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An Iomall – The Edge.

Alyth’s solo CD.

What the critics say: The Irish Edition – Philadelphia 2002

“…Alyth is from the Isle of Lewis and sings in Gaelic. She has a soft, almost gentle voice: a sad lilt that tugs at something deep inside, a loneliness that creeps up on you during each song. ….

But again, it's the arrangements which take the songs to another level. At times disturbing, at times amusing, but always moving. I am reminded of some of the work by the Kronos Quartet or the Beatles at their most adventurous…creating a compulsive recording that I play over and over.

There is a handful of performers…who, while deeply involved in tradition, make relevant connections with alternative styles. Alyth is one of this handful”.

What Alyth say’s:

Having been brought up in Lewis I was immersed in a very strong musical culture. Because of this I was inspired to go on and study music; to be creative. These songs are not romantic and neither is living in the islands. The weather is bad, life can be tough. people wrote about what they experienced and I sing it the way I experienced it. I’m a story teller. This is part of my story.

The Captain’s Collection – Greentrax

A beautiful collection of Gaelic songs and tunes in a more traditional style originally performed to accompany the play of the same name. Featuring the musicians:

Alyth - vocals
Jonny Hardie – guitar& fiddle
Brian Mcalpine – keyboards
Rory Campbell – pipes, whistles& vocals
Eilidh Martin – cello
Aidan O’Rourke – fiddle

‘a delight…’ Living Tradition

Persian Knights/Celtic Dawn – Cookin Vinyl

Savourna's Stevenson’s latest project features Savourna's distinctive harp sound combined with master Iranian percussionists, Djamchid and Bijan Chemirani, Alyth’s beautiful voice and Paul Spiers on Double Bass.
Savourna first met the Chemiranis when recording for Radio 3 All Night Live at Real World Studios at 5 o'clock in the morning.  A spontaneous session with the Iranian percussionists sparked off a collaborative friendship inspiring the idea of blending Middle Eastern music and poetry with the Celtic tradition and Gaelic language.
New songs use text from Kahlil Gibran's ‘The Prophet' which has an international and a universal appeal, and Savourna has chosen his words on Marriage, Children, Time and, with a Gaelic translation by the Scottish poet Aonghas MacNeacail, Gibran's thoughts on Joy and Sorrow.

“mesmerizing” The Scotsman

November – Vertical Records

Something a bit more upbeat. Here is captured the fiery fiddle playing of Aidan O’ Rourke and Alyth’s soaring vocals in an intricately engineered and brilliantly realised heavyweight collision of rock, pop, funk and roots music. Sunhoney developed a growing fan-base since unleashing their original compositions on audiences around Scotland between them, the six talented members of Sunhoney manage to combine all forms of music from the ultra-traditional folk, to jazz, roots and groove to drum 'n' bass. An explosion of tunes and songs to get you moving.
Aidan O’Rourke – fiddle
Alyth – vocals
Kevin Mackenzie – Guitar
Quee Macarthur – Bass
Fergus Mackenzie – Drums
Donald Hay – Percussion

“Sunhoney produce a very polished product without rubbing away the spirit of their music…….. a truly impressive CD, one of the best recent attempts to blend traditional and mainstream musics: you should try it.” FolkWorld

Sugarcane – Chocolate Records

Mellow and musical - 3 voices 2 electro harps in a beautiful collection of traditional and contemporary Gaelic, Scots and English songs.
Alyth – vocals
Mary Macmaster – vocals & electroharp
Corrina Hewat – vocals & electroharp

“an album that's breathtaking, haunting, beautiful and innovative and full of a magic that simultaneously encapsulates and challenges the essence of Scottish music”. Smooth Operations

Tha a laithean a’ dol seachad – The days flash past.

A beautiful CD commissioned by An Lanntair – Stornoway’s Arts Centre to celebrate the opening of its new venue. It features some of Lewis’ (Alyth’s birthplace’s) finest singers and local songs in collaboration Paul Mounsey. Singers featured: Alyth, Anna Murray, Christine Primrose, Ishbel MacAskill, Mary Smith the MacKenzie sisters and local poet and writer Kevin MacNeil.

Paul Mounsey does it again, 23 Jan 2006
Reviewer: A music fan
The fifth Paul Mounsey release doesn't disappoint. If you have any of the "Nahoo" recordings in your collection you will love this! It doesnt suffer from being a commissioned recording and in fact if anything appears to benefit from the musical links appearing from time to time. You dont need to speak Gaelic to appreciate the beautiful female vocals on this recording (and in deed if you dont the label will forward you English translations)- but the highlight has to be the almost trance like track "Time" read by poet Kevin McNeil where you almost look over your shoulder to see if indeed it is catching up on you! Lets have more of this from the traditional music world. Amazon.co.uk