manx celtic music and dance

New EP from Mark Lawrence

06 Apr 2020


Eagerly awaited by Manx guitar fans comes the debut solo EP of Mark Lawrence.

A year in the making, “Skeealyn Y Gitar”, which is Manx Gaelic for “Guitar Stories”, is a 5 track EP of a mix of
Manx and Irish tunes with some original tunes as well, mainly played Fingerstyle on acoustic Guitar.

Manx trad tunes include Arrane y Chlean and Arrane Ben Vlieaun, plus original tunes like “Gregor’s Tune”
written by Mark and others. Guest musicians on the first track are his sisters Kirsty Lawrence on whistles
and Katie Lawrence on violin, and Russell Cowin on Bodhran.

You can order a CD directly from Mark by messaging him via twitter
or buy the download for £5.50 through Bandcamp
Watch Mark play live at last year’s Yn Chruinnaght Celtic Gathering
 

Read article in the Manx Independent

[pic above - Vannin Photos 2018]

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