Boda Bar evening session
I enjoyed a great session in the Boda Bar this evening hosted by Alice Thorsell. Lots of great tunes (pretty […]
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Fiddle
2018
Edinburgh Scandi Session – new venue
A new venue for the Edinburgh Scandi Session today – the Boda Bar, just a block away from the Victoria
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Blazin’ Fiddles 20th anniversary concert
We rarely get to Edinburgh festival or fringe events – but found out this year after returning from France that
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France – Haute-Savoie 2018
We had only visited Haute-Savoie briefly before. It was certainly warm this year, even in Belgium on the journey out!
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Toronto 2018
Our Canada visit this year was purely to Toronto. Dee and Geth were over because of Geth having a conference,
Noctilucent clouds
Travelling back from Toronto this morning there were some lovely noctilucent clouds (the white swirly ones) visible through the aircraft window.
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Scotland’s summer sunshine!
Well we have had an amazing few weeks of sunshine – at times it has been really warm, and we
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Newton Stewart and Minigaff festival 2018
We had arranged to be down in Galloway for the Newton Stewart and Minnigaff Traditional Music and Dance festival weekend
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Midsommar Session!
Dala häst och Svensk flagga! It’s midsommar! Our Scandi Session for this month had to be moved because the pub
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Gatehouse visit
We’re back from a few days in Gatehouse where the weather could have been better but we managed a couple
What I did at Halsway …
Well, there were lots of things – one great bit of the teaching involved playing movements from Jonny Dyer‘s new
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Halsway nyckelharpa course – June 2018
Yesterday I got back from a wonderful course at Halsway taught by Vicki Swan. It was a lot of hard
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Fiddle, Life
String Sisters concert
We enjoyed a great concert at the Queen’s Hall this evening – the String Sisters were performing. Lots of great
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Floor monitor speakers
Last September the ceilidh band I play with (the Greenbank Buskers) were doing a gig in a hall which was
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Chester Folk Festival 2018
Back from a fun time at the Chester folk festival – the photo is definitely the best I took (though
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Amateur radio
Amateur radio stuff is now offsite
I decided to set up a completely separate blog for amateur radio, since it’s of rather specialist interest. I’ll only
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Galloway cycling
Some good weather let me get in a couple of bike rides whilst in Gatehouse. I did a little recce
Hooray! Sea swimming again!
At last – a sunny day to go swimming in the sea. One of my favourite spots, at Killantringan Bay
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Another nyckelharpa visits Edinburgh
Thanks to Trevor Buck and Phil Lyon for alerting me to a house concert this evening – we went along
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Buskers Trio at Haddington – video
Here’s a sample of the trio in action:
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Greenbank Buskers at Haddington
The Greenbank Buskers played a wee gig today in St Mary’s Kirk, Haddington, as part of their summer concert series.
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