Keefa Hill from Stretching Skyward by Gnoss
KEEFA HILL - Graham Rorie
This one’s a tune of Graham’s named after the now-deserted isle of Swona, which lies to the South-West of South Ronaldsay where he grew up.
The island was populated from as early 500BC up until the 1970s, when the Rosie family - the last inhabitants - left for the Orkney mainland.
Their parting gift to the isle of Swona was a herd of beef cattle, who after fifty years of self- determination, have survived almost entirely without man’s interference for over five generations, and are now classified as an entirely unique breed in The World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds.
The cows live peacefully alongside Swona’s other varied wildlife as her only remaining islanders.
Tracklist
| 6. | Keefa Hill | 3:27 |
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Glasgow based folk band.
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Gnoss: a dynamic four-piece of fiddle, flute, guitar and bodhran that tackle energetic tune sets and driving folk song with a "maturity of ability many of a greater age will envy" (Living Tradition).