"The tales I tell you this night are as true as the wax and wane of the moon and the ebb and flow of the tides..."

Lynn Barbour tells one of Orkney’s oldest sea legends - the story of Hildaland, Willie Norn, and the mysterious Finfolk, with roots stretching back to the 14th century.

Featuring traditional storytelling set to atmospheric sea soundscapes, with fiddle music by Mike Joyce and Fiona Driver.

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Narrator: Lynn Barbour

Producer: Flow State Music

Stromness – Spirit of the Sea is a three-part storytelling series from Orkney, blending folklore, legend, and history with immersive soundscapes. Told by Lynn Barbour and produced by Kyle Wilson (Flow State Music).

Step into Orkney’s sea-salted past in the first chapter of Stromness – Spirit of the Sea. Storyteller Lynn Barbour shares legends, maritime heritage, and folklore.

Featuring words of George Mackay Brown (used with permission).

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Music: Fiona Driver

We invite you on a magical journey through our Island Storytelling Landscape.

The latest instalment is from the time of The Autumn Equinox when the islanders reaped the Harvest of their hard toil on the land.

Discover the Muckle Supper celebrations of past island crofters and their relationship with the lands around their Toonships.

Listen to the present owner of the Mill Of Eyrland and the heritage of the Mill as the heart of these Orkney Islands’ Toonships.’

Producer: Flow State Music

Storyteller: Lynn Barbour

Music: Fiona Driver & Graham Simpson

Thanks to the estate of George Mackay Brown for permission to use his words, poems and narratives, enriching the development of A Storytelling Landscape.