Bottle Bank Band are delighted to have been asked to play at St Mary’s Heritage Centre for their Heritage Evening on Tuesday 6th June. Doors open at 6.30 pm for refreshments, and pre-booking is essential. St Mary’s has been our spiritual home since our very first concert, and there’s a chance this might be our…
30 Years Collection
Exciting news! This book of original compositions is now out of my control and with the printers. Thirty years of life as a professional folk musician portrayed in melody… as well as the occasional harmony! Huge thanks to Amanda Jayne White (www.mandascat.com) for her original artwork for the cover, and to Rob Say for putting the…
Bottle Bank Band September Gigs
Towards the end of this month I am looking forward to performing three local gigs with my esteemed colleagues in Bottle Bank Band. We are excited to be playing in The Vault in Hexham, a new live music venue in a cellar under the Haslam’s of Hallgate Gallery. This is followed by the beautiful acoustics of…
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…
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…
Bottle Bank Band in Embleton
On Tuesday 1st November I will be joining Bottle Bank Band in our Autumn Concert. We are looking forward to returning to the lovely Embleton Village Hall for a fun evening, playing sets from our album and some new material too. We were very pleased to have had some recent air time on Radio 3…
Bottle Bank Band CD launched
The Bottle Bank Band CD is now officially launched and what a send off it was given! Chloe, David, Sophy and I would like to say thank you very much to all those people who came along to support the gigs, filling the halls and buying CDs. Thanks as well to Ednie and the team…
Bottle Bank Band CD Launch Tour
Announcing the long-awaited launch of the band’s debut CD “Bottle Bank Band.” Details of the three concerts are on the Events page, starting at St Mary’s Heritage Centre on Thurs 9th June, before heading to Allendale Village Hall on Fri 17th June, and to Felton in Northumberland on Fri 24th June at Gallery 45. Tickets are…
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🎧 Tune Vault ✨Number 100 ✨ 😊Wow! This has come around so quickly… the 100th deposit into The Tune Vault. I am so pleased to make this 'The Road to the North' by Alistar Anderson (Alistair Anderson Music Page), a man who has had so much influence on my music making and my work… and there is a veritable host of us who could say the same thing. Many thanks, Alistair, for your generosity and your wonderful music.
The Road to the North (Alistair Anderson)
I first heard this tune on the LP Steel Skies, which was a suite of tunes composed and arranged by one of the great ambassadors for the musical traditions of the North East of England, the concertina virtuoso and Northumbrian piper, Alistair Anderson.
The Road to the North (Alistair Anderson) | The Tune Vault
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The Road to the North (Alistair Anderson)- The Tune Vault by Stewart HardyI first heard this tune on the LP Steel Skies, which was a suite of tunes composed...
📌 Stop Press! A place has become available on our residential fiddle course this weekend: 3pm Friday to 3pm Sunday at Rydal Hall, Ambleside.Sadly, due to illness, someone has had to cancel. We have been fully booked since places went on sale in January, so if you were disappointed not to get a place, or now find yourself available, this is your chance!
🎻 This is an excellent opportunity to develop your fiddle playing - we spend time learning tunes, but also the techniques required to really bring them to life. We work on dexterity, intonation, tone and bowing, with exercises as well as real tune examples, which will improve your skills across all of your repertoire. The course is aimed at intermediate players, with tunes broken down into phrases and built back up, with lots of repetition and suggestions for bowing and ornaments. The evening sessions are also lots of fun, sharing tunes, with music provided.
It is a wonderful group of people whare are booked on, and a lovely venue. The price includes a single occupancy en suite bedroom, all meals and daytime refreshments, notation and audio files in advance, the teaching, follow up materials - and plenty of time for fiddle talk in the breaks!
Please send a message or an email if you are interested in coming along 😊
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