Alyth

“Alyth loves singing, and lets you know that without telling you. You can hear it in her voice. She may be from lewis, sings (but not all exclusively) in Gaelic, and often performs with harp and fiddle - but she’s not a folkie. Her musical education and influences are too wide to sit in that, or any other, ghetto, minimalists like Reich, the sweeping eclecticism of Adams, sophisticated rock, modal jazz and role models like June Tabor or Marta Sebestyen have taken her down a path where she can sing unaccompanied in a Hebridean hall one day and with a metropolitan fusion samba band the next. She is at home on stage and brings to her music - whether with The close harmony vocalists in Shine or full jazz/rock rhythm section in Sunhoney - a still centre"

(Norman Chalmers - the List - August 2003)



Born and raised on the Island of Lewis off the Northwest coast of Scotland, Alyth is known for having a voice of ‘great purity and beauty’ and was recently nominated for a Spiral Earth Award for best Female singer 2010. She grew up immersed in the culture of her native islands and inspired by this went on to study classical singing and drama at the RSAMD in Glasgow. This combination makes her a unique performer who works with a broad variety of musicians both from the thriving Scottish music scene, abroad and of her new home town, Dublin.



She has appeared on 18 albums to date - her first solo release, An Iomall (The Edge), in 2000 on Vertical records. Her new album ‘People like me’ was released on Navigator Records in 2009. She has shared the stage with folk greats such as Martin Carthy and Norma Waterston, jazz singers Jacqui Dankworth, Sara Colman and Leanne Carol, Brazilian ensembles and Bulgarian voice choirs, Eddi Reader, Moving Hearts, Liam O’Flynn and regularly tours with The Chieftains.



Traditional Gaelic songs with modern arrangements; some are spare some feature tasteful arrangements that recall post era Bjork. No matter what the format her voice is spine tingling‘. (New York - Time Out)



“beautiful” The Scotsman 31st Jan 2010



***** Rock ‘n’ Reel Review May/June 09