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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

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  • Genre: Acoustic / Folk

    Location Essex, London and South East, UK

    Profile Views: 42321

    Last Login: 11/30/2012

    Member Since 4/4/2006

    Website swan-dyer.co.uk

    Record Label WildGoose Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer have been carving out a reputation for delivering innovative new slants on traditional tunes, fascinating originals and songs in festivals and folk clubs around the country... .. Vickis unique style of playing the Scottish Smallpipes; that is at once spell-bindingly beautiful and haunting is perfectly complimented by Jonnys driving guitar playing... .. On stage the two create a performance that is skilled, funny and never dull! Vicki and Jonnys strong educational background makes their workshops as powerful for a festival event as their performances..... ..About Vicki (Scottish Smallpipes, flute, voice, nyckelharpa).. .. Vicki's musical tradition comes from both Scotland and Sweden. Following in her Scottish father's footsteps Vicki is a second generation piper, and from her Swedish mother she plays the nyckelharpa and translates Swedish ballads and is reading Harry Potter in Swedish. .... Having begun the music ladder at the age of five, Vicki went on to study the double bass at the Royal College of Music, becoming the principal double bass and winning the solo double bass competition. Alongside of this Vicki has performed solo concertos' with many different orchestra's. .... Vicki has studied under all the best pipers including Hamish Moore, Davie Taylor and Gary West, taking the most radical and inovative techniques from each. .... ..About Jonny (Guitar, accordion, vocal).... Composer and competition-winning guitar player; Jonnys outstanding technical ability, coupled with a wide-ranging musical taste has made him a tireless and forceful musical innovator.

  • Members

    Vicki Swan - Scottish Smallpipes, Flute, Low Whistle, Vocals, Nyckelharpa.. Jonny Dyer - Vocal, Guitar, Accordion

  • Influences

    ..Video Diary and Twitter Stream.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......View our studio video diary on our ..blog.....

  • Sounds Like

    .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Subscribe to Vicki & Jonny's Blog by Email........If you like what you hear,..you can take us home in the shape of a CD.......If you're in the states..we're on ..CDbaby.......If you're into ..Paypal.. and on this side of the pond, we can do that.....We're also on ..iTunes..!....Or you can just..visit our ..online shop..!.... ...... ...... .................. ...... ..

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  1. Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

    Back home again for a few days. Time to carry on with the mixing of the new album!

  2. Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

    Hello Watford! There's still time to come and see us. :)

  3. Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

    Hello Sunny Beverley!

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    Spread Eagle in Hereford. Come on down we're playin' :D

  5. Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

    We've got a little friend on stage in Brum, taking refuge from the latest ikea advert... http://t.co/XgkqKdTvee

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