Simon Thoumire | Concertina player and composer

Simon Thoumire

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Concertina and Hip Hop

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Changing the world with Trad Music! #shorts

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Snow in The Hills in the snow on a hill

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O As I was Kiss’d Yestreen

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LATEST NEWS

Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast No 258

Hello! Here is our March edition of the Foot Stompin Scottish Music Podcast featuring lots of great music from our wonderful scene. Any questions please get in touch! If you would like to support this podcast please visit www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad The Drunken Man from Kalabakan by Ross Miller Bandhttps://rossmiller.bandcamp.com Her by[…]

Dol Fodha Na Grèine – The notes!

A’ Charaidean, Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the premier of Dol Fodha Na Grèine (Gaelic for Sunset), a piece of music I brought together to celebrate 30 years of Aly Bain’s monumental album Follow The Moonstone. My name is Simon Thoumire and I always loved that album and when I[…]

Thank you to the Vaughan Williams Foundation for their support

We would like to thank Vaughan Williams Foundation for their support of our Dol Fodha Na Grèine project which will receive it’s first performance on Sunday 26th January at Celtic Connections festival. In difficult times for the arts we are really appreciative of the foundation’s support of our new piece[…]

Dol Fodha Na Grèine Crowdfunder

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[…]