A new tune I wrote called Autumn Colours.
Miss Maisie Milligen – Tina Jordan Rees (Top Floor Taivers Kickstarter Reward)
Last year my band Top Floor Taivers set up a Kickstarter page to help fund our debut album ‘A Delicate Game’. There were loads of exciting rewards on offer for different […]
Bella The Elephant – Tina Jordan Rees
After a wee break from composing tunes I’ve written a couple in the last few weeks. Here’s a slow reel in B minor. I was recording another tune that I’d […]
Tune of the Week: Clitheroe Castle – Tina Jordan Rees (Week 48)
The last tune I wrote (Zoe’s Globe) was in G minor. I must still be in G minor mode as so is this latest tune. Week 48 #tuneoftheweek is a […]
Tune of the Week: Zoe’s Globe – Tina Jordan Rees (Week 47)
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 […]
Tune of the Week: How Many Cans of Stella (Half Past Twelve) – Innes Watson (Week 46)
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 […]
Tune of the Week: Ian MacLeod’s – Charlie Mckerron (Week 45)
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 […]
Tune of the Week: 12 Weeks and a Day – Jarlath Henderson (Week 44)
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 […]
Tune of the Week: Cazadero – Paul Shelasky (Week 43)
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 […]
Tune of the Week: ‘Willie Bucach Macleod of Stornoway’ – James Duncan Mackenzie (Week 42)
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 […]