![]() ![]() “I’m not ashamed to have been a grouse-beater as a teenager – I loved it. But the end goal is to convey honesty one way or another, so while I’d probably try to give the harder topics a positive slant, I’m keen to capture sounds of the sporting estates too, like the whip of a grouse-beating flag. “I try to evoke a certain emotion, and with the more challenging ideas I suppose it can be tempting to aim for a feeling of success, or triumph – a sense of overcoming something, as opposed to the sound of sheer frustration, which is often the reality. ![]() ![]() But how will he represent such controversial issues musically? His next album is inspired by a variety of topics, including the polarisation of public opinion on rewilding versus sporting estates. The relationships between landscapes and people are a constant source of inspiration for him, and it’s where I find the common ground between his work and that of the Dee Catchment Partnership – a recognition of the often-competing interests of multiple stakeholders. Scottish folk musician, Hamish Napier, sees joining forces as the route to nature conservation, and has written a tune inspired by the Wells of Dee Using field recordings, keyboard, flute, electronic backing riffs and percussion, his resulting composition, Wells of Dee, tells a lyrical story of the river’s 88-mile journey from its source high in the Cairngorms, to the sea at Aberdeen. “It was a brilliant exercise, with a fantastic bunch of musicians, because we were effectively roaming the landscape while staying at home.” “I was commissioned by the Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective to compose music to accompany people’s photos, videos and words inspired by their local landscapes during lockdown,” he explains. When I learned that Scottish folk musician, Hamish Napier, had been writing music about the source of the river Dee, I seized the opportunity to hear about the process, and look at the Dee Catchment Partnership’s work through a musical lens. And its potential to make us feel things might just make it one of the most powerful tools of all when it comes to communicating the need to restore the planet. Music might not seem the most obvious route to tackling climate change and nature loss. But there may be more overlap than we think. Blue and Green Infrastructure in Scotlandġ3 December 2021 13 December 2021 in General News.Natural Flood Management in the Dee catchment.Outreach and Education: spreading the word. ![]()
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