Simon Thoumire | Concertina player and composer

Simon Thoumire

LATEST MEDIA

O As I was Kiss’d Yestreen

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Charlie Hunter’s Jig

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Changing the world with Trad Music! #shorts

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Goodnight Sweetheart

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LATEST NEWS

Portraits on BBC Radio Scotland’s Travelling Folk

We were very happy to make a Travelling Folk session with Anna Massie a few weeks back where we recorded and chatted about some of the tracks on our new album Portraits. Producer Emma Gryczka made a great job editing it all together complete with music from the people we[…]

Is Simon playing a handbag???

https://www.youtube.com/v/Juxf1EoLPKA?version=3 What in instrument am I playing here? I think it might be a handbag… I made this using AI! Check out our new album! https://simonthoumire.ffm.to/portraits #concertina #musiclife #musicismylife #scotland #scottishmusic #thisisscotland #musicmaker #alba

Janine’s Reel by the fabulous Jim Sutherland! #shorts

https://www.youtube.com/v/uztH8zY3Y7Q?version=3 Janine’s Reel by the fabulous Jim Sutherland! Check out my latest album here https://simonthoumire.ffm.to/portraits #concertina #musiclife #musicismylife #scotland #scottishmusic #thisisscotland #musicmaker #alba

New album: Portraits with Dave Milligan

It’s been sixteen years since Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan last released an album, and twenty-two years since their first. Portraits is album #3, and a brand new collection of original music, characteristic of the Scottish tradition but encompassing multiple styles and influences. Each track on Portraits was composed to try and capture[…]