piano | flute | whistle | composition
I was absolutely delighted that my duo with Gráinne Brady was nominated in the UP & COMING ARTIST category at this year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. The awards took place on Saturday 5th December at the Caird Hall in…
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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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During half term I went up to Aviemore for the week to teach at Fèis Spè. This was my second year as the keyboard tutor at the fèis and it was a great week once again. Here’s a picture of all…
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Gráinne and myself are absolutely delighted with this glowing review of our debut album HIGH SPIRITS by Rob Adams. It was published in the Sunday Herald on 4th October 2015. “Fiddler Gráinne Brady and pianist, flautist and whistle player…
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The G&T launch night for HIGH SPIRITS was a cracking night! It was on Wednesday 7th October held in a popular venue in Glasgow called Stereo. Innes Watson kicked off the night with some fantastic songs and lovely guitar. Mec…
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