Laird Creations / Martin Laird Orcadian artist

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Tag: music

  • Blackening

    Blackening

    I Once Loved A Lass (Orkney Blackening) The following images are video still-frames showing Orcadian weddings and blackenings taking place around the Merkit Cross and St Magnus Cathedral on Broad Street in Kirkwall. These events feature in a forthcoming music video produced for Sikkersnapper – an arrangement of the ancient ballad I Once Loved A…

  • Cartoon – the peerie folk

    Cartoon – the peerie folk

    This cartoon was created for The Orkney News column in the May 2018 edition of iScot magazine. The theme is music, and the article addresses the excellent standard of musical education and live performance that can be found in Orkney. In Orcadian folklore the ‘peerie,’ ‘trowie’, or fairy folk were said to dwell within ancient…