I’m excited to introduce “Dol fodha na grèine” (Gaelic for Sunset), a musical suite blending centuries-old Scottish tunes with new compositions. This project is created as a companion piece to Aly Bain’s groundbreaking “Follow the Moonstone,” celebrating its 30th anniversary. It’s a crowdfunder to raise £5000 to help with rehearsal[…]
https://www.youtube.com/v/10JZams02A4?version=3 Simon Thoumire, Dave Milligan and Alana MacInnes will be performing at Celtic Connections festival 2025 with their new piece of music Dol Fodha Na Grèine (Going Under the Sun). It was written as a companion piece to Aly Bain’s Follow the Moonstone which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this[…]
https://www.youtube.com/v/UbhpcwRe_ck?version=3 Anatomy of an Ending – 4 different endings for the jig Garster’s Dream. For more nonsense please support my Patreon http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire
I’ve just released a new album with pianist Dave Milligan. The second one in two years! Recorded in 2020 at Celtic Connections festival, just before lockdown was a thing and we all became distracted. It took til 2024 for the album to arrive. Both Dave and me are massive Moscow[…]
https://www.youtube.com/v/aKpQDMeozrk?version=3 This is a live video recorded at Ardkinglas House in Argyll on Saturday 20th April 2024. Persephone Nichol-Bose is a tune written by Simon which features on our album Portraits. Find out where you can listen to it here https://simonthoumire.ffm.to/portraits Find out more about Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan[…]
