piano | flute | whistle | composition
Week 47 #tuneoftheweek is a reel in G minor which I’ve recorded in an Irish dance music style. Over the Easter weekend I was at the World Irish Dancing Championships which were held in Glasgow. I went to watch the…
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Week 46 #tuneoftheweek This is a fun wee tune written by Innes Watson (Treacherous Orchestra, Man’s Ruin). I picked this up in the Ben Nevis session last night. I usually add piano, bass and maybe a few other things to…
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Drams For Fraser was a charity whisky tasting which took place on Thursday 4th February. Hosted by the legendary Master Distiller, Jim McEwan, the tasting took place in Sloans Bar in Glasgow city centre. There were a hundred tickets for…
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I recently filmed a video of ‘Captain Ward’ with my band Top Floor Taivers. We filmed it in a studio in Glasgow with Gus Stirrat. Here it is all sparkly and new 🙂
Week 45’s #tuneoftheweek is a great jig in A minor by fantastic Scottish fiddler and composer Charlie Mckerron (Session A9, Capercaille). I first heard this tune played by Kristan Harvey, a good pal of mine and fellow finalist in the BBC…
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I had a great time performing with The Islay Sessioners on Saturday 16th January at the Islay Night concert as part of Celtic Connections. The audience were offered a dram of Bruichladdich whisky (produce of Islay) on their arrival to…
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Week 44 #tuneoftheweek is ’12 Weeks and a Day’ written by Jarlath Henderson. I got this tune off the album ‘Air Fix’ by Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson. Throughout #tuneoftheweek I’m hoping to keep on increasing my repertoire by learning a…
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This week’s #tuneoftheweek is a fantastic tune which I first heard on the Chris Thile album ‘How To Grow A Woman From The Ground’. It’s becoming quite a popular tune in the sessions in Glasgow and I really fancied learning…
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I’ve had a brilliant year this year with Gráinne working on our duo. We’ve had some fantastic performance opportunities – highlights are playing at Celtic Connections and Big Whistle Festival. Our album HIGH SPIRITS is doing well, we are delighted…
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Week 42 #tuneoftheweek is a fantastic pipe reel written by James Duncan Mackenzie of Breabach. I’ve been trying to learn more pipe tunes to play in the sessions and this is a cracker. I learned the tune from James’ self-titled…
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