Christine Primrose

Kinnaird (b. 30 April 1949, Edinburgh, Scotland) and Primrose (b. 17 February 1952, Carloway, Isle Of Lewis, Scotland), are known for their Gaelic-influenced folk music. Kinnaird studied the cello from the age of seven, and the Scottish harp in her teens. In 1978 she recordedThe Harp Key, the first record of the Scottish harp, after researching old manuscripts. This came out when fiddle music was particularly popular in folk circles, and the harp was often employed more as an instrument purely for accompaniment. A meeting with Ann Heymann, exponent of the wire-strung harp, i...