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| ELSPETH COWIE | |
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Elspeth Cowie has been a leading voice of the tradition for nearly two decades, first with the band Sennachie, then the vocal trio Chantan, and latterly as a soloist. As National Organiser of the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland from 1996 to 2001, she has played a major role in fighting the tradition’s cause in the corridors of power, but that activity, no matter how important, has never stopped her development as a singer. Noted for her rich, smokey voice and her interpretative skills, she uses both to full effect in a dreamlike arrangement of the powerful northeast witchcraft ballad Alison Cross, learned from the great Lizzie Higgins. |
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| Elspeth has recorded on a number of albums. Her latest is a solo CD called 'Naked Voice'. A new venture, the Elspeth Cowie Band, is now in preparation. |
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