Tom Anderson,Gibbie Hutchison,Vasen,Capercaillie,Aly Bain,JPP,Annbjorg Lien,Maria Callas,Arvo Part,Turtle island string quartet, Terem quartet,Fiddler`s bid(x)Bruce Molsky, Alasdair Fraser,Mozart and Puccini operas,Davy Robertson,Liz Carroll and my sisters,Webern, Shetland Heritage players............ and many more!
I have just released my second solo album 'over the moon' and I literally am!
You are listening to tracks from it as you read this and hopefully you will be inspired to buy your own copy.I have produced 'over the moon' on my own label and would appreciate if you would support all the hard work involved by buying directly from my website.
A bit about me.........
I`m a fiddler from the Shetland Islands in the far north of Scotland and was brought up surrounded by some of the worlds finest traditional musicians from a very young age. At age 11, I started fiddle lessons with the legendary teacher and fiddler Tom Anderson and soon after became one of the founding members of his fiddle group Shetland`s Young Heritage.
In 1992 I won the "BBC Radio 2 Young Tradition award" and went on to play in a duo with Scottish piano accordionist Ian Lowthian and subsequently in my own trio with David Milligan and Conrad Ivitsky.I have played with Scottish fiddle band 'Blazin` Fiddles' for the last 10 years. In 2000 I created the female fiddle band 'String Sisters' who have performed at Celtic Connections.I have also enjoyed playing with Scotland`s folk big band 'The Unusual Suspects' for the past few years.
I am a core member of teaching staff on the BMus Folk degree at Newcastle University and regularly take part in workshops at a variety of folk festivals and gatherings.
I count myself as one of the luckiest people in the world. Firstly,I play music that I love.Secondly, I get to meet and work with fellow musicians, the world over, who are just as passionate about their own traditions but continue to challenge themselves with new projects and ideas throughout their musical lives.
NOUVEAU!!!! Disponible sur Myspace! Un morceau extrait du nouvel album du groupe Maltavern "Douce Tornade" Sortie prévue le 28 Juin 2008 Bonne écoute! A bientôt Et bon vent... Christo pour Maltavern
"Over the Moon" arrived by post today and I am totally in heaven! I love the bonus track ("Sir Olaf"?). It is incredibly beautiful. Thank you for making this amazing cd.
Hey how's everything going?I was wondering what the other song you were going to teach me was called? Deil stick da minister is coming along is a fun song to play!Anyway I'll ttyl bye-Jim
Hey if you could let me know you got my message I'd be quite happy.Anyway its unbelievable how much you missing playing with other people when you only miss a week of riddell fiddles lol!Well I've got to go so I'll ttyl bye-Jim
Hya Catriona! Long time no see. Your new stuff sounds fantastic. Good luck with it! I'll be up in the Toon this month, if you're around. All the best,Andrew
I'm so sorry ,we've just moved our service to a sunday night so I've messed up your calendar as the 24th won't work for us!Anyway If you give me a couple dates I'll let you know which one works.I really enjoyed the lesson and will work on everything -Jim
