Hollywood actor kevin mckidd returns to scottish roots for. According to visit scotland, this region includes the area between the highlands to the west, aberdeenshire in the east and extending north to the cairngorms national park. Diane of pitgaveny by speyside sessions on amazon music. Speyside single malts are just as able to get peaty with it. Mckidd instigated the speyside sessions, a scottish folk music album recorded in 201112 at hogmanay in his home town of elgin. Kevin mckidd and the speyside sessions band have reformed to raise. We offer a range of itineraries so you can choose your preferred daily distance so hopefully you will find an itinerary that suits your preferred level of activity. Speyside is a round, curved and controlled sans serif with an additional set of decorated uppercase letters, initials and small caps. Now westlin winds by speyside sessions on amazon music. Too often, these songs are made to sound pretty when theyre recorded, but speyside sessions have given us the real thing, with singers taking turns and a houseful of people joining in on the choruses. The font is inspired by the local handicraft, the batik in particular. Braves kevin mckidd on speaking in doric, his new album. Click on a name for information about a distillery. Check out now westlin winds by speyside sessions on amazon music.
Speyside is famous for its wonderful whisky and is often called malt whisky country. Speyside sessions 2012 scottish traditional folk with a modern twist. This is the official youtube channel for they speyside sessions, the scottish folk charity album recently headed by actor kevin mckidd. Go anywhere in the world, reveal yourself to be scottish and the most likely reaction will be one involving whisky along with a sly wink, an eartoear grin or a thump on the back. The resulting album, entitled the speyside sessions, is a fresh take on the traditional music form, with the ability to transport the listener and rouse emotion. The region is located in the magical highlands, east of inverness, and reaches from the glittering moray coastline down towards the majestic cairngorms national park. In august 1822, king george iv made a highly publicized trip to edinburgh. Set in the heart of stunning speyside, this trail takes in seven worldfamous working distilleries, one historic distillery and the fascinating speyside cooperage. Mar 25, 2018 speyside single malts are just as able to get peaty with it. Kevin mckidd born 9 august 1973 is a scottishamerican film and television actor, director. The speyside sessions has recorded leave a light on to raise money for the trussell trust and help musicians uk. Folk music event speyside sessions scottish folk music.
Speyside way long distance walk page on undiscovered scotland. The speyside sessions we are a band of scottish loons and quines having a jam, dram, and making a record or two for charity. For whisky purposes, it is distinguished as a subregion of the highlands due to the concentration of distilleries in the area and some stylistic similarities between them. A more recent tradition has also emerged in the region of producing the. Little did i know the amount of time and immense talent that was donated by local artists and musicians from the elgin, moray area of. In 1962, he commenced the building of a malt whisky distillery on the site and the work was completed in 1987. Check out the speyside sessions by speyside sessions on amazon music. Speyside has the makings of a magical and memorable visit. The speyside sessions by speyside sessions on amazon music. Speyside single malts are single malt scotch whiskies, distilled in strathspey, the area around the river spey in moray and badenoch and strathspey, in northeastern scotland the two bestselling single malt whiskies in the world, the glenlivet and glenfiddich, come from speyside. Stream leave a light on by speyside sessions distributed by distrokid.
The origin of the name is taken from a small location in tobago. Recorded over five days in an informal and friendly atmosphere, the speyside sessions was the read full post. Speysound radio inverness, uk listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. Firstly, there is the light, sweet and honeyed single malts of distilleries such as the glenlivet and glenfiddich which are the two bestselling single malt whiskies in the world.
The speyside sessions is a collection of amazingly beautiful music that speaks to that longing, imploring you to listen to it again and again. The speyside whisky buy the speyside whiskies online. The 46yearold admitted it had been an interesting experience with the band. The region is located in the magical highlands, east of inverness, and reaches from the glittering moray coastline down. Kevin mckidds leave a light on in aid of food banks is much. Food, spirit of speyside sessions some of the best musicians in scotland have been gathered together for the spirit of speyside sessions a series of music and comedy events happening from 1 5 may and forming part of the spirit of speyside whisky festival. Its been sung by the best of the bothy ballad singersjoe aitken, jock duncan and the likeand this version holds up well. There are also two spurs off the main path, of 15 miles to tomintoul and of 4 miles to dufftown the central parts of the way opened in 1981, with the tomintoul spur following in 1990. Find the best clips, watch programmes, catch up on the news, and read the latest speyside sessions interviews. Little did i know the amount of time and immense talent that was donated by local artists and musicians from the elgin, moray area of the scotland. The speyside sessions cd featuring kevin mckidd various. Protected waters, high visibility, abundant coral and diverse marine life make for choice diving, and speyside is home to some renowned scuba sites.
All profits from the speyside sessions will go to the charity, save the children. Speyside sessions is available as a download on bandcamp amazon us amazon uk itunes us itunes uk 7digital visit our speyside sessions first giving donation page if you wish to make an outright donation to save the children in addition to purchasing the album or other merchandise. It is not entirely clear whose whisky the king tasted. The speyside whisky trail is a relatively easy walk so if you are a regular walker or lead and active lifestyle youll enjoy the walk. Speyside sessions cds have now sold out from bandcamp, but fear not you can still get a download or if you live in glasgow or inverness there will be a very limited number of cds in the save the. It will be released june 2012, with all profits going to the charity, save the children. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl. Use one of the following modes of transport listed below to get you to the start and finish of the walk. Check out diane of pitgaveny by speyside sessions on amazon music. Kevin mckidd, of trainspotting fame, and the band speyside sessions have recorded a new charity single leave a light on to raise money for food banks struggling to cope with demand picture. Many of the contributors to the album are old school friends of mckidds. The speyside sessions has recorded leave a light on to raise money. Speyside is a protected region for scotch whisky distilling under uk government legislation. The great whisky trail road trip playlist by momondo free.
