These picks come with the Sessions and Sail logo in full colour and the web address on the back. 0.73mm and standard size.

Barry Nisbet launches his first album, with a classy band and ten original tracks.

★★★★★ - Bryony Hegarty, R2 Magazine "Barry Nisbet combines a resonating vocal with spine-tingling acoustic guitar and fiddle; he's joined here by Theo Barnard (guitar); Ade Dacre (drums); Stephen Jack (bass) and Robbie Ward (keyboards). Nisbet evokes the extremities of life on and off the shores of Shetland through the ages, creating powerful humanitarian feeling in stirring, poignant music.

"'Borderland' opens; elemental, stark yet beautiful. 'Comfortless Cove' laments the plight of a 19th century Orkney sailor put ashore to die along Africa's west coast. There's a personal theme to 'Brydon And Anona's Wedding Waltz'; gentle strings and delicate piano dance across the track. 'Train to Anywhere', reflecting on the plight of refugees, makes a plea for compassion.

Drama and frisson bristle on 'Hunger's Daughter' with jazz chords, dancing fiddle and compelling vocal. A stirring 'Desert Wind' transports us to South Australia. 'Da Ballad O Da Jessie' remembers the drowning of an 1881 sixareen (fishing boat) skipper through the eyes of his young son, John Nisbet. 'Come In The Summertime' is an alluring solicitation. 'Imperial Jig/The Night Trip To London' builds from traditional opening to a Celtic fusion fiesta. Tender, melancholic 'Within Sadness' ends. A Bright Ray Of Sunshine is magnificent!"