Songs of Home From The West End is a new album produced in total isolation due to Covid-19, featuring London-based Scottish West End stars singing new arrangements of Scottish songs.
Adam Gerber (Scottish Musical Director and Composer working in and around London’s West End) has joined with six Scottish performers who find themselves out of work due to the Covid-19 lockdown closing all theatres. A moving and heartfelt collection of some of Scotland’s finest ballads, Ae Fond Kiss – Songs Of Home From The West End, allows a somewhat modern musical-theatre twist on classic songs, all recorded in the artists’ homes.
Adam Gerber (arranger and producer) said “During this time of isolation people are feeling especially homesick, we wanted to create a musical love letter: something honest and pure which would hopefully let people relax and escape for just a short time.”
Featured artists on the album are:
Danielle Fiamanya singing ‘Skye Boat Song’ Danielle recently won The Stage’s Debut Award for Best Actress in a Musical 2019. Credits include: & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre), The Color Purple (Curve Theatre)
Aidan Harkins singing ‘The Bonnie Banks O’ Loch Lomond’. Aidan’s credits include: The Pirate Queen (London Coliseum); The Importance of Being Earnest (Barn Theatre, Cirencester); Closer to Heaven (Above The Stag); Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens (Union Theatre).
Connor Going singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ Connor’s credits include: Footloose The Musical (Tour and West End); A Christmas Carol (The Barn Theatre); The Choir of Man (Original Cast and International Tour).
Ailsa Davidson singing ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ Ailsa’s credits include: Lipsync (Cumberland Theatre/Summerhall, Edinburgh); Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Union Theatre); Grease (UK Tour); Americana (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Our House (Union Theatre).
Lawrence Smith singing ‘A Red, Red Rose’ Lawrence’s credits include: All the Angels (Shakespeare’s Globe); Avenue Q (UK Tour); Bernstein’s Mass (Royal Festival Hall); Brass (Union Theatre); The Divide (The Old Vic)
Steven Dalziel singing ‘The Wild Mountain Thyme’ Steven’s credits include: Top Hat (Royal Court Theatre Company); A Night At The Oscars (Upstairs At The Gatehouse)
Ae Fond Kiss – Songs Of Home From The West End is released today on Spotify : Click Here and is due for release on iTunes and all other platforms by the end of the week.
