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Live At Traverse Theatre by the Simon Thoumire Three

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We recorded this album in 1996 in the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. It was a double bill with the Cauld Blast Orchestra. It was recorded in the summer for a Christmas broadcast hence the Christmas Single track. I think I was trying to be funny at the time. Hey ho – can’t beat hindsight for what is funny or not!

Most of these tracks are taken from our two albums – Waltzes for Playboys and Strathspey and Surreal. Christmas Single is only available here!!!

It was a great privilege to perform with Kevin MacKenzie and Simon Thorpe. As you can hear from the recording, they are both brilliant musicians who play with empathy to the music. They also laughed at my jokes which was the best thing.

released March 22, 2021

00:00 Tremendus Fergus / State of the Art Jig / Aly Bain’s Reel / Major Mole (Live)
07:53 Fermanagh Curves (Live)
11:44 Overcast (Live)
16:55 Jim’s Jig / The Snuff Wife / Eileen MacDonald’s Jig (Live)
21:26 John’s Got School Tomorrow / The North Sea Chinaman / The Bus Spotter’s Reel (Live)
25:24 Eddy Kelly’s (Live)
29:16 Christmas Single (Live)
33:22 Martin Wynne’s No. 1 / John McCusker’s Reel / Woof Vicky Woof (Live)
37:12 Gloomy-Go-Round / Merry-Go-Round (Live)
40:12 Rusty Skullet (Live)
44:20 Fishers Hornpipe / Mark 2 / Easy Club Reel (Live)

Simon Thoumire – concertina
Kevin MacKenzie – guitar
Simon Thorpe – double bass

Dream on Dreamer Full Album by Simon Thoumire

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This music on this album was created around 2015 – 2016. I was making a new piece of music every week and at this time I was experimenting with electronics and drum machines. I was having a great time! I’ve enjoyed listening back to them and choosing a few of the tracks for this album. Most of the tracks feature concertina but there are some where it is only electronics!

The title Dream on Dreamer comes from a light board I saw in a shop in Sweden which simply said ‘Dream on Dreamer’. It immediately grabbed me as tune title and eventually became the album title. There is a track on my hard drive called Dream on Dreamer too. I’ll maybe release it at some point…

I’ve written a short description about each of the tracks which you can read if you click on each track link or visit www.simonthoumire.com.

Thanks for listening. It really is much appreciated. Thanks to my family and friends for allowing me to create music. Thanks also to Martin Green from Lau who always makes me feel better about releasing these tunes!

Released January 6, 2023

00:00:00:00 Bounce
00:02:21:20 Hurry Up
00:05:26:01 As Yet Untitled
00:09:02:01 All Thumbs
00:11:47:11 Bend it
00:14:13:00 Four in a row
00:15:51:15 For Stewart
00:19:18:14 Simply does it
00:21:38:07 Celtic Groovin
00:22:10:17 Caravan Bookie (with Ian Carr)
00:24:03:20 Defying Gravity
00:28:00:23 Loop Doop
00:33:23:22 First Person Shooter
00:36:22:17 Flutter
00:40:41:05 Two Subways Nearly Collide
00:42:31:04 Strathwobble
00:45:01:17 Musical Statues
00:45:57:04 Shuffle
00:48:47:00 Train Techno

All tracks performed and written by Simon Thoumire apart from
track 10 which features the amazing guitar playing of Ian Carr and track 13 which features my son Charlie Thoumire.

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Portraits by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan

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Portraits is the third album by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan, and is a new collection of original music, characteristic of the Scottish tradition but encompassing multiple styles and influences. Each track on the album was composed to try and capture the character of a particular person, and to reflect the connections in their lives.
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released May 19, 2023

Simon Thoumire: concertina
Dave Milligan: piano

Mixed by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow
Mastered by Andrea Gobbi at Carrier Waves Mastering
Produced by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan
Artwork by Van Gill Media

All music composed by Simon Thoumire, except tracks 2 and 6, composed by Dave Milligan

00:00:00 Come on, let us sway together
00:03:37 King Bill’s Hornpipe
00:09:18 Su-a’s 50th Year
00:15:21 Anastasia McAroe’s Waltz
00:19:47 Persephone Nichol-Bose
00:23:37 Misha
00:28:09 Sonny Jim
00:34:43 Caroline Anne Hewat
00:38:24 David Francis
00:45:02 Louis DeCarlo’s 70th Birthday Strathspey
00:49:03 Grace Campbell Grierson

Glasgow Concert by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan

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Glasgow Concert was recorded at Celtic Connections Festival in January 2020 at the Recital Rooms in the City Halls, Glasgow just before Covid hit us all. With all the distractions that brought it took till 2024 for it to come out.

This album features versions of the tracks that have developed from our first two albums – The Big Day In and Third Fight Home. Typically when we record a new album the tracks haven’t been performed before and they start to change as soon as we play them live. These are these versions plus 2 tracks which haven’t featured on any other albums!

If you haven’t heard our album Portraits from 2023 – an album we are very proud of you can find out more about it here simonthoumire.ffm.to/portraits

00:00 U-gu-vi-u, U-gu-vi-u, Port na maighdinn chuain (The Mermaid Song)/ Happy Mother’s Day Clare McLaughlin / Miss Mary Walker of Peterhead
03:04 Hasiera/ Artikutza
06:23 The Bloody Fields of Flanders (Freedom Come All Ye)
10:04 Improvisation / Moch madainn chéitein/ Becky Taylor’s Audacity
14:30 The Caithness Reel/ Johnny Groat’s House
16:39 Major Graham/ General Campbell/ Charlie Warlie
21:46 Herr Roloff’s Farewell
26:07 Bonny Lass of Fisherrow/ Love in a Village/ The Ballachulish Walkabout
29:27 The Tipsy Sailor/ The Future is Bright / J. F. Dickie

https://simonthoumire.ffm.to/glasgowconcert

Sgàth Fhras. New album by Anna-Wendy Stevenson, Muriel Urquhart, Simon Thoumire and Tom Bancroft

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Seo clàr ‘improvised’ stèidhichte air na h-òrain anns an leabhar ‘Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist’. Tha an luchd-ciùil Anna-Wendy Stevenson, Muriel Urquhart, Simon Thoumire agus Tom Bancroft.

This is a new album of improvised music based on the songs collected in Margaret Fay Shaw’s 1955 book ‘The Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist.’ The improvisation and harmony work is rooted within the language of Scottish traditional music. Available in both Gaelic and English, this groundbreaking release marks the first free improvised album of Scottish Gaelic music.” Sgàth Fhras is a Gaelic phrase meaning small rain showers – the kind of light shower that doesn’t soak you too much! The initial idea behind the album was small vignettes of impro of Gaelic songs just like a short rain shower. If you have any questions please reply to this email.

00:00 Gur tu mo nighean donn bhòidheach
07:23 Màiri NicAonghais, Banrigh Bhornais
12:32 A’ ghaoil, lig dhachaigh gu m’ mhàthair mì
15:45 Till an crodh, faigh an crodh
18:27 Cholla, mo rùin

Find out more at https://www.simonthoumire.com

Dol Fodha Na Grèine Crowdfunder – Simon Thoumire

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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 year.

We are looking to raise £5000 to help with rehearsal costs and we would really appreciate it if you could help. To find out how visit https://igg.me/at/dol-fodha-na-greine.

Thanks in advance.

Persephone Nichol-Bose by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan – Ardkinglas House

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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 at https://www.simonthoumire.com