Well, the IT elves have been busy behind the scenes, and we are delighted to be able to offer some new Learning Resources on the website. If you haven’t explored these before, they are single, or small collections of tunes, such as might be taught in workshops. If you are interested in expanding your repertoire, or…
Rothbury Traditional Music Festival 2017
The music festival at Rothbury is a delightful weekend celebrating the traditional music of Northumberland and the Borders. We will be heading there early on Saturday morning to run workshops from 10.30 am until 12 pm, one each on fiddle and guitar; Stewart will be in the Main Hall and Frank will be in the…
Summer 2017
Well, the summer is nearly here, and the double edition of the newsletter has just been sent out. You can read all the upcoming news here, with details of gigs, workshops and a summer school which is fast approaching! Following a truly fantastic tour with Frank in May, we have recently been working on (and…
May Tour with Frank McLaughlin
Well, it’s getting closer now, and Frank and I are looking forward to heading off around the country, visiting and performing in some lovely venues. We are delighted to have been invited to play at The Swallow Theatre in Dumfries and Galloway, as it has been many years since we last played in that area….
Morpeth Community Strings
As part of the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering, I will be leading two Community Strings workshops, culminating in a performance at the Golden Gala Concert on the Friday night at the Gathering. These two workshops will be rehearsing arrangements of tunes I composed to commemorate the tricentenary of the Town Hall – all welcome, just turn…
Cracking Concert in Stocksfield
We had a fantastic time in Stocksfield on Feb 11th. There was a great crowd, and The Stocksfield Stompers provided a wonderful first half hour of tunes and songs to get us underway. Many thanks to Chris Pentney of Sharper Than who organised the concert, arranged the hall & bar and provided a fabulous tea…
Sixty Minutes an Hour ~ Album Launch
Excitement levels are rising as we approach the album launch for Maddison’s Thread‘s new album, Sixty Minutes an Hour. Lee has done an amazing job with the songs and lots of fun was had adding the arrangements. Tonight is the first launch concert at Hartlepool Cricket Club and we are looking forward to a very…
Merry Christmas!
Well, the Holly & Ivy performances are all complete, so Christmas must be nearly upon us. Many thanks to all the schools who hosted us, and to those who came to support us at Core Music – what a delightful afternoon! You might have noticed we have a sale on in the shop for the…
Holly & Ivy
Well, December is well and truly here and school shows have begun for this year’s Holly & Ivy. I am usually joined for Holly & Ivy by local folk legend, David Oliver and by the extraordinarily talented Laura Connolly. But this year, as Laura takes some well-deserved time-out to look after her new gorgeous baby…
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Upcoming Events
Aug14Monall-day Historically Informed Summer School @ Bishop Burton CollegeHistorically Informed Summer School @ Bishop Burton CollegeAug 14 – Aug 18 all-day
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Bottle Bank Band's concert is this Friday at The Hearth Arts Centre. It was a lovely venue to play in earlier this year with Frank - can't wait to get back there with the band!
* * This Friday, 11th August @ The Hearth * * Don't forget we have our summer concert this week at The Hearth Arts Centre in Horsley. We are looking forward to filling the wonderful acoustics of the ...
It's nearly time for HISS! (Historically Informed Summer School)
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We are very much looking forward to welcoming participants from across the world to HISS 2017 soon! There's a great mix of newcomers and old friends this year. We're also pleased to be able to run a.....
* New Learning Resources *
Some new tunes have been added to the Resources section of the website for download - notation and audio files for learning by ear. Get the sheet music, with bowing suggestions, ornaments and basic chords, plus mp3 and m4a files at different speeds. A fiddle workshop in your own home for just £1.50!
Carpenter's Morris, Du’s Bön Lang Awa’, Shuter’s Hornpipe and The Steamboat, now added to Jack Lintel’s Jig (free), James Brown (also free!) and Three Triple Time Hornpipes for the prices of one (Dusty Miller, ‘Geld Him, Lasses, Geld Him’ and Rusty Gulley).
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