Fiddle The magazine for Scottish music enthusiasts
Isobel Harper GUEST OF HONOUR
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39th Year No. 08 Apr 2016
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Welcome
B&F • EDITORIAL
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...to the April issue of Box & Fiddle The magazine for Scottish music enthusiasts
Editor • Pia Walker 7 Tarvit Gardens Cupar, Fife, KY15 5BT Tel: 01334 657 850 Mob: 07715 115 489 editor@boxandfiddle.com Designer • Marie Irvine mamidesigns@hotmail.com Section icons by: FlatIcon
Cover Image Trophies at Inchrya Photo: © Marie Irvine Printer • Meigle Colour Printers www.meigleprint.co.uk
NAAFC Chairman • Nicol McLaren 9 Sheila Road, Blairgowrie Perthshire, PH10 6RP Tel: 01250 874 526 nicol@boxandfiddle.com Vice Chairman • Iain Cathcart Tel: 01555 661 017 iain@boxandfiddle.com Secretary • Susan MacFadyen Carlung Farm, West Kilbride Ayrshire, KA23 9PU Tel: 01294 823 865 susan@boxandfiddle.com Treasurer • Willie Johnstone treasurer@boxandfiddle.com Executive Committee: Charlie Kirkpatrick David Cunningham Margo Maclennan Richard Ross Tom Orr
I can’t believe that the year has passed and that we are now heading towards summer closures for many of the clubs. Remember to send in your Baffi nominations before you pack for warmer climates. I will let you know where you can pick up your magazine in the May edition and, of course, do use the summer subscription form so you can get the Pia Walker, Editor magazine delivered to your door. (You may miss something if you don’t!) New clubs are starting up. We had the opening of Macmerry in February, the new Clydesdale A&F club opening in September and a meeting is to be held in May to see if there’s interest in opening a Cupar & District club. Good luck to all of them. I spoke to a lady at the Accordion Showcase in Glasgow, who told me that they had recently visited a club for the first time. They crept into the back as they weren’t sure, but “After we had heard a few older people playing a few bum notes, we said to ourselves that we could do that too. So we will go again”. Somebody mentioned that many clubs don’t see many ‘youngsters’, someone else asked: “Have you asked them why they don’t go?” Food for thought and do share your ideas with the rest of us. I’m still working hard on getting more people to subscribe or buy the magazine in clubs. One gentleman told me he would buy it if it had a gossip column. Hmm! I don’t think I could handle all the anonymous letters.☺ Perhaps an agony aunt column? “Dear… My fiddle screeches at me constantly. Do you have a solution?” or “Dear … my Accordion wheezes, do you think I should take it to a doctor?” Every club will from next season will be given a magazine holder to proudly display the Box & Fiddle in. This should stop people ? putting their tea-cups on them.☺ We have also designed a ‘club’ sticker to go on cases and bags. If you would like to know how to buy some of these stickers and perhaps earn a little something for the club along the way, do get in contact. And now for preparing the magazine for next month.
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Contents
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News Clydesdale Accordion & Fiddle Club; North East; Charity donations; Letters
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Festivals
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Championship; Northern Ireland Open Accordion Championships
14 AGM Notification
Book now for the Celebrity Luncheon and the Box & Fiddle Awards
15 Centre Stage Mabel Gray
16 BAFFIs
Your chance to vote fo this year’s awards
18 Isobel Harper
Margo Maclennan talks to our Guest of Honour
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21 Club News
The latest news from our clubs
43 Club Diary
You are never too old to go Clubbing!
NAAFC Festival - The 42nd Annual
Deadlines:
B&F • CONTENTS
47 Take the Floor Donald Macleod
49 Dance Diary
Find the nearest dances and ceilidhs
52 In Memory Pam Wilkie
54 Reviews
The Tullich Collection; Something Old, Something New; In Tune With Tradition; MOMENTO; Canadian Fiddle Tunes.
60 Sheet Music
Waltz for Evelyn by Stuart Cameron
All articles, adverts, club reports and text for the magazine must be e-mailed to the editor by the 5th of every month at the latest. Copy received after this date cannot be guaranteed to feature in the next issue.
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NEWS
News
Send in your story. If you have a photo that tells a story, send it in with an explanation.
