Alan James Bursaries awarded for 2020 Monday 10th of August 2020 The Alan James Creative Bursary and Residency Programme, now in its eighth year, aims to support artists in exploring new creative ideas inspired by and sourced from traditional English … Continue reading →
Today’s tune is one I learnt from Saltfishforty’s Netherbow album and the wonderful playing of my favourite fiddler Dougie Montgomery. I’ve struggled to find any information about this tune, but I vaguely remember it being a Saltfishforty original, written for … Continue reading →
Today’s tune is a super serene waltz written by Martin Tourish and recorded by Altan, but I learnt it from my pal & fellow fiddler Alison Mitchell at our local Monday night session in Leek.
Continue reading →Jenn Butterworth has been working with Sam Aweeney and Rob Harbron. Here’s the result. Here’s our third offering in our lockdown covers series! Hall & Oates’ classic, ‘You Make My Dreams’ If you’re enjoying our cover versions and videos, you … Continue reading →
Today’s tune completes the set of 3 Québécois tunes recorded by Celtic Fiddle Festival. This one is by Canadian fiddler André à Toto Savoie, and on further investigation it seems he originally called it “Reel à Belzebuth” but it is … Continue reading →
