Iain Anderson - Fiddle Stevie Lawrence - Guitar, Bazouki, Percussion Angus Lyon - Piano Colin Brown - 5 Row Button Accordion Duncan Lyall - Double Bass
Influences
Aly Bain, Capercaille, Shooglenifty, Yla Steven, Billy Connolly ... actually, there wouldn't be enough space to fit them all in here. And besides, I'm a 'one finger typer' - do you know how long this would take me?!
Get your copy of my album from Highlander Music or Footstompin' Celtic Music and make sure you look out for the articles in Living Tradition Magazine and Easyjet in-flight Magazine!
Sounds Like
Somebody once told me I sounded like Iain Anderson.
Welcome to Iain Anderson's myspace!. Latest: Very sad to hear of Jerry Holland's death, a wonderful fiddle player and a true gentleman.
Updated 17th July 09: Iain has just finished recording a CD with fellow fiddler, Gemma Donald. It'll be available very shortly! What a year! In addition to concerts and festivals at home, Iain will travel to play in Canada, Denmark, Norway, Shetland and twice in Switzerland. Plans are also underway for a return to Germany after a gap of four years.
Iain is teaming up with fiddler Gemma Donald (2006 Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship winner) and talented Shetland guitarist, Ryan Couper, for a series of concerts and workshops at the Celtic Roots Festival in Goderich, Canada. It’s been over 17 years since Iain last set foot on Canadian soil and this August will mark a welcome return.
The popular Scottish folk group, Cairdeas, with whom Iain plays fiddle, is on the rise in Europe this year. Cairdeas sees Iain join forces with good friends Colin Ramage (guitar, vocals, mandolin) and Neil Paterson (pipes and whistles). Already very popular around Europe, the band has just returned from a successful trip to Skagen Festival in Denmark and it's fair to say they'd love to go back next year! Cairdeas just recorded a 30 minute set for BBC Radio Scotland and there are many more sessions like this planned for this year.
Shetland is the destination in October for the Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival.
In November Iain once again takes to the road /sky…(whatever) for a 3 week tour of Switzerland with Cairdeas. The boys recently appeared on BBC Scotland’s premier folk show, Travelling Folk, to promote their album, Autumn, and to talk about some of the band highlights. Switzerland is definately one of them! Cairdeas has a well established fan-base in Switzerland and they’ll be touring the country with their new album from their base in Luzern. (see ‘cairdeasmusic’ on myspace for tour dates).
Iain’s critically acclaimed solo album, Silver Strings’, is available to buy from Footstompin Music and many other online retailers. Christmas is only a couple of hundred days away. Why wait? :-)
Press: Iain Anderson's musical exploits have taken him from around his home in Edinburgh to around the world. Widely recognised as one of Scotland’s top professional fiddlers, his playing has earned him appearances at many international events including a Royal Gala Concert for H.M. the Queen at London’s Royal Albert Hall and the MTV Europe awards. Throughout his career, Iain has enjoyed working with some great Scottish musicians on and off the stage including KT Tunstall, Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, Violet Tulloch, Mick MacNeil ('Simple Minds') Calvin Volrath and Bryan Gear. Iain's debut album, "Silver Strings" was released in 2006 and he is fortunate to count amongst his fans the well-known Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce who, in 2007 and 2008, secured Iain live performances on ‘Friday Night Is Music Night’ with the BBC Concert Orchestra on BBC Radio 2. Iain plays with the popular folk group, 'Cairdeas', and works freelance, playing concerts and ceilidh’s and recording with many different musicians at a variety of events both in and outside of Scotland.
Iain is available to play for every conceivable kind of Scottish event anywhere in the world as a duo/trio or as part of a larger band. If you would like to consider booking him for your event, or if you'd like a demo CD, please Email: iainandersonbands@hotmail.com
"Iain Anderson is in constant demand from within and outwith the folk music scene - his solo album demonstrates exactly why!.... his understanding of the intricacies of traditional music appears second to none". Rock 'n' Reel Magazine June 2007
"Gleamingly brilliant". The Scotsman - 30th October 2007
"Iain shows his mastery of his instrument in a collection that cannot fail to please".
"...one of the most sought-after fiddling talents in Scotland".
The Scots Magazine
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Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
Hi Iain! Love great music will keep dropping by for a listen if you dont mind. I really love and keep listening to Eppies Tune it is a beautiful melody. Thanks keep in touch. Betty. X
Hi Iain, don't know why your other half has had enough of Ramsay...i mean he's hardly ever on TV ;-0 hahaha...thankyou for the friend request and great comments...i loved the track i heard on your homepage...Take care for now.
Hallo Hase, Thanks for asking. I'm fine, just a little overworked. Manuela and Martina are moving together into the same flat - means lot of work, painting, decorating, carrying furniture, dismantling, putting it together again......... There had been a bad storm in Konstanz where Martina is still living - have a look on my page if you're interested. No, unfortunately I don't have the funds to come to Scotland this year. Maybe next. Take care, Love and hugs, johanna
Hello Iain, thanks you very much for adding me, nice to meet you. Really I enjoyed to listening all your music, greats tunes, I like very much : "The Carpenter Set" powerful and nice set. You..re cool fiddler. Congratulations for all your musical works and good luck with every musical project, gig...Keep at it and keep in touch.
Also I run The Great Edinburgh Run as part of team Finola and did a gig to help send Finola Forman to college as the government in Scotland unlike the rest of the UK wont help disabled people with complex needs when they want to go into further education, check out her site at
This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing incl the award winning The Demon Barbers.
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