Magdalene - Original song written by Freda Leask
Lead vocals - Freda Leask
Backing vocals - Joyce Wark & Donna Smith (from Shoormal)
Acoustic Bass/Drum Machine - Kris Drever
Lead Guitar - Isaac Webb
Acoustic Guitar - Freda Leask
Percussion/Drum Machine - Tim Matthew
Produced by Kris Drever, Tim Matthew and Freda Leask
Recorded at Mareel Recording Studio, Shetland Islands
Photography and Artwork by Maholi Diaz Leask
Many thanks to Mandy Tait for artistic advice and contribution
MAGDALENE © Freda Leask
A rose is here before me with its beauty and its thorns
Dying in the cold
You were my beloved and I was yours
But where are you now?
I took the perfume and I poured it on your feet
Dried it with my hair
They all turned away but I didn't really care
You loved more than anyone could love
But where are you now?
The fragrance has faded
Where are you now?
Where have you gone?
I took the perfume and I poured it on your feet
For I know God is in your blood
Red as crimson, whiter than the snow
You loved more than anyone could love
But where are you now?
The fragrance has faded
Where are you now?
Where have you gone?
A rose is here before me with its beauty and its thorns
Standing in the rain
Red as crimson, whiter than the snow
You rise, you live again
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Single - Magdalene
Celtic Connections
22nd January 2022
Royal Concert Hall
Glasgow
Shetland 550: Norn Voices
Children in Need
BBC Radio Shetland
19th November 2021
Lie o da Laand Radio Shetland
6th October 2021
Come for a coastal walk in Yell with Freda Leask and Jen Stout and listen to songs and stories on the way
Available to stream from Radio Shetland's Facebook Page
Hogmanay 2021
Streaming from Mareel , Shetland
2020 Gigs
Cancelled due to Covid
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Pink hall Sessions
WIth Gregg Arthur and Alex Fenton
February 2020
Music Nighrt
Dunrossness Church
With Gregg Arthur and Alex Fenton
Jan 2020
Grand Aald Opry @Mareel, Shetland
November 2019
With The Tennesee Wannabees
Pitt Lane Sessions - Radio Shetland
18th November 2019
With Cameron Johnston
Shetland MIni- Winter Tour
With Hjaltadans and Herkja
Sun 17th November Bigton
Sat 16th November Burravoe
Sat 15th november Skeld
Songwriters @The String
21st October 2019
With Arthur Nicholson and Seth Travins
GIGS
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Love does event
13th February 2022
Garrison Theatre
Lerwick
Shetland
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