Clydesdale Accordion & Fiddle Club Following the recent closure of the Lanark Accordion and Fiddle Club, my wife Shirley and I have decided to create a new club with a new venue, committee and calendar date. Our aim is to provide a platform for young, and not so young, players to continue the legacy of great Scottish traditional music in the Clydesdale area whilst retaining a local focus and tight links with other organisations and businesses in the Lanark area. We have recruited an enthusiastic committee of local like-minded individuals who are all first-time A&F Club committee members with fresh ideas and a passion for the Scottish music scene. Many of us have benefited from the Accordion and Fiddle Club movement and are keen to give something back for the good of both the local community and the Scottish music scene in general. Club meetings will take place between 2pm and 6pm on the first Sunday of every month between September and May, with the exception of January, in St Mary’s Club Rooms at 70 Bannatyne Street, Lanark, ML11 7JS. The town centre venue, less than 100 yards from Lanark Train & Bus Stations, has excellent transport links. Free car parking is available within the hall complex with more extensive parking available at South Lanarkshire Council offices on Glebe Drive, a 1 minute walk from the premises. The Club Rooms offer a fully licenced bar and patrons will be catered for with
tea and coffee during the interval. The Club will open its doors on Sunday 4th September 2016 with a one-off special event with two of the country’s finest Scottish Dance Bands performing as guest artists. We are delighted to have secured the services of Nicol McLaren and the Glencraig Scottish Dance Band to open the club with a 45 minute set and The Alasdair MacCuish Band bringing our opening meeting to a close. Our intention is to continue to provide the very best of artists for club visitors and players alike throughout the season. Full professional PA equipment together with backing musicians will be provided for all club players should they wish. A friendly welcome will be made to all enthusiasts of our type of music, and of course free entry to all musicians who play at the meetings, from beginners to seasoned veterans. Our main objective is to put Lanark back on the map and make the Clydesdale Accordion & Fiddle Club one of the most sought after platforms to perform on. We hope to see as many of you as possible on the 4th September 2016. Tell your friends, neighbours, relations and anyone who enjoys a good afternoon of fantastic music. Further details are available by telephoning 01555 661017 or by email to shirley_cathcart@ yahoo.co.uk Iain Cathcart
The Annual
C Golf Day NAAF Dunblane New Golf Club
Perth Road, Dunblane FK15 0LJ Stableford competition for the Billy Thom Memorial Trophy. Bacon rolls at 12 noon with 1st tee time at 1pm. Followed by great music and camaraderie from 7pm. Contact: Nicol Mclaren, nicol@boxandfiddle.com Charlie Kirkpatrick, cjkirkp@googlemail.com
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NAAFC Festival The 42nd Annual Championship
The NAAFC Flagship Festival and what a festival. Trophies shining in the bright light only competing with the smiles from all participants and the cacophony from rehearsing musicians filtering through all day. The adjudicators this year were: Alan Gifford, Brian Griffin, Charlie Kirkpatrick, Douglas Lawrence, James Coutts, Jane Davidson, John Carmichael and Robert Black who all had a very difficult job to find the winners amongst a very high standard of competitors. The dance in the evening was by the Burns Brothers Ceilidh Band. The attendance was a bit low at the beginning, probably due to everyone wanting dinner after the concert had finished, but soon the floor was filled by dancers of all ages. The committee is probably already now starting to plan for next year and I for one cannot wait – bring on the 43rd Annual Championship, Concert and Dance.
