Barry Nisbet is a songwriter, fiddle player and guitarist who combines the music of his native Shetland with a style inspired by the drama of the islands, history, the sea, and his own travels and experiences. He has performed with Shetland´s Rack n Ruin, Dundee´s Wire and Wool and France-based Tildon Krautz as well as being the creator of the Sessions and Sail project that will launch on the west coast of Scotland in 2018.

With 10 tracks of all-original material, A Bright Ray of Sunshine, launching on 4th March 2018, is a collaborative album that features notable musicians from Dundee and beyond, namely:

– Theo Barnard (Wire and Wool) guitar and vocals;

– Ade Dacre (Badly Drawn Boy) drums;

– Stephen Jack (Two Thieves) bass;

– Amira Kremers (Two Thieves) vocals;

– Fiona McAndrew (Metecandriu) vocals;

– Robbie Ward (Zen and the Art of Jollification; AMWWF) keys/whistle/bass/vocals;

– Robin Wynn Evans (TPot Studios) percussion.

Offering transcendental folk that blends a Scottish sound with influences ranging through jazz and psychedelia to Americana, the album was made with the assistance of a Dundee Musicians Award, and was recorded by Robin Wynn Evans at TPot Studios, Perthshire in November and December of 2017.

The cover artwork is by Glasgow-based artist Mick Peter.

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