Ballads of the Book (World Premiere)
Friday 17th October, 8:30pm, Gilmorehill G12Directors: Claire McCluskey, Margaret Shankland, Julie McCrone
Sco | 2007 | 50mins |
Featuring: (in their songwriting pairings):
Ian Rankin and Aidan Moffat, AL Kennedy and Sons and Daughters,
Alan Bissett and Malcolm Middleton,
Alasdair Gray and Alun Woodward,
Rody Gorman and Foxface, Louise Welsh and Emma Pollock,
Bill Duncan and James Yorkston.
Full-length documentary Ballads of the Book covers a unique arts project in which the cream of Scottish contemporary music and writing talent co-operated to create a very modern work of national art.
The brainchild of Idlewild’s singer Roddy Woomble, the Ballads of the Book
initiative got writers such as Alasdair Gray, Ian Rankin and Hal Duncan to
provide lyrics for musicians such as Aeroeogramme and Sons and Daughters, who then wrote the accompanying music. This creative love affair resulted in an album released
on March 2007 by Scotland's biggest independent record label Chemikal Underground. and the movie produced by Glasgow production company, Polite.
Song Clip from Ballads:
