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) Kilmarnock Psalm 16: 8-9 (Calum Martin)
2) Montrose Psalm 9: 10-11 (Angus Graham)
3) St David Psalm 48: 13-14 (Rev James Maciver)
4) Martyrdom Psalm 57 Verse 1 (John Macsween)
5) Martyrs Psalm 79: 3-4 (Donald J Macdonald)
6) New London Psalm 63: 2-3 (Donald Macleod)
7) Dundee Psalm 103: 1-2 (Rev Neil Shaw)
8) Moravia Psalm 16: 5-7 (Kenneth A Mackay)
9) Walsall Psalm 13: 1-2(Murdo Maclennan)
10) Bedford Psalm 45: 13-14 (Murdo Kennedy)
11) Bangor Psalm 22: 1-2 (Iain Macaskill)
12) Stornoway Psalm 133 (John Murdo Martin)