UNDER 12 FIDDLE SOLO 1. Kirsty Grant 2. Findlay Graham 3. Rosaidh MacKintosh JUNIOR FIDDLE SOLO – March, Strathspey & Reel 1. Eryn Rae 2. Anya Johnston 3. Kirsty Grant JUNIOR FIDDLE SOLO – Slow Air 1. Eryn Rae 2. Kirsty Grant 3. Anya Johnston SENIOR FIDDLE SOLO – Slow Strathspey, March, Strathspey & Reel 1. Magnus Westwell 2. Shona MacFadyen 3. Jack Westwell SENIOR FIDDLE SOLO – Slow Air 1. Magnus Westwell 2. Jack Westwell 3. Shona MacFadyen OPEN FIDDLE GROUP 1. Strings ‘N’ Things 2. Deeside Loons & Quines 3. Fiddle Encore OPEN FIDDLE CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Shona MacFadyen 2. Eilidh Anderson
OPEN FIDDLE SOLO - Hornpipe & Jig 1. Shona MacFadyen 2. Jack Westwell 3. Ellie McLaren
SENIOR ACCORDION SOLO (Pipe Music) 1. Emma Dickson 2. Graham MacLennan 3. Adin Graham
UNDER 10 ACCORDION SOLO (Traditional Music) 1. Fin Hope
OPEN ACCORDION CHAMPIONSHIP SOLO 1. Emma Dickson 2. Graham MacLennan
UNDER 12 ACCORDION SOLO (Traditional Music) 1. Clelland Shand 2. Alice Girling 3. Blythe Moore 12 & UNDER 16 ACCORDION SOLO (Traditional Music) 1. Kyle Rowan 2. Ciorstaidh-Sarah Chaimbeul 3. Ewan Dowie Player with most potential - Mike Laurenson SENIOR ACCORDION SOLO (Traditional Music) 1. Craig Paton 2. Adin Graham 3. Emma Dickson JUNIOR ACCORDION SOLO (Pipe Music) 1. Kyle Rowan 2. Ciorstaidh-Sarah Chaimbeul 3. Ewan Dowie
OPEN BUTTON KEY ACCORDION SOLO 1. John Weaks SCOTTISH JUNIOR DUET 1. Anya Johnston & Jodie Smith 2. Ciorstaidh-Sarah Chaimbeul & Kyle Rowan 3. Rhiann Matthew & Rachel Havlin TRIOS 1. Adin Graham 2. Central Belters 3. Fjana Best Piano Player - Tom Orr, Central Belters BANDS 1. Central Belters 2. Juneiliain 3. Ewan Dowie Best Rhythm Section - Juneiliain OWN COMPOSITION 1. Gary Sutherland 2. Nicol McLaren 3. John Burns
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Northern Ireland Open Accordion Championships
Prize winners to be proud of
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group of 15 Scottish musicians along with families and friends recently travelled to County Antrim, N. Ireland (via the Cairnryan ferry) to perform at the 19th Northern Ireland Open Accordion Championships in the luxurious Loughshore Hotel, Carrickfergus. The festival, which attracted over 100 accordionists mainly from N. Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, was held on Saturday 20th February and featured Solo, Duet, Group and Band sections. The Scottish musicians,
who all performed at Biggar Accordion & Fiddle Club the week before the event, competed in 21 different sections and were delighted to be awarded numerous prizes. To round off a very successful day Emma Dickson was awarded the trophy for the ‘Best Overall Performance’. The festival, which featured over 240 entries, was extremely well organised and the Scottish players were offered a great deal of encouragement and appreciation from the festival organisers and local musicians.
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Isobel Harper by Margo Maclennan
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aving driven from Kiltarlity to Caithness in winter conditions, I spent a lovely afternoon with Isobel. I was inspired by her humble, kind and gentle ways and impressed by her enthusiasm to promote traditional music. She teaches and encourages many young musicians to go to local clubs and festivals. She has some enjoyable musical evenings in her home in Wick with many groups, teaching and sorting out the musical arrangements for them. As she says: “Music keeps me young and active!” Isobel was born into a farming family at Lochend, Dunnet, Caithness to James and Isabella Auld. She started classical piano lessons at the age of 12 with Margaret Henderson in Wick who also taught fiddle to Addie Harper, her future husband to be. Isobel’s brother Hamish Auld also had lessons there. Hamish later went on to play double bass part-time with the Wick Scottish Dance Band while he still worked on the family farm. As a young music student Isobel really wanted to play Scottish and Margaret found that in some of Isobel’s music books were some by Jimmy Shand. Margaret asked Isobel to play Millbank Cottage and
Wick Scottish Dance Band 1971
that was the start of Isobel learning Scottish dance music! Margaret then agreed to teach half Scottish and half classical! Isobel left school at 15 and went to work in Wick as a shop assistant. One evening on the 3rd October 1962 she got a telephone call from Addie to come and play the piano in the Rosebank Hotel, Wick. Isobel showed me the book in which Addie had written out all the chords for the different tempos of music that the band played, so Isobel could practice them in her spare time. Isobel now became a part-time, standin member of the Wick Scottish Dance Band when their regular pianist, Adam Black, was unable to play. The band became more and more popular, so much so that Isobel at some point stopped her day job and became a full-time musician. This change in working hours delighted Isobel’s mum, Mrs Auld, as she could then help on the farm during the day. The other band members were Addie Harper (fiddle), Eann Nicolson (accordion and Univox), Hamish Auld (double bass) and John Gunn on drums. They developed a style all of their own ensuring that they were regularly broadcasting and playing to capacity crowds in most parts of Scotland
B&F • CLUB NEWS
Club News Just remember to seek permission to publish the photos and tell us the name of the photographers.
