Hands Up for Trad are inviting bands to send in a demo to take part in The Battle of the Folk Bands 2019 competition to be held at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival on Saturday January 19th 2019. If you are in a band or have an idea for a band that you haven’t tried out yet this could be for you! We want musicians to take a chance and make a band that you might never have thought of! Your … Read more
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Wee Jan’s Jig composed by David Morrison, Bishopbriggs
This post was originally published hereComposed for my wee sister, Janet Wilkin. It’s a happy, lively wee tune which suits her perfectly. Composer website: Publisher: Tune type: Jig Listen: If you have a question for David Morrison, Bishopbriggs you can contact them here. If there is no link there is no contact address. If you […]
Gordon’s Midnight Dash composed by David Morrison, Bishopbriggs
This post was originally published hereFor Gordon Roberts, my pal and the drummer in our band The Big Shoogle. At the end of some of our gigs he’ll try to get de-rigged really quickly and get home to try and catch the last pint. I’ve never seen him move so fast. Composer website: Publisher: Tune […]
Karen’s Wee Hour composed by David Morrison, Bishopbriggs
This post was originally published hereFor my lovely wife, Karen. On occasion she’s announced that she and her sister are going down to our