Here is that rare thing, a young Gaelic singer who can beautifully convince in traditional, unaccompanied voice alone. Not only that, the award-winning performer is at the forefront of the upsurge in Gaelic music-making and can also play fiddle and whistle. On her first album she's joined by nine musicians and singers, and on one track by her grandmother, who gifted young Watt her love of singing. These 11 songs are sewn together by the metaphor of love in a watery death, seaweed for a bed and seals for company, as in the ancient 'Ailein Duinn' and the title track, set to a tune by Kenna Campbell....Norman Chalmers......http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com
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