Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart: Album Launch

Date: Saturday 13th May
Time: Doors open 6.30pm | Start 7pm
Place: Oak Room, The Rockfield Centre
Age: All ages (Children must be accompanied by an adult)
Cost: £12 Standard
£10 Concession
Carers go free with a paying guest

Booking in advance is advised for this event

Live music

Harpist Rebecca Hill and fiddle player Charlie Stewart present their new album 'Thawcrook'

‘Thawcrook' combines a love of great traditional material with new ideas and compositions. The album aims to represent a live performance, with the additional possibilities of layering and experimentation that are possible with a studio recording. Rebecca and Charlie have played together informally for years developing a musical understanding that shapes both arrangements and improvised sections throughout the album.

The name ‘Thawcrook’ refers to a tool traditionally used to make rope out of natural local materials, such as marram, grass, heather or reeds. The album reflects on this concept of drawing from a diverse range of sources to create a cohesive work, blending Rebecca and Charlie’s own compositions with arrangements of their favourite tunes from their respectice local areas (Charlie being from Perthshire and Rebecca from Argyllshire).

Two people standing looking to the left. One holding a fiddle, one by a harp.

Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart

Harpist Rebecca Hill and fiddle player Charlie Stewart have collaborated in numerous settings. Their new material draws from their individual musical backgrounds and is also influenced by the thriving Traditional music scene in Glasgow where they are both currently based.

Hailing from Oban, Rebecca gained the title of ‘Up and Coming Artist of the Year’ at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards in 2020 following the release of her solo EP ‘The Airing’ at Celtic Connections earlier that year. Her solo work has taken her on tour through Germany with Highland Blast in 2021 and to Ohio, America, in 2018 to perform and present at Granville Harp Festival. At home she is in great demand as a tutor and has also created exciting new online collaborations, including a series showcasing Gaelic melodies through working with an international selection of World Folk musicians.

Charlie worked with Rebecca on her latest single ‘Dalrannoch’ as well as her debut EP. His other session work has led to working on recordings with over 30 artists to date. Charlie also enjoys performing regularly with a variety of artists including Siobhan Miller, Matt Carmichael and Mischa MacPherson. Charlie is a founding member of the bands Naad-Hara, Dosca and Snuffbox, with highlights as a solo artist including a New Voices commission for Celtic Connections 2021 and gaining the title of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2017.