Whithorn Iron Age Roundhouse reconstruction
Whilst down in Gatehouse we visited a new tourist attraction that opened last year – a reconstructed iron age roundhouse. […]
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2018
On the bike at Gatehouse again
At last, the first bike ride of the season down near Gatehouse. Cycling uphill into a tremendous wind to start
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Northern Streams 2018 – final session
TMSA have put up some photos on Facebook – not on a permalink yet so hope this persists. It’s a
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Computers
Back to indie blogging – techie stuff
This website has now settled down after a bit of frantic activity to re-organise stuff. The reorganisation isn’t completed yet
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Sommarlåt has arrived!
I just love the sound of the nyckelharpa together with the pipe organ. This new CD from Olov Johansson and
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Northern Streams 2018 – Saturday
Another fantastic Northern Streams festival well and truly underway! Today I attended three great workshops, the first with the brilliant
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Northern Streams 2018 – Friday concert
Northern Streams 2018 has started with a superb evening concert – the Fika Collective from Glasgow, followed by V-Dala Spelmanslag
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Back on the bike
Glad to be back on the bike again. Touring Edinburgh anticlockwise for a change as I wanted to pick up
Steam Packet Session again!
Over the weekend it was great to meet up again with some of the fine musicians who go to the
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Bye, Facebook …
Right – I’ve downloaded my data from Facebook (or at least, what they have packaged as my data). The intention
News
Hello world!
As you can see we have moved to WordPress. You may have seen the previous website in its temporary state
Scandi keyboard
Well I finally decided I had used a software keyboard for Scandinavian characters enough – the problem was that I
Life
Shetland webcams
I couldn’t resist sharing this link – I see the aurora so rarely in Edinburgh but it’s really common in
Edinburgh and District Shetland Association anniversary
Just got back from Edinburgh and District Shetland Association 90th Anniversary dinner-dance, at the Balmoral Hotel. We survived to the
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Fika Session again
Sunshine in Glasgow! A great Fika session this afternoon, many thanks to people for welcoming the nyckelharpa from the east
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and it sounds like this …
Finally, now I have a proper setup for sound recording, I made a recording of the kontrabas nyckelharpa. This is
and it sounds like this … Read Post »
Mixing with Ardour
The setup for recording, using Audacity on the Raspberry Pi, is great. However Audacity is a bit limited in what
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Edinburgh Scandi Session 7
The nyckelharpa had a great time again at the Edinburgh Scandi Session – together with the fun of meeting a
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