To ensure a more readable section, please only send in max 250-300 words. A photo tells a better story, so add one or two of those too. Why not of your audience? If you don’t have a report to write, then mention someone from your club or a special event and send in a relevant photo. Information in Club News helps attract visitors to your club, so make sure your club sounds like the place we want to go to.
Stramash, Arbroath
ANNAN ST ANDREW The guest band was the popular Jimmy McQuire Scottish Dance Band from Larbert, comprising Jimmy McQuire on piano accordion, his wife Willma on keyboard and Kenneth Milligan on drums. They began by playing for a varied selection of dances. Local players, accompanied by Ian Wilson on keyboard and Billy Porter on drums, were: Newby Park from Carlisle playing two contrasting sets of music on piano accordion; Les Hurst also from Carlisle played a traditional then a modern set on piano accordion; Kenny White from Rigg played a number of popular tunes on piano accordion; The floor was thronged with dancers when Jim Fraser from Dumfries played for a Ruby Waltz on
piano accordion; Willie Little from Dumfries on whistle played several well-liked tunes composed by Ian Gracie from Dumfries; Roger Dobson from Langholm played for a Mississippi Dip followed by a Southern Rose Waltz on a Shand Morino 3-row button-key accordion; Norman Swainson from Wigton played a number of well-known tunes on piano accordion; Richard Brown from Aspatria played piano accordion and amongst the tunes played was the marvellous The Old Button Box, a tribute to the great Will Starr; David Bell from Carlisle, leader of the popular Lyne Valley Band, played piano accordion; The final local player was John Waugh from Carlisle who played piano accordion. The guests returned to the stage and concluded with further dances. At the end of
the night, MC Jack Murdoch thanked the band and local players. ARBROATH The Chairman welcomed the audience, guest artists and also supporting local players to the March meeting. Our AGM swiftly took place and existing committee members and office bearers were elected en masse. The music got under way with our local players providing excellent entertainment. On accordions respectively were, John Hart, Dave Stoakes, Alan Petrie, Eric Davidson, Margaret Patullo and Ian Cruickshanks. Dave Smith, on fiddle, Avril Abbott on drums and accompanying various groups on keyboard were Tony Simpson and John White. The club thanks all these players.
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Club Diary Please contact editor@boxandfiddle.com for any corrections to the diary.
April 2016 DATE
CLUB
GUEST ARTISTE
VENUE
TIME
CONTACT
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Uist & Benbecula
Club Night (Visitors welcome)
Church of Scotland Hall, Benbecula HS7 5QA
8.00 pm
Angus MacDonald 01870 602432
3
Arbroath
Marian Anderson SDB
Arbroath Artisan Golf Club, Elliot, By Arbroath DD11 2PE (Doors open at 7.30pm)
8.00 pm
Tony Simpson 01241 875 326
3
Gretna
50 Anniversary Ceilidh
The Gables Hotel Gretna, Gretna Green DG16 5DQ
7.15 pm
David Bell 01228 523 957
4
Thurso
Gary Sutherland SDB
Pentland Hotel, Thurso KW14 7AA
7.30 pm
Ian Wright 01847 892 050
5
Campsie
Jim Cleland & His Band
Glazert Country House Hotel, Lennoxtown G66 7DJ
7.30 pm
Billy Hutton 0141 776 2344
5
Fort William
Gary Blair
Railway Club, Inverlochy, Fort William PH33 6LY
8.00 pm
Alisdair MacDonald 01397 701 505
5
Islesteps
