I work as a guitarist and piper (scottish smallpipes) on the traditional music scene in the UK and have been lucky enough to work with some great players and singers over the years. As well as performing with The Mick West Band and the fantastic fiddle player Stewart Hardy from Northumberland, I work as a session player and teacher and have worked on numerous recording projects including ”The complete songs of Robert Burns” (Linn Records), and “The Complete Songs of Robert Tannahill” . I also peform with the fab traditional singer Gillian MacDonald.
Stewart and I have recently finished an accoustic album of instrumentals for fiddle/guitar and smallpipes - root2 -, to be released spring 2009.
We also work together as a writing and produiction team. The track above "Flake" is a sample from our latest batch of work:- "Compass", 13 tracks to be released as a cd in later in 2009.
I run regular workshops for guitar across the UK, covering techniques used in playing traditional music and accompaniment for song.
*This is a very important international première: Karen & Lily 'll play together for the first time.
**Calum & Heikki 'll come & play for the first time as duo in Italy.
***Rallion 'll come back in Forlì after the first edition in 2008. They will present the new album "One for Sorrow" that will be released on Saturday 25th July !
Frank McLaughlin, Torhild Ostad, Mick West, Lillebjorn Nilsen and Kerstin Blodig making music in the ZwieBelfisch in Berlin. And Torhild made shure Frank got his capo back. What a good life? :-)
Hi Frank, Jimmy here. The promised link is as follows; www.jsarts.co.uk The diary of courses is on there , soon , of course, your course, will, of course, be added in due course. I am holding the toothbrush to ransom by the way. Pay up or else the paste will get it.
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