A Bruxa
Note to self – learn A Bruxa on the three-row.
Chromatic nyckelharpa
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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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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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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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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More recording fun – a Trollpolska – with pictures
Four nyckelharpa tracks, two fiddle tracks, one church organ (!) – I’ve re-done this with some photos of Dalarna, where
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Edinburgh Scandi Session 6
The Victoria Bar shared a video to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victoriabarleith/videos/10155625571360379/?hc_ref=ART06EckkyLq0659dn1ON5X29eDSptrn2ts0SOxtpSLuLAtaXA30_9zksalosuv1BoI I have no idea how long it will persist!
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Yule Session 2017
We had our home Yule Session yesterday – we played about 40 tunes using various combinations of fiddle (4), guitar
Glasgow Friday Fika Session
The nyckelharpa has been on a visit to Glasgow, to the Friday Fika session! Lots of tunes, lots of fun.
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Edinburgh Scandi Session 5
A great Edinburgh Scandi Session this afternoon. Some people missing, sadly, due to illness but some new faces as well.
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Scots Fiddle Festival 2017
Addendum 23 Dec 2018: Impromptu Scandi Session in the cafe at the Scots Fiddle Festival in November – finally remembered
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Chromatic nyckelharpa, Fiddle
Fiddle Festival day
A great day with the nyckelharpa at the Scots Fiddle Festival. I played a couple of hour or so sessions
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The Attenuated Microwave Band
It was the annual Scottish Microwave Round Table event on Saturday (an amateur radio meeting); as usual some of us
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Edinburgh Scandi Session 4
(I wasn’t at number 3!) Another great Scandi Session in Edinburgh – many thanks to all who attended, 11 musicians
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Edinbal session
The nyckelharpa has been to visit the Edinbal session – lots of French dance tunes, a few Swedish too. Thanks
Halsway Parade 2017
A regular feature of the September nyckelharpa extravaganza at Halsway is the Parade – we all go outside and process,
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Hallsway Ceilidh 2017
I decided to dance at the Saturday evening ceilidh at Halsway rather than join the band! What whirling dervishes we
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Edinburgh Scandi Session 2
Another great Scandi Session today, the nyckelharpa had a great time. Really good to see Edna and Tony who were
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Busking at Porty beach
Just been busking at the Edinburgh Big Beach Busk. As always, lots of people very interested in the nyckelharpa. Also lots
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Steam Packet session
Another great session at the Steam Packet in Isle of Whithorn on Sunday with (mostly) the usual folk. Quite a
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