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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

#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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]