Description
Release Date Friday 4th September 2026
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
In Thin Air, forms a musical companion piece to Robert and Jackie's book The Book of
Birds - a book that is a love letter to the splendours and mysteries of birdlife, and a
clarion call to halt the loss of birds from land, sea and sky.
The music was created within the contemplative green oak roundhouse of Ty
Sanctaidd (Sacred House) in the grounds of Ty Trefacwn in South West Wales, and
recorded at Castle Sound Studio in Pencaitland, East Lothian. As with our other
albums In Thin Airhas been recorded and produced by Andy Bell of Hudson Records.
Throughout The Book of Birds there runs a gentle mantra - "Nest, Egg, Beak, Song,
Feather, Flight, Migration -- these are the Seven Wonders that together conjure the
miracle of Bird ". Intrigued by this concept, the seven musicians have created an
intricate new album that has an overarching narrative, capturing the remarkable world
of birds from birth to flight.
The Spell Songs ensemble features the multifaceted talents and collaborative genius
of Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter
and Jim Molyneux
Tracks: In Thin Air / Make Your
Heart a Cradle / Njan (Nest) / Nest Builder / A Life Begun / An Calman (The Dove) /
Bells Fall Still / Taladh nan Eun (Lullaby of the Birds) / Feathers / Fallen Feathers /
Ride the World's Winds / Flight / Migration / Senegal / We Only Save the Ones We
Love
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