I began playing the violin at the tender age of 8, having played the piano since I was 6. I remember having fantastic teachers at the beginning who really inspired me. It was classical music all the way in the early years. When I moved to Scotland from London in 1990 I soon joined the Hillhead Strings orchestra. We played around Scotland in the youth orchestra competitions and once a year were lucky enough to travel for a week to Castle Toward, near Dunoon. Anyone who has played music at Toward will know how awe-inspiring a place it is, for youngsters and adults alike. We were conducted each year by the inimitable and much-loved composer John Maxwell Geddes.
I took to folk music when I was 15, and found the social life attached to it irresistible. I played around Scotland in the late 1990s with the Inishowen Ceili Band before me and some mates formed the Broken Peg Ceilidh Band. In 2001 I formed Beneche with Padraig O'Neill and Sean O'Donnell. Our first album came out at Celtic Connections in January 2003 winning us a Danny Kyle Open Stage Award. The next two years saw us tour a lot in Scotland and England with a memorable excursion to Lorient in summer 2004.
I hold two all-Britain fleadh titles in senior fiddle and in 2002 reached the finals of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Musician of the Year. I spent 2005 recording my first solo album which was released at Celtic Connections in January 2006. It's available from www.footstompin.com and www.tradmusic.com. I now play in The Long Notes with the fabulous Colette O'Leary and Brian Kelly. Our new CD was released at the start of 2008 and the summer looks sizzling hot with tours to all corners of Scotland. You can buy The Long Notes by visiting my sister myspace page: www.myspace.com/thelongnotes.
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Thank you
Antonio Hoyos will be joining us on the 16th of June, appearing as "The Great Antoine!"
We are delighted that this great comedic performer can join our line-up.
The Pop Haydn Post-Modern Medicine Show will be appearing at The Laugh Factory, 8001 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood! One show at 8:00 PM.
Pop will be joined by Professor Dave Bourne and the Medicine Show Band, Rob Zabrecky, Sophie Evans, Antonio Hoyos, Phil Van Tee and Pop's Candy Girls for a wonderful show of Old Time Music, magic, comedy and variety.
It'll make you feel better!
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
19th Century Attire Welcome!
You can buy tickets at LaughFactory.com or call: 323-6561336 ext 1.
For more information and video go to my Myspace Profile or:
Do you like fiddle music? Are you a fiddler? Then join us in the Fiddle World - sometimes called the Facebook for Fiddlers!
http://fiddleworld.ning.com
It's free to join and we're always looking for new members...see you there
We hope you can come to our gig at Bush Hall, Shepherd's Bush on Friday. Spread the word to your friends. It'll be a great party.
Its the launch party for our new album "Baka Beyond the Forest" that was released on Monday
You can hear clips on our website (www.baka.co.uk) and our Myspace page.
One Love!
Thank you for joining us at the Official Skully Street Team to celebrate Skully’s newly released IRISH MAKEOVER CD! Click over to www. myspace. com/irishskully and see what all the chatter is about!
You can sample these amazing tracks here at the OSST along with tracks from Skully’s other project profiles. Right now we are featuring the song “Boom Boom Ba” by Metisse!
Hey Jamie, It was great seeing you in Glasgow! and I enjoyed the few tunes in the Hotel bar. Hope you had a great birthday too ... It was also great seeing Gabe and Padraig and I just had a fantastic time over there. Anyway, Hope to catch up with you again sometime during the year. take care. Dom
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