Northern Flyway is Scottish neo-folk duo Jenny Sturgeon (Salt House, Jenny Sturgeon Trio) and Inge Thomson (Karine Polwart Trio) . Formed in 2017, the duo wrote and created Northern Flyway as an audio-visual production exploring the ecology, folklore, symbolism and mythology of birds and birdsong. Northern Flyway premiered to a sold-out audience at The Barn (Banchory) in January 2018 and their eponymous CD of the songs was recorded at Mareel, Shetland, over four days in early February 2018 and released that year.

The duo's music draws on the extensive field recordings of birdsong expert Magnus Robb, together with Sturgeon's background as a bird biologist and Thomson's homeland of Fair Isle, Shetland. The songs on their eponymous debut combine vocal and instrumental composition, interviews, sonic experimentation and lush and varied bird song from the northern hemisphere. Themes of human and avian migration, the seasons͛ cycle and humanity's relationship with nature resonate through this multi-dimensional work. Alongside the duo, the debut CD features singer/multi-instrumentalist Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow, Rachel Newton Band) and vocal sculptor/beatboxer Jason Singh. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.