Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan - Adoon Winding Nith: A fine album featuring a selection of the songs of Robert Burns. There is a happy, optimistic feel to this album with no broken hearts or sad endings, just a celebration of love, beauty and good times.  From the delicate ‘Gowden Locks o Anna’ which Burns said was “the best love song I ever composed in my life” to the jolly ‘Whistle o’er the Lave o it’, Smith and McClennan display their versatility as a duo occasionally underpinned by the bass skills of Duncan Lyall. Their imaginative choice of instrumentation and approach to arranging ensures each tracks sounds fresh to the listener’s ear be it original Burns or new settings of songs such as their powerful ‘Soldier’s Return’ and lullaby version of  ‘Lassie Lie Near Me’.