Weekend concerts
We enjoyed a couple of great concerts the last two weekends – Baltic Crossing last Sunday (after the Northern Streams […]
Chromatic nyckelharpa
Chromatic nyckelharpa
Northern Streams 2019
https://www.facebook.com/TMSAEdinburghandLothians/photos/a.2129767887119317/2129768457119260/?type=3&theater Many thanks to TMSA and Bleu Hope for the photo. (Click on the second link – Facebook embedding seems
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Sunny Easter!
We had a great week in Dumfries and Galloway over Easter, with glorious weather. The wicker horse was decorating Kirkcudbright
Nyckelharpa performance
I’d better get the set list sorted out and get practising! It’s a wonderful place to perform, the acoustics are
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Troll Kärrings Låten
This is a tune I have recently come across, from Phil Lyon at the Edinburgh Scandi Session. I really loved
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New tune
When I was recording the Brudmarsch efter Axel Inge after Halsway, a tune came to me. I finally got round
More dots for tunes!
This has just arrived from Sweden – many thanks Olov Johansson of Väsen – posted on 1 October and arrived
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Masonic Arms Session
We were through in Gatehouse and went to the Masonic Arms for their regular Thursday evening session. We had been
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Edinburgh Scandi Session
An absolutely great session today, with a lovely mix of instruments. When I stopped playing to listen it sounded great
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Halsway 2018
Early September means the annual Halsway nyckelharpa meeting. This year Marwyn attended as a non-participant (i.e. groupie!) and enjoyed the
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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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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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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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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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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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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