| Lightweights and Gentlemen | ||||
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| Released | March 19, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Castle Sound, Pencaitland, Scotland, December 2006 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Reveal Records | |||
| Producer | Calum Malcolm | |||
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Lightweights and Gentlemen is the debut studio album by folk band Lau, released on March 19, 2007.
All tracks arranged by Kris Drever, Martin Green and Aidan O'Rourke
Another Sky is the seventh studio album by Irish traditional band Altan. It was released in February 2000 on the Narada Productions label.
Woman of the House, an album by Cherish the Ladies, was released in 2005 on the Rounder Records label.
Little Lights is an album by British folk musician Kate Rusby, released in 2001.
The Scots Trad Music Awards were founded in 2003 by Simon Thoumire to celebrate Scotland's traditional music in all its forms and create a high profile opportunity to bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media and public attention. Nominations are made by the public and in 2019 over 100,000 public votes were expected across 18 categories.
The Best of Patrick Street is the first compilation album by Patrick Street, released in 1995 on the NECTAR label.
Lau is a British folk band from both Scotland and England, formed in 2005. Named after an Orcadian word meaning "natural light", the band is composed of Kris Drever, Martin Green and Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle). To date, the band has released five studio albums, several EPs, and a live album.
Kris Drever is a Scottish contemporary folk musician and songwriter who came to prominence in 2006 with the release of his debut solo album, Black Water. Drever is the vocalist and guitarist of the folk trio Lau with Martin Green and Aidan O'Rourke, He has worked other British folk contemporaries, including Kate Rusby, John McCusker, Ian Carr, Eddi Reader and Julie Fowlis.
Live is a live album by contemporary folk three-piece Lau, released April 28, 2008 through Navigator Records.
Honk Toot Suite is a studio album by contemporary folk musicians Éamonn Coyne and Kris Drever, released on January 27, 2007 on Compass Records.
Arc Light is the second studio album by contemporary folk three-piece Lau, released on March 30, 2009 on Navigator Records.
Martin Green is a musician and composer, best known as accordionist in the folk trio Lau, who won a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists.
Still Rovin', (Rover Records) is the 2007 album release by Irish/Canadian folk music group The Irish Rovers. The liner notes read, "Not counting the numerous compilation records, this will be our 30th album..." It is a studio album recorded in both Canada and Ireland, and mixed in Nanaimo, British Columbia. This is the first recording without original band member, Joe Millar, since 1968.
Skerryvore is a Scottish Celtic Rock group formed on Tiree, Argyll and Bute in 2004. The band started off with Tiree brothers Daniel Gillespie and Martin Gillespie, alongside regular Tiree visitor Fraser West and his friend Alec Dalglish, both from Livingston, West Lothian. The group took their name from the Skerryvore lighthouse that lies 12 miles off the coast of Tiree. The group’s present line-up includes Craig Espie, Alan Scobie, Jodie Bremaneson and, since April 2017, Scott Wood. Skerryvore have released five studio albums, with an additional ‘deluxe’ version of one including some live tracks.
Aidan O'Rourke is a Scottish contemporary folk music fiddle player and composer. He was named the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Musician of the Year and the Scots Trad Music Awards 2011 Composer of the Year. In addition to his solo career, O'Rourke also plays in the award-winning folk trio Lau alongside Kris Drever and Martin Green. He was one of 20 musicians commissioned for New Music 20x12 by PRS for Music Foundation to celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics. O'Rourke has worked with Eddi Reader, Andy Sheppard, Alyth, Roddy Woomble and appears on more than eighty recordings. Previously, he was a member of Blazin' Fiddles, The Unusual Suspects and Tabache.
Cornerboys is the fifth studio album by the Irish folk band Patrick Street, released in 1996 on Green Linnet Records.
Made in Cork is the sixth studio album by the Irish folk band Patrick Street, released in 1997 on Green Linnet Records.
Live from Patrick Street is the seventh album–recorded live–by the Irish folk band Patrick Street, released in 1999 on Green Linnet Records.
Street Life is the eighth album by the Irish folk band Patrick Street, released in 2002 on Green Linnet.
On the Fly is the ninth album by the Irish folk band Patrick Street, released in 2007 on Loftus Music.
The Bell That Never Rang is the fourth studio album by British folk band Lau, released on 4 May 2015 on Reveal Records. Produced by Joan Wasser, the album's title is taken from the city of Glasgow's coat of arms, and features The Elysian Quartet on its title track.