Who can say where this song originated! Ronnie Alexander picked up this localised version from sources around Bonhill in Dunbartonshire WIDELY regarded as a near-permanent institution on the Scottish folk scene, the Clutha, while never maintaining as high a profile as some other Scottish bands of the past four decades, has been an innovative and […]
Edward by Keep it Up
This is the opening track of Keep it Up’s second album On Safari. It features 3 reels – The Glasgow Hornpipe, Knit the Pocky, and The Uist Regatta (Edward Pearlman). Keep it Up made two albums. They consisted of Eilidh Shaw, Simon Thoumire, Kevin MacKenzie and Malcolm Stitt. The band specialised in lilting Scottish music […]
Lady Jane Montague’s by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan
A beautiful 18th century strathspey followed by poet Robert Fergusson’s song Birk’s o’ Invermay. I love the way pianist Dave Milligan brings the two tunes together. Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan have been performing together since the late 1990’s. They have made two albums – The Big Day In and Third Flight Home – both […]
After the Last Bell Rings by Chris Sherburn & Findlay Napier
After the Last Bell Rings is the Lead single from Findlay and Chris’s new album “Two Men on a Boat”. The album is available online and on CD. Findlay wrote the song with Boo Hewerdine inspired by wild Sunday nights out in Glasgow’s Bar Bloc. The album was recorded live in November 2013 on Sherburn’s […]
Joseph Boseph by Simon Thoumire and Ian Carr
This is a set of reels that Simon and Ian put together in Sweden. Simon travelled to Ian’s home in Falun (Sweden) to get this right! “A set of reels is always hard to put together” says Simon, “often it is easier to make slower sets but if you are looking for punchy tunes and […]
