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PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensA Scottish Heart is Evelyn’s take on traditional Scottish songs from the 18th and 19th centuries and features two of Robert Tannahill’s songs as well as a poem set to music by the Tannahill contemporary, Ebenezer Picken.Evelyn found the poem by Picken by going through a website of old Scottish poems and songs.She said: “I’d got as far as W and the title was Woo Me Again which I loved, and I saw the name of the poet was Ebenezer Picken which was fantastic. Then I saw that he was from Paisley so it was perfect.“It’s a poem which we’ve set to music.”The Tannahill songs on the album are the Braes of Balquidder, which then became Wild Mountain Thyme, and Fly We To Some Desert Isle.

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PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens The Paisley composer’s own work Tannahill - The Opera was the highlight of the event.But due to the uncertainty surrounding future social distancing, this year’s event is now off. Read More News: Said Alan: “I’m sad that I’ve had to cancel this year’s Tannahill Arts Festival that was due to run in September.“This provides work and money for a lot of freelance artists, so there’s a knock-on effect if I don’t produce work I can’t pass on the opportunities to others.”Like many other creative artists, Alan, who is also organist at Paisley’s Stow Brae Kirk, is finding work hard to come by at the moment. Read More News: “The situation with my work is that I’m furloughed from church, but I did lose