Kirsten Murray Brings Shetland’s Spirit to Malachy Tallack’s Vinyl

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz is the fifth album by Malachy Tallack, an acclaimed musician and author. A companion piece to Malachy’s forthcoming novel of the same name, the songs are presented as if they are written by the novel’s main character, Jack—a man in his mid-sixties who lives in Shetland. The unique crossover between the literature and accompanying music gives readers an opportunity to immerse themselves in the life of a fictional character in an entirely new way, while offering listeners an imagined world behind the music to explore. The songs weave country, bluegrass and Americana styles together with lyrics that reference the land and seascapes of the Shetland Islands and occasional nods to events and preoccupations from the main character’s life. For the design of the limite