Musician, composer and event organiser
I headed down to Witney last weekend to work at Dave Townsend's annual Concertinas at Witney event. It was a pleasure to spend time with with many other like minded concertina players. Over the weekend we (the tutors) worked with 40 students playing English, Anglo and Duet concertinas. I was teaching Scottish … [Read More...]
Here are 2 jigs and a reel. The two jigs - The Duke of York's Camp / Mrs Roy of Nenthorn's Favourite are sourced in Hardie's 'A Fiddler's Book of … [Read More]
This beautiful tune was written by fiddler Alexander Troup from Ballater, Aberdeenshire. Troup was a contemporary of J Scott Skinner (he played … [Read More]
I headed down to Witney last weekend to work at Dave Townsend's annual Concertinas at Witney event. It was a pleasure to spend time with with many other like minded concertina players. Over the weekend we (the … [Read More...]
Have you heard my Foot Stompin' Music Podcast? I've been making it monthly for years now and we are now on the 152 podcast! If you like Scottish music I try to feature old and new tracks with a mixture of … [Read More...]
I'm back for more weekly music and I think I'm going to stick to Scottish traditional tunes for a while. These two tunes from Book 3 of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. They are St Patrick's Day (Gow) and … [Read More...]
