Iona Fyfe - Guise of Tough (Celtic Connections 2018)

’Guise of Tough’ - Available Now. Taken from the album ’Away From My Window’ out 24th March 2018 Buy the album. iTunes: Bandcamp: Google Play: Spotify: Iona Fyfe - vocals Graham Rorie - mandolin Charlie Grey - fiddle Ross Miller - whistle, vocals Simon Gall - piano, vocals Innes White - guitar, vocals Charlie Stewart - double bass Video by Martin Forry - Soilsiu Images © Cairnie Records This is a song which I would often hear at singarounds, sessions and bothy ballad competitions. Growing up, I’d attend many Traditional Music and Song Association and Buchan Heritage Society events, in which I met many singers such as Joe Aitken, Geordie Murison, Jim Taylor and Scott Gardiner, all of whom would often o er the audience a great rendition of this bothy ballad. The song is about a man who