Donald
WG Lindsay
Songs & music
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Donald WG Lindsay & Roo Geddes
Honeymoon
Bridge
Sixteen songs, airs and tunes.
Voice, smallpipes, fiddle and piano.
From Honeymoon Bridge
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Donald WG Lindsay & Roo Geddes
Live performances ↗022025
“Romance? Aye…
by the boatload!”Jon Lusk · BBC Music Magazine
Notes by Donald WG Lindsay ↗
Casuarina
“It’s a sound that,
if I were to hear it
anywhere else, would
instantly remind me
of Two Boats Village.”
This song is titled for the casuarina tree, also known as the whistling tree, after the distinctive shushing or whispering sound made by its pines when even a light breeze blows through them.
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Selected recordings & film
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About
Donald WG Lindsay
Donald WG Lindsay is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician, based in Orkney.
His recordings include Two Boats Under the Moon and Honeymoon Bridge, with Roo Geddes on fiddle and piano; Welcome Home My Dearie, with Alasdair Roberts; and History of Sleep, with Richard Youngs.
He has also recorded with Appendix Out and contributed to films by Luke Fowler and Jono McLeod.
Recordings & film →“I’ve sung all my life — traditional, folk, and original songs — with a baritone voice that sometimes slips toward bass.”Donald WG Lindsay
For Donald’s instrument-making work and the Lindsay System, visit Lindstruments ↗
Contact →Concerts & festivals
Live
Piping Live, 2026 · Photograph © Alistair Cassidy
Electronic press kit
Press & booking
Photograph © Alistair Cassidy
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Full discography →Reviews
“Romance? Aye… by the boatload!”Jon Lusk · BBC Music Magazine
Two Boats Under the MoonRead the review · PDF ↗
“a gruff authenticity in Lindsay’s unhurried rendition”Jim Gilchrist · The Scotsman
Two Boats Under the MoonRead the review ↗
“A fine debut indeed; like the best things in life, matured in its patient process.”Huw Hennessy · Songlines
Two Boats Under the MoonRead the review ↗
“…deep, becalmed delivery.”Jon Dale · Uncut
Welcome Home My Dearie
Alistair Cassidy · Pip Graham-Bishop
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Enquiries
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Donald WG Lindsay
General enquiries, recordings and press.
donaldwglindsay@donaldwglindsay.com ↗Performance bookings
Donald solo, or with Roo Geddes.
donaldwglindsay@donaldwglindsay.com ↗Donald & Alasdair Roberts
Booking enquiries through Sarah Coxson at Alan Bearman Music.
Alan Bearman Music ↗Elsewhere
By Donald WG Lindsay
Notes
Honeymoon Bridge
Honeymoon Bridge
The first verse describes Glen Croe during a deep frost and temperature inversion.
Read the note →Honeymoon Bridge
Drunk at Night, Dry in the Morning
Found in Gow’s Third Repository of 1806, Drunk at Night, Dry in the Morning belongs to a tune-family that also appears in Irish sources and under other titles, including Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad and Since Love is the Plan.
Read the note →Honeymoon Bridge
Sir Patrick Spens
Like many of the core ballads in my repertoire, I first encountered Sir Patrick Spens through the University of Glasgow’s Traditional to Digital project in 1999.
Read the note →Honeymoon Bridge
A Port
I learned this Scots lute tune from Rob MacKillop, with whom I studied guitar for a time.
Read the note →Two Boats Under the Moon
Two Boats Under the Moon
This song arose two days before we left Ascension Island in May 2022.
Read the note →Two Boats Under the Moon
Casuarina
This song is titled for the casuarina tree, also known as the whistling tree, after the distinctive shushing or whispering sound made by its pines when even a light breeze blows through them.
Read the note →