The opening track from the album of the same name, this version of Auld Lang Syne features the tune to which Burns' words were first set.

Auld Lang Syne (original melody)

This song from the North-East is a New Year song which features on the Auld Lang Syne album.

The Thiggin' Song

Listen in to the first episode of The Scottish Song Guide, in which we discuss The Braes Of Killiecrankie.

The Braes Of Killiecrankie is one of Scotland’s best known folk songs, published by James Hogg but thought to have been penned in part by Robert Burns. In this podcast Douglas Kay & Martin Philip discuss the publication of the song, the figures and the events which inspired it, and how the song played a pivotal role in bringing Marty & Doug together to form The Sorries.

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The Scottish Song Guide – Episode 1: Killiecrankie

Episode 2 of The Scottish Song Guide sees Marty & Douglas discuss the origins of Auld Lang Syne, the meaning and sentiments expressed in the lyrics and the different tunes to which the words have been set through the centuries.

The Scottish Song Guide – Episode 2: Auld Lang Syne

The third episode of The Scottish Song Guide sees Marty & Douglas discuss two songs written by Adam Skirving during the 1745-46 Jacobite Uprising – Hey Johnnie Cope and Tranent Muir (now better known as “The Battle of Prestonpans”).

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Scottish Song Guide - Episode 3: Johnnie Cope / Tranent Muir

Episode 4 of "The Scottish Song Guide" sees Douglas & Marty considering Walter Scott’s song about John Graham of Claverhouse, "Bonnie Dundee". With words penned at the end of 1825, the song has become one of the staples of the Scottish song collection and its popularity has seen it parodied and reworked throughout the English speaking world.

The Scottish Song Guide-Episode 4: Bonnie Dundee

The opening track from the new album, Bends Of The Bow, this Jacobite song was written by Lady Nairne whose father took part in the 1745-46 Jacobite Uprising.

This new arrangement is by The Sorries - Douglas Kay & Martin Philip.

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Bends Of The Bow

Charlie Is My Darling

In this, the 5th episode of the series, we’re discussing The Four Maries, sometimes known as The Ballad of Mary Hamilton but first published by Sir Walter Scott as The Queen’s Marie. The song features on our latest album, Bends of the Bow.

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The Scottish Song Guide

The Scottish Song Guide Episode 5: The Four Maries

Taken from the eponymous debut album, this track is partly attributed to Robert Burns - although he is thought to have penned only two lines of the chorus.

Leezie Lindsay

The opening track from the latest album from The Sorries, Chevalier's Muster Roll, released August 2019.

Chevalier's Muster Roll

The Lammas Tide

Taken from the album "Chevalier's Muster Roll."

Written by Stan Rogers, arranged by The Sorries.

Barrett's Privateers

Taken from the album, "Chevalier's Muster Roll", this track features words by Burns set to a new melody written by Douglas Kay.

Album available on CD from www.thesorries.co.uk

Oh Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast

After a reasonably lengthy break we’re delighted to be back with a new podcast. Recorded over video call, in this episode we look at Carolina Oliphant’s song, Land of the Leal.

The song was the title track for our second album and although not usually regarded as one of the best known Scottish songs, it has had – and continues to have – quite a legacy.

The Scottish Song Guide - Episode 6: Land of the Leal

A special episode of The Scottish Song Guide just to say a quick “Happy Homemanay” (boom, boom) to everyone out there and to offer up some music in lieu of us being out there playing live this New Year’s Eve.

We’ve recorded a couple of session tracks, a new version of the old favourite MacPherson’s Rant, and another popular choice but one which we haven’t previously recorded in the studio – Will Ye No Come Back Again.

The Scottish Song Guide - Episode 7: Happy Homemanay

The Sorries are Douglas Kay (vocals, guitar, bodhran, mandolin) and Martin Philip (vocals, guitar, bodhran). The duo sing, play and banter their way through a show featuring a selection of Scotland's best known traditional songs as well as a few of their own compositions which cast a sardonic eye over modern day Scotland.

Since forming in 2006 The Sorries have played extensively around Scotland, from the Hebrides & the Highlands to Perthshire & the Borders. Performances have included public and private shows at such diverse locations as Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium and Lossiemouth's Warehouse Theatre.

In addition, the lads have toured schools to play short gigs for the pupils and explain a little about where the songs come from and how the folk tradition has been perpetuated and promoted through history.  With a growing interest in the history and traditions of these songs, The Sorries have also recently begun a series of podcasts – The Scottish Song Guide – where they discuss the meanings and history of both words and music from some of the most famous pieces in their repertoire, interspersed with snippets from the songs themselves.

2016 will be the duo’s eighth consecutive year performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  Since their first run of performances at the 2009 Fringe audiences have continued to grow and The Sorries now play to well in excess of a thousand people each year in August. The energy of these shows, which have earned the lads a clutch of five-star reviews and positive notices in publications as diverse as Three Weeks and the Financial Times, was captured on the album "Live at the Fringe" recorded in 2013.
Their lively audiences in August have included Bill Hill (who wrote many of The Corries’ comic songs such as The Portree Kid) and Ronnie Browne himself.  Ronnie Browne was kind enough to give The Sorries a very positive plug at the 2015 Book Festival launch of his autobiography, so it seems neither Bill Hill nor Ronnie Browne were purely in the audience to keep an eye on their copyrights!

"Deliciously infectious...this show is riotous fun that affirms just how alive Scottish folk music is."
***** Three Weeks

"Authentic, lively and hugely, hugely enjoyable."
***** Broadway Baby

"A must for lovers of Scots songs."
**** Edinburgh Spotlight

"Songs both rousing and reflective... entertainingly true to a noble, public-figure-swatting tradition."
*** The Herald

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