Steven Carcary SDB
Locharbriggs Social Club, Locharbriggs DG1 1XS
7.30 pm
Ian Gray 01387 760 276
5
North East
Johnny Duncan
Royal British Legion, Keith AB55 5EN
7.30 pm
Mrs Petrie 01542 860 246
5
Seghill
Club Night (Visitors welcome)
Seghill Comrades Club, Cramlington NE23 7TQ
7.30 pm
James Youngson 01670 356 410
6
Dingwall
Susan Macfadyen Band
National Hotel, Dingwall IV15 9HA
7.30 pm
Elspeth Weir 01349 877 675
6
Glenfarg
Andy Kain Trio
Glenfarg Village Hall, Glenfarg PH2 9NU
8.00 pm
Russell Robertson 01577 830 642
6
Montrose
Derek Hamilton Duo
Park Hotel, Montrose DD10 8RJ
7.30 pm
Ron Ramsay 01241 879 487
7
Crieff
The Main Event Ceilidh Band
The British Legion, Crieff PH7 3EB
8.00 pm
Irene Anderson 01764 654 298
7
Galashiels
Gordon Clark
Clovenfords Hotel, Galashiels TD1 3LU
7.30 pm
Robert Cleland 01896 754 463
7
Isle of Skye
Hector Macfadyen SCD
The Royal Hotel, Portree IV51 9BU
7.30 pm
info@skyemusic.co.uk
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Lewis & Harris
Graeme Mitchell
Caladh Inn, Stornoway HS1 2QN
8.00 pm
Janette MacIver 01851 704 870
7
Oban
Gary Sutherland
The Royal Hotel, Oban PA34 4BE
7.30 pm
Anne McFadyen 01631 562 077
7
Rothbury
Ian Muir & Neil MacMillan
Queens Head Hotel, Rothbury NE65 7SR
7.30 pm
Mary Davidson 01668 281 307
7
Turriff
Scott Band
Commercial Hotel, Cuminestown AB53 5WJ
7.30 pm
Pat Steele 01888 562 486
10
Biggar
Graeme Mitchell
Biggar Bowling Club, Biggar ML12 6AX
2.00 pm
Charlie Todd 01899 308 327
12
Blairgowrie
Kyle Innes Trio
Red House Hotel, Coupar Angus PH13 9AL
7.45 pm
Helen Aitchison 01821 670 302
12
Dunfermline
Club Night (Visitors welcome)
Sportsman Bar, Rosyth KY11 2NX
7.30 pm
Mr Bob Adam 01383 306 142
12
Renfrew
Andy Kinnear Trio
Moorpark Masonic Halls, Renfrew PA4 0SA
7.30 pm
Ian Murchison 0141 889 4711
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Dance Diary
View the Scottish Country Dances online at www.dancediary.info/index.html Contact: ceilidh@dancediary.info Tel: 01389 767718 or send your entry to: Alasdair Graham, 1 First Avenue, Dumbarton G82 2PU
Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
Regular Weekly Events
DATE
TOWN
HALL
BAND
TIME
COST
CONTACT
COMMENTS
Every Monday
Kirkwall
St Magnus Centre
Live Music
7.30 pm 10.00 pm
£3/£1
Door - All Welcome
Orkney Dance Assoc.
Dumbarton
St Patrick’s Hall
Recorded
7.30 pm
£4
Door 01436 268 238
Jim & Sue
Dundee
Abertay University
Recorded
7.00 pm
£1
DoorPia 01334 654 427
Class
Bonnyrigg
Pitcairn Centre
Live Music
7.30 pm 10.00pm
£4
Door (Jennifer Johnstone)
Ceilidh & Old Time
Coupar Angus
St Anne’s Church Hall
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7.00 pm 9.00 pm
£2.50
01828 628 480
Ceilidh-Tracy Thom
Garelochhead
Parish Church
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2.00 pm 4.00 pm
£2 (tea)
01436 671 089
Social Club
Glasgow
St Andrews in Square
Live Music
7.15pm 9.30pm
£5.50 Bar
Door Tricia Matthews 01324 716855
Ceilidh & Old Time Class
Midlem
Village Hall
Live Music
8.00 pm - 10.00 pm
£2 (tea)
Door 01835 870 244
Old Time Dance Group
Stornoway
Primary School
-
7.00 pm 9.00pm
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01851 704 870
Ceilidh & Old Time
Stornoway
Primary School
-
7.30 pm - 9.30pm
-
01851 704 870
Janette Maciver Ceilidh & Old Time Term Time Only
Every Wednesday
Every Friday
Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
April 2016
DATE
TOWN
HALL
BAND
TIME
COST
CONTACT
COMMENTS
8
Irvine
Volunteer Rooms
Colin Dewar
7.30 pm 11.30 pm
£7 B.Y.O.B.
