Name/TitleAudio CD: Bluebell
About this objectAudio CD with accompanying booklet of lyrics, titled 'Bluebell: Music, Poetry and Storytelling ' featuring eleven tracks performed by all-female band Kittlin, formed by singer-songwriter and storyteller Lesley O'Brien. The other performers are Bethany Kelly on percussion; Lisa Pettigrew on fiddle, piano, glockenspiel and vocals; Yana Pettigrew on clarsach; Mags Smith on flute and vocals; and Katherine Macleod on flute and backing vocals. The tracks are:
1. Carbeth and the Dumgoyne goddess
2. Bluebell
3. Not Your Time
4. I Wished
5. Hope
6. Persephone
7. Silver Tears
8. The Shoemaker and the Elves
9. For the Love of Books
10. Shore
11. Wolfwoman (Intae The Night She Dances)
MakerLesley O'Brien
Maker RoleSinger-songwriter and Storyteller
Date Made2017
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, optical disc
Organic, card and paper
MeasurementsH: 125 x W: 140 mm
Subject and Association Keywordsmusic, musicians, musical performers
Subject and Association Keywordsmusic, singing, songs
Subject and Association Keywordsstorytelling
Subject and Association Keywordspoetry & verse
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://tracscotland.org/storytellers/lesley-obrien:
"Inspiring, magical, and healing, are words that have been used to describe Lesley’s storytelling. As a child, Lesley was enthralled by stories and songs on her mother’s knee, reciting Incy Wincy Spider together and pestering her granny for another of her great leprechaun stories. Later, as an adult, realising the healing power of stories, Lesley pursued the use of storytelling as a tool for personal development and recovery, in Women’s Aid refuges and in drug, alcohol and mental health support groups. With a background in Community Education, Lesley has worked for Glasgow Women’s Aid since 1993, as a Family Resource Worker and registered as a professional storyteller in 2005. She likes to combine her skills as a professional singer, and creative writing facilitator with storytelling, alongside her belief in the power of creative words to stimulate good health and chaired Lapidus Scotland for many years, promoting this cause. In 2015 Lesley formed the band ‘Kittlin’, an all female line up with fiddle, flute, accordion and guitar, singing original material inspired by traditional folktales and the people and landscape of Scotland. Weaving storytelling into the set, Kittlin often casts light upon girls, women and goddesses, creating 21st century folktales, poetry and song. Lesley has worked freelance in many projects, collaborating with, for example, the NHS (‘Move on Up: Stories of recovery from addiction’ (www.storiesofrecovery.org.uk) Glasgow Carers forum, GAMH as well as the Scottish Storytelling Centre, nurseries and schools."
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeCD/DVD
Object numberGWL-2024-44-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved