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Week 41 #tuneoftheweek is a beautiful tune I’ve just learned written by Gary Innes (Mànran). I recorded this tune in a session in Glasgow sometime last year. I’m constantly recording tunes in sessions in the hope that some day I’ll get…
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Week 40 #tuneoftheweek is a jig I wrote at the weekend. I decided I’d like to try and write a tune in C# minor, as I’ve only written one other tune in that key before: ‘The Advent Strathspey’ (Week 31),…
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Week 39 #tuneoftheweek is a great jig written by Andy Cutting called ‘Waiting For Janet’. This tune was already familiar to me as I’ve heard it played in the sessions around Glasgow, although not recently. Last week I was listening…
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Week 38 #tuneoftheweek is a beautiful tune by the dearly missed Fraser Shaw – a lovely slow reel in G major. I learnt this tune from Gráinne Brady and we recently performed it at The Islay Sessions in a tribute…
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Week 37 #tuneoftheweek is a lovely jig called The Apsley Cottage by Colin Farrell. I learned this from the fantastic new album by Wildings (go and check them out and get their CD!) I’m posting tunes written by other people this…
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#tuneoftheweek is back! This time with a slight difference – some weeks I will be composing new tunes and recording them, others I will be learning tunes and recording them. When I was first doing the tune of the week…
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Yesterday I was in LoFi Studios in Glasgow for the second #Distil Scratch Band Day by Hands Up For Trad. I took part in the first one back in September and really enjoyed it so submitted an entry for the…
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Week 35 #tuneoftheweek is a reel in D major. I’ve decided that this will be my last composition for this project. It has been an amazing project and I’m so glad that I have done it and I’m really proud…
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Week 34 #tuneoftheweek is a jig in E minor. I wrote this on the whistle. I was hoping to write something in a major key but this is what came out. I’m joined by my dad on bodhrán for the…
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I wrote this tune when I returned to Glasgow after the Scots Trad Music Awards last weekend but I’ve only just got round to recording it. The awards were held in Inverness and I was delighted to be nominated as…
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