It’s been a good 7 days. Clare and headed off to Barcelona for our wedding anniversary and loved it. The heat was amazing and the food was fantastic. We also heard a great new instrument called the hang drum – a kind of wok looking thing that makes the most beautiful sounds. You can hear [...]
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Whilst in Ireland last week I was reflecting on as a Scottish musician getting older (38 this year) how do you keep up the momentum of doing the gigs when there are lots of younger musicians coming up through the ranks. Family and financial pressures tend to strip you of the major time you once [...]
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Myself and Clare are teaching at Meitheal Summer School this week in Ireland (www.tradweek.com). Our journey there was complete madness though. We set off along the A71 on Sunday – the quickest way to Prestwick Airport from our house – and half way along it we found that the road was shut and were being [...]
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Our regular free Scottish music podcast from Scotland featuring the very best of Gaelic, Scots, bagpipes, fiddle, harp music, Scottish bands, ceilidh bands, highland Scottish music, pipe band, traditional, folk and celtic. Listen to it here AyePodcast 19 – Scottish Music podcast
In this podcast we are featuring the Scottish band Bodega from their brand new [...]
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I’m just getting used to this new wordpress software but so far it looks good. Today is is my birthday and tasks for the day include creating 4 podcasts (well 3 1/2) and having a shot of the Wii. That latter was meant to happen yesterday but I ran out of time – again…
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It’s been a while since I’ve had time to attend this blog. A lot of things have happened in the last few months. One of the main things is that the Scots Trad Music Awards is going to be on the telly! The new Gaelic Channel (BBC) which is launched in September has come on [...]
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