01292 316 815
Ayrshire Ceilidh Club
8
Foulden
Village Hall
John Morgan
8.00 pm 12.00 mn
£6 [No Bar]
01289 386 400
Supper Dance – soft drinks sold
8
Bridge of Earn
The Institute
Steven Carcary
8.00 pm 11.00 pm
£5 [No Bar]
07952 026 633
Pay at Door
9
Canonbie
Village Hall
Willie McRoberts
7.30 pm 11.30 pm
£6 Tea
07704 727 463
BYOB & Food.
9
Inverness
Daviot Village Hall
Gavin Piper
8.00 pm 12.00 mn
£5 BYOB
01540 651 377
Cairngorm Ceilidh dancers
9
Largoward
Village Hall
George Rennie
8.00 pm 11.00 pm
£5 Tea
07961 437 615
Weekly Dance KY9 1HZ
16
Glasgow
Partick Burgh Hall
Charlie Kirkpatrick
8.00 pm 11.00 pm
£9 [Bar]
0141 339 9679
Glasgow Highlanders
16
N. Kessock
Village Hall IV1 3XS
Kirkjuvagr
8.00 pm 12.00 mn
£5 Tea
01463 870 508
Social Dancers - B.Y.O.B.
16
Carrington
Village Hall
David Vernon
7.30 pm 11.30 pm
£6
01875 830 333
Old Time Dance
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Reviews
If you wish your CDs, DVDs or books to be reviewed, please send them to: Bill Brown, 3 Galahad Close, Cippenham, Slough, SL1 9DT
The Tullich Collection
As you would expect, I can’t really add anything more about Colin’s musicianship that hasn’t been said and noted many times already. Suffice to the say, the sound on this recording is in strict tempo, accurate, crisp and clean, which dancers not only expect, but demand. Colin has always set a very high bar and continues to drive that perception and standard superbly here. The Tullich Collection was devised by Rob Sargent with
no less than seventeen tunes composed for the dances by Colin himself. We mustn’t lose sight of the fact that Colin is also a prolific composer in his own right having written many tunes that other dance band leaders regularly include in their repertoire. In fact, since the release of Volume One of the Ruthven Collection in 2004, Colin has composed a staggering forty tunes for dances devised by Rob Sargent, which is no mean feat! Included in this fine collection are tunes from Ronnie Cooper, Ian Powrie, Michael Philip, Ian Muir, Ian Hardie, Phil Cunningham and the wonderful Grant Crawford to name but a few. With Colin you know exactly what you’re going to get and this recording has it in abundance, which put in simple terms, means you will not be disappointed.
to the closing track. The band comprises of Ronald on lead accordion, David Bowen guesting on second accordion, Erika on fiddle, Steven on keyboard and bass and Colin on drums. Unfortunately Erika, Steven and Colin’s surnames are not included in the CD liner notes which is a real pity. The album opens with a great version of Jimmy Shand’s Six Twenty Two Step. From the opening few bars the sound is completely captivating and you
know from the outset you’re in for a real treat from what is an exceptionally fine band. Ronald has chosen a nice mix of tunes, many of which are well known, such as the Beer Barrel Polka, Shetland’s Fisherman’s Backstep, Aly’s Waltz, Jackie Coleman and The Fairy Dance. I particularly liked the band’s arrangement of American songwriter Herman Hupfeld’s most notable composition As Time Goes By and the bands treatment of Blair
Colin Dewar TC001
The name Colin Dewar has long been associated with Scottish dance music played to an exceptionally high standard and this new collection is no exception, doing exactly as it says on the tin. Supporting Colin and making up this fine trio is Alasdair McLeod on second box and Findlay Robertson on drums. I have to admit I normally find a trio grouping on most occasions lacking a bit in depth compared to five- or six-piece bands, especially when you exclude piano and fiddle, but Colin, Alasdair and Findlay pull the trio grouping off very well to the extent that I didn’t really miss the richness of the larger band sound.
In Tune With Tradition The Ronald Anderson Band ATCD101
I may have been living on another planet for a period of time as I have to confess I hadn’t heard of Ronald Anderson until this CD arrived (sorry Ronald). As the title of this recording suggests, here is a band very much in tune with tradition. This shines like a beacon from the opening
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