The project entitled Salm (Gaelic for Psalm) has been the passion and the brainchild of Lewis musician Calum Martin. As a singer / guitarist / songwriter, he fronted the local Lewis band Island Express, and has been involved in various solo projects. He is currently working as a music singing specialist in schools on the Island of Lewis.

Gaelic psalm singing is a unique music form: a type of music that those brought up in the Western Isles, within the Presbyterian religious tradition, know so well from childhood and beyond. Although various recordings have been made over the years, ranging from archive recordings undertaken by the School of Scottish Studies in the 1960s, to amateur point and press cassette and reel to reel tape recorders, they have been largely unprofessional. In many such recordings the Gaelic Psalms are lost in a hissing ambient haze interspersed with an annoying assortment of coughing, muttering and spluttering. It all does this glorious sound a great disservice. In short, psalm singing has never been captured for posterity in a high quality, state of the art recording.

This was Calum's prime motive in getting this project off the ground. As a leading luminary of this musical genre, he knew that it was a national treasure, which for too long had been hidden from the outside world, and that anyone hearing it for the first time could not but recognise its unique qualities. It is a genuine and authentic World Music.

Track List:-
1) Torwood Psalm 69: 35-36 (Finlay Macdonald)
2) Glencairn Psalm 42: 1-2 (Torquil Macleod)
3) Free Church Psalm 43: 3-4 (D R Macdonald)
4) Stroudwater Psalm 46: 1-2 (Rev R. F. Morrison)
5) Kilmarnock Psalm 107: 28-30 (John Macmillan)
6) French Psalm 121: 1-3 (Murdo Macleod)
7) Coleshill Psalm 118: 15-16 (D. A. Matheson)
8) St. Mary's Psalm 62: 6-7 (Rev K. M. Ferguson)
9) Evan Psalm 86: 15-16 (Rev James Macdonald)
10) St Paul Psalm 122: 1-4 (Rev Dr I. D. Campbell)
11) Ballerma Psalm 40: 1-3 (Murdo Maciver)
12) Morven Psalm 103: 13-14 (Calum Martin)
13) Bedford Psalm 132: 14-16 (Rev Calum Macleod)
14) New Cambridge Psalm 122: 7-9 (Rev C. I. Macleod)