rich compositions" (The List). Winner of the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for 'Best Traditional Track', at which she was also nominated for 'Best Singer', Miller is the only ever three-time winner of Scots Singer of the Year (2017, 2013, 2011), and widely regarded as one of the foremost vocalists in Scotland. She has made numerous TV and Radio appearances including a cameo in TV series 'Outlander'.
Released February 11, 2018
Siobhan Miller - Vocals
Innes White - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar (Tracks 6 & 9)
Louis Abbott - Drums & Percussion, Acoustic Guitar (Track 5), Electric Guitar (Tracks 3, 5, 7), Vocals (Tracks 2, 5 & 9)
Euan Burton - Electric Bass, Electric Guitar (Tracks 2, 4, 8 & 10), Backing Vocals (Track 2)
John Lowrie - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Keyboards
Rachel Lightbody - Backing Vocals (Tracks 1-4 & 6-9)
Iain Hutchison - Electric Guitar (Tracks 1 & 10)
Eddi Reader - Backing Vocals (Tracks 1, 2 & 8)
Kris Drever - Nashville Guitar (Track 4), Backing Vocals (Track 2)
Hannah Read - Fiddle (Tracks 1 & 5)
Lauren MacColl - Violin & Viola (Tracks 4 & 7) - Violin (Tracks 3 & 9)
Adam Jackson - Alto Saxophone (Tracks 1 & 2)
Kevin Garrity - Trombone (Tracks 1 & 2)
Phil Cardwell - Trumpet (Tracks 1 & 2)
Tom Gibbs - Clarinet (Track 2)
Produced by Euan Burton
Additional Production by Iain Hutchison & Louis Abbott
Recorded and Mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow
Additional recording by Euan Burton
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering, Los Angeles
String Arrangements - Tom Gibbs (Tracks 3, 4 & 7) & Euan Burton (Track 9)
‘The Western Edge’ was inspired by ‘A Song Among the Stones’ by Kenneth Steven
‘The Growing Dawn’ was inspired by the poem ‘The Bird that was Trapped has Flown’ by James Robertson
Photography, Artwork, & Design - James Morrison
Mercury is the third solo album from multi-award winning Scottish singer-songwriter Siobhan Miller and her first of entirely original material. Recorded in Glasgow with many of her frequent collaborators, including producer Euan Burton, it also features co-writes with Lau's Kris Drever and Admiral Fallow frontman Louis Abbott.
One of the themes of the album is memory, what we take with us over the years as the 'important moments', the precious nature of those memories and the curious process during which our brain decides what it will filter out without us really having control over it. Many of the songs see Miller looking at what we leave behind us in various chapters of our own lives and where we are headed for, individually and as a society.
Her two previous albums received widespread critical acclaim, highlighting her extensive range through traditional, contemporary and self-penned material, as well as her "delicate, nourishing vocals and lyrically rich compositions" (The List). Winner of the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for 'Best Traditional Track', at which she was also nominated for 'Best Singer', Miller is the only ever three-time winner of Scots Singer of the Year (2017, 2013, 2011), and widely regarded as one of the foremost vocalists in Scotland. She has made numerous TV and Radio appearances including a cameo in TV series 'Outlander'.
Released February 11, 2018
Siobhan Miller - Vocals
Innes White - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar (Tracks 6 & 9)
Louis Abbott - Drums & Percussion, Acoustic Guitar (Track 5), Electric Guitar (Tracks 3, 5, 7), Vocals (Tracks 2, 5 & 9)
Euan Burton - Electric Bass, Electric Guitar (Tracks 2, 4, 8 & 10), Backing Vocals (Track 2)
John Lowrie - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Keyboards
Rachel Lightbody - Backing Vocals (Tracks 1-4 & 6-9)
Iain Hutchison - Electric Guitar (Tracks 1 & 10)
Eddi Reader - Backing Vocals (Tracks 1, 2 & 8)
Kris Drever - Nashville Guitar (Track 4), Backing Vocals (Track 2)
Hannah Read - Fiddle (Tracks 1 & 5)
Lauren MacColl - Violin & Viola (Tracks 4 & 7) - Violin (Tracks 3 & 9)
Adam Jackson - Alto Saxophone (Tracks 1 & 2)
Kevin Garrity - Trombone (Tracks 1 & 2)
Phil Cardwell - Trumpet (Tracks 1 & 2)
Tom Gibbs - Clarinet (Track 2)
Produced by Euan Burton
Additional Production by Iain Hutchison & Louis Abbott
Recorded and Mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow
Additional recording by Euan Burton
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering, Los Angeles
String Arrangements - Tom Gibbs (Tracks 3, 4 & 7) & Euan Burton (Track 9)
‘The Western Edge’ was inspired by ‘A Song Among the Stones’ by Kenneth Steven
‘The Growing Dawn’ was inspired by the poem ‘The Bird that was Trapped has Flown’ by James Robertson
Photography, Artwork, & Design - James Morrison