New project of Erland Cooper and Simon Tong (Erland and the Carnival) together with singer/arranger Hannah Peel. Album «Orkney: Symphony Of The Magnetic North» out May 2012 on Full Time Hobby.
Hadhirgaan are a group of sixteen young Scottish musicians from the Orkney Islands who attend Kirkwall Grammar School, Kirkwall. Under the instruction of Douglas Montgomery the group have developed into an exciting young fiddle ensemble driven by a stomping rhythm section created by piano, bass, guitar and bodhran. The majority of the group had been playing together for over eight years at the time of the release of their self-titled album, "Hadhirgaan".