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 […]
Tune of the Week: ‘Chasing Daylight’ – Gary Innes (Week 41)
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 […]
Tune of the Week: ‘Seán and Paul’s Welcome Back to The Weeg’ (Week 40)
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 of the Week: ‘Waiting For Janet’ – Andy Cutting (Week 39)
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 […]
Tune of the Week: ‘Abandon Ship’ – Fraser Shaw (Week 38)
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 […]
Tune of the Week: ‘The Apsley Cottage’ – Colin Farrell (Week 37)
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 […]
Tune of the Week is back: ‘The Vault’ – Week 36
#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. […]
Fèis Spè and Fèis Fhoirt
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 […]
Review of HIGH SPIRITS by Rob Adams
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. […]
G&T ‘HIGH SPIRITS’ Album Launch
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 […]