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Buckie Prins
Released November 3, 2018 "GLARC celebrates the return of Glasgow based musician Quinie, aka Josie Vallely, releasing her second album Buckie Prins. Quinie digs deeper into her Scots song excavations, with a style inspired by the traditions of Scottish Traveller singers Lizzie Higgins (1929-1993) and her mother Jeannie Robertson (190-1975); amalgamating sean nos style melodies, children’s rhyme, story poems and snippets of more traditional tunes to create a bleak and extended blur of narratives routed in an imagined Scotland. Whereas Quinie’s eponymous first album was largely acapella, Buckie Prins sees her accompanied by Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Oliver Pit and Neil McDermott. They bring a musicality to the tracks that combines minimalist tension, foundations of drone, stabbing atonal noise, and choppy medieval repetition." - GLARC Limited Edition of 100 yellow cassettes, each with unique shell encrusted covers and 14 page essay booklet. This includes an essay by Megan Jones, a medievalist based in Glasgow. Her research interests involve the post-medieval legacy and reception of the Middle Ages and the ideological potency of the period in modern discourses. Also included is a copy of a handwritten letter by Michael Dempster, The Scots Scriever, and detailed liner notes. Josie Valley (Voice, Shruti, Zipher) Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (Viola) , Oliver Pit (Guitar, Zipher, Bouzouki, Percussion), Neil McDermott (Fiddle), Alan Guadanal (Chanter) |
Quinie – Buckie Prins ★★★★☆
The list, Stewart Smith, 4th February 2019
Buckie Prins sees Quinie, aka Josie Vallely, digging deeper into Scottish Traveller song traditions, excavating an imaginary Old Weird Scotland in the process. While Quinie's eponymous debut was largely a capella, here she is accompanied by Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh on viola, Oliver Pitt on guitar and Neil McDermott on fiddle. Vallely makes the most of the Green Door studio's famed reverb on opening track 'Wagtail', singing the melody over her own layered vocals, bouzouki and viola. Her voice is stronger than ever, with a presence and control that only intensifies the emotional impact of her stark, flinty tone. The arrangements incorporate snippets of traditional fiddle tunes, Loren Connors-like guitar atmospherics, chordal drone and dissonance. The sonics occasionally distract from the bleak beauty of the tunes, but more often than not, Vallely and her collaborators strike the right balance, renewing the source material for the 21st century.
The list, Stewart Smith, 4th February 2019
Buckie Prins sees Quinie, aka Josie Vallely, digging deeper into Scottish Traveller song traditions, excavating an imaginary Old Weird Scotland in the process. While Quinie's eponymous debut was largely a capella, here she is accompanied by Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh on viola, Oliver Pitt on guitar and Neil McDermott on fiddle. Vallely makes the most of the Green Door studio's famed reverb on opening track 'Wagtail', singing the melody over her own layered vocals, bouzouki and viola. Her voice is stronger than ever, with a presence and control that only intensifies the emotional impact of her stark, flinty tone. The arrangements incorporate snippets of traditional fiddle tunes, Loren Connors-like guitar atmospherics, chordal drone and dissonance. The sonics occasionally distract from the bleak beauty of the tunes, but more often than not, Vallely and her collaborators strike the right balance, renewing the source material for the 21st century.
