Hom Bru


Hom Bru are a folk group from Shetland who formed in 1978. They moved to Edinburgh in 1980 and using the city as their base, toured all over Europe. In 1982 they moved back to Shetland and continue to perform regularly.
The band play a mixture of instrumental music, mainly traditional Shetland and Scandinavian tunes, and songs sung in Shetland dialect.

Personnel

Current members

Discography

''The First Swig''

First Swig was Hom Bru's debut album released in 1978. The album was recorded by Douglas Bentley in his Viking Vision "studio" which was actually the front shop of his electrical retail premises. The recording was released on cassette only.

Track listing

Side 1:
  1. Nine points of roguery
  2. Greenland whaling
  3. Delta dawn
  4. Till the rivers all run dry
  5. Gardebylaten
Side 2:
  1. Never on a Sunday
  2. Fiddler's green
  3. Banks of Newfoundland
  4. The alamo
  5. Scotland the brave

    Personnel

Davie Henry ; Alec Johnson ; Gary Peterson ; Brian Nicholson

''Obadeea''

Obadeea features a recording of "The Unst Boat Song" which is sung in the old Norn language

Track list

  1. Christmas Day/The bonnie Isle of Whalsay /Leather reeches
  2. Gardebylatten
  3. Lassie lie near me
  4. Chicago reel /The scholar /St Anne's reel
  5. Ragtime Jane - listen
  6. The new song on the turnout
  7. The brolum /Pete da mill
  8. Janine's shell, Sandy Bell's hornpipe
  9. Unst boat song
  10. Garster's dream /Da brig /Da sooth end
  11. Sandy burn reel
  12. Banks of the bann
  13. The eighth Black Watch on Passchaendale Ridge /John Murray of Lochee

    Personnel

Pete Miller ; George Faux ; Gary Peterson ; Ivor Pottinger

''Rowin Foula Doon''

Track list

  1. Sylvia / Tulloch's farewell tae da Hagdale
  2. Rowin' Foula doon - Da song o' da Papamen
  3. Huckleberry hornpipe / Homesteader's rell / Donkey reel
  4. Caladonia
  5. Niamh's capers / Toss the feathers / The pinch of snuff
  6. Shaskeen / Paddy Faheys / Fair Jenny
  7. Miss Rowan Davies
  8. Smugglers
  9. I'll remember you this way
  10. Moving cloud

    Personnel

Peter Miller ; Steven Spence ; Gary Peterson ; Davie Henry ; Ivor Pottinger

''No Afore Time''

Track list

  1. Coopers Reels
  2. Da Sang O' Da Delting Lass
  3. Suzi's Waltz
  4. Scarce O' Tatties Set
  5. Da Sang O' Da Fisher Lad
  6. Recuerdos De La Alhambra
  7. Hornpipes
  8. Da Trowie Song
  9. Serendipity
  10. Hoedown Set
  11. High Rockin Swing
  12. Da Lass O' Hascosay
  13. Bonnie Nancy
  14. The Harley Set
  15. Simmer Dim

    Personnel

Brian Nicholson ; John Robert Deyell ; Gary Peterson ; Davie Henry ; John Hutchison