The Magnetic North Bay of Skaill

When someone comes to you in a dream and tells you to make an album about your homeland the Orkney islands would you disregard it Especially when that someone is Betty Corrigall, the Orcadian girl who in the 1770s killed herself having been cast out by her village after becoming pregnant by a visiting sailor Well, would you In January 2011, it s the spark that led Orcadian singersongwriter Erland Cooper to group together his Erland The Carnival band mate Simon Tong and singer, orchestral arranger Hannah Peel (of last year s solo The Broken Wave album) to form a new group, The Magnetic North, with a distinct purpose: the recording of Orkney: Symphony Of The Magnetic North, a new album due for a 7th May release on Full Time Hobby.