Karen Marshalsay: Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp

Eadarainn a’ Chruit: Between Us the Harp is the show of the second album from Scottish harper Karen Marshalsay. Connecting the Scots, Scottish Gaelic and Irish traditions, it also celebrates the harp’s rich presence in Scottish music.

Karen is one of only a handful of players who specialise in all three harps in the Scottish tradition: the modern lever harp, the wire-strung clarsach of the Gaels and the bray harp from the renaissance and baroque periods with its distinctive sitar-like buzz.

With a playing style that is deeply connected to the piping tradition, she has worked with musicians from India, Africa and Paraguay, appeared as a featured soloist with the Russian String Orchestra, and currently plays with long-established Scottish group The Whistlebinkies.

She is joined here by her long-time colleagues who appear on Eadarainn a’ Chruit: Between Us the Harp, Scottish harp doyenne Alison Kinnaird, piper-Gaelic singer Allan MacDonald, singer, flautist and tin whistle master Cathal McConnell, and fiddler-violist Kathryn Nicoll to perform tunes and songs from the album and more!