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Aberdeenshire folksinger's voice becomes soundtrack to hopeful Aberdeen fans


Updated: April 30, 2021, 9:51 pm
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An Aberdeenshire folksinger’s voice has become the soundtrack to hopeful Aberdeen Football Club’s fans with her interpretation of The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen.
The song, originally written by Mary Webb in the early 1950s, is the latest single from Huntly songstress Iona Fyfe.
As part of Aberdeen’s 2021-22 season tickets campaign, the young singer collaborated with the club, who commissioned the recording. ....

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Iona Fyfe wins in having streaming giant Spotify recognise Scots language


SPOTIFY has added Scots to their list of languages, in a major victory for a campaigning musician.
In December, Iona Fyfe protested the streaming giant’s omission of the leid from their listing of all UK minority languages. While Manx, Irish Gaelic, Cornish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic are all recognised, Scots was not.
Previously when Fyfe asked Spotify to allow her music to be listed as Scots, they told her to make do by “selecting the language closest to it”.
For several years the award-winning singer, who was named Scots Performer of the Year at the Scots Language Awards 2020, has had to identify her music as English. ....

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Iona Fyfe asks Spotify to fix 'alarming' omission of Scots language


Scots singer Iona Fyfe has urged Spotify to include her language on their platform
SPOTIFY has been urged to include Scots on its list of languages after its exclusion was noted by a prominent Scottish musician.
In a letter to the music streaming giant, singer Iona Fyfe said it was “heartbreaking” that people who sing in Scots have to categorise their songs as “English”.
Fyfe, who was named Scots Performer of the Year at this year’s Scots Language Awards, had previously asked Spotify to include the language on the list, but was told to make do by “selecting the language closest to it”. ....

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