Two Boats Under the Moon is the solo song debut of Scottish singer, piper and instrument inventor Donald WG Lindsay – a double album of original and traditional songs, recorded live in the studio with fiddler and pianist Roo Geddes.

Available as a 2-disc CD in digipak and as a high-quality digital download.

Formats

• Double CD – 2 discs in 4-panel digipak, with cover art Key of Pink, Two Boats, Under a New Moon by Ellen Dieter. Includes digital download (MP3/FLAC and more).

• Digital download only – full album download in high-quality audio (MP3, FLAC and more).

About the album

• 14 tracks over two discs, recorded live at Watercolour Music, Ardgour, in the Scottish Highlands during December 2024.

• Donald sings and plays flatpicked guitar and his own Lindsay System Scottish smallpipes; Roo Geddes plays fiddle throughout, and piano on selected tracks.

• Disc One – original songs: including Casuarina and the title track Two Boats Under the Moon, written during years spent on Ascension Island, plus new writing rooted in Scotland such as When You Were Young and The Fisher.

• Disc Two – songs from the tradition: Scots and Irish songs and ballads, including rare and unusual songs, pipe & fiddle sets, and classics like Tramps and Hawkers and The Wild Rover.

Press

• “Excellent two-disc debut… a bold new Scottish talent.” – ★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine 

• “A fine debut indeed; like the best things in life, matured in its patient process.” – ★★★★ Songlines

• “Warm, grainy… affectionately confided.” – ★★★★ The Scotsman

• “Hypnotic… jewel-like” – Folk London, Album of the Year

For listeners who

• Love warm-voiced Scottish folk music and great fiddling.

• Love the songs that carry stories.