The respected whisky maker george christie purchased land near kingussie and founded a grain distillery in 1957. However, most people would typically recognise speyside scotch for its two primary styles. Benriach has a host of single malts styles from different wood finishes including dessert wine, fortified wines and rum. The speyside sessions these are my mountains youtube. Scottish greys anatomy star reforms band to help food banks. Speyside sessions last midwinter, a group of musicians led by actor kevin mckidd brave, greys anatomy, rome, trainspotting and best friend james d.
The speyside way links the sea at buckie with the cairngorms at aviemore and at tomintoul. Reviewing speysides whisky distilleries the top tours. Jun 15, 2012 recorded over the course of one week, mckidd, together with diverse cast of players and vocalists, recorded over two dozen traditional scottish folk songs. Its the jumpingoff point for excursions to uninhabited little tobago island, a bird sanctuary 2km offshore. Its almost a year now since a group of friends gathered at dipple house just outside the morayshire town of fochabers, to record what would become one of the successful and top selling albums on the world music download charts. Aromas of butter drizzled hazelnut, freshly pulled espresso, ripe red apple, and butterscotch pudding with a satiny, vibrant, fruity lighttomedium body and a tingling, interesting, mediumlength dark. Strathspey has the greatest number of distilleries of any of the whisky producing areas of scotland. Rehearsal footage of speyside sessions band as they prepped for gig at drouthy cobbler pub in elgin, scotland on january 2, 1015. Mckidd instigated the speyside sessions, a scottish folk music album recorded in 201112 at hogmanay in. Spirit of speyside sessions programme announced spirit. The speyside region was the source of the first scotch whisky boom.
Explore speyside holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. Cue the misty eyed, dreamy state thats taken ahold of many a traveller, drinks connoisuer and social butterfly to have ever visited. Speyside sessions the speyside sessions was recorded by a group of musicians from the north east of scotland. We enable our international users to find cheap flights, hotels and car rentals, plus deliver the best insider tips, free city guides. Aromas of butter drizzled hazelnut, freshly pulled espresso, ripe red apple, and butterscotch pudding with a satiny, vibrant, fruity lighttomedium body and a tingling, interesting, mediumlength dark chocolate and salted pretzel finish. Speyside is famous for its wonderful whisky and is. The album is a love letter to scotland and the creators home area of moray.
Scotlands malt whisky trail is the only trail of its kind in the world. Glenlivet 2006 speyside single malt scotch whisky bright gold color. Home help scotland speyside west isles search distilleries speyside. The album was released on 15 june 2012 in aid of save the children. Jun 24, 2019 glenlivet 2006 speyside single malt scotch whisky bright gold color. The great whisky trail road trip playlist by momondo. The malt whisky trail in speyside itinerary visitscotland.
Geographically, speyside is a region in morayshire within the highlands of scotland. Hollywood actor kevin mckidd returns to scottish roots for covid19. Nestling between the scottish highlands to the west, the cairngorms national park to the south and aberdeenshire to the east, moray speyside is just 3. I first heard about the speyside sessions about 6 months ago when kevin mckidd mentioned on twitter that he had recorded an album with friends for charity over new years. Festival events take place throughout speyside, the biggest whisky producing region in scotland, located in the moray area in the northeast of the county between aberdeen and inverness. Jun 15, 2012 check out now westlin winds by speyside sessions on amazon music. The entire community record, as mckidd describes it, was recorded in a house in the scottish highlands. The main path between buckie and aviemore is 65 miles long and tends to follow the course of the river spey. Spirit of speyside whisky festival attending scotlands.
All that, and its also nice and easy to listen to, plus the profits go to charityall good reasons to download it now. Speyside is the mecca for whisky aficianados and can boast it is home to almost fifty distilleries and, according to those in the know, thats more than half of all of the distilleries in the whole of scotland estimated to be over 85 working distilleries malt whisky produced in speyside can be found in the top ten best selling whiskies all over the world. Speyside speyside is home to some of scotlands most beautiful scenery and lush landscapes, as well as roughly half of all the scottish whisky distilleries. While there, he discovered the illicit whisky being produced in the district of glen livet in speyside. Jun 15, 2012 check out the speyside sessions by speyside sessions on amazon music. Recorded over the course of one week, mckidd, together with diverse cast of players and vocalists, recorded over two dozen traditional scottish folk songs. Moray speyside has all the ingredients to make sure every visitor enjoys a magical, memorable experience. Kevin mckidds leave a light on in aid of food banks is. You can read more about such great distillery tours, including at glenfiddich, over at the flaviar times. A traditional irish strathspey with four settings and seven comments that has been added to six tunebooks. Although the speyside distillery was founded in 1956, it was not until 1990 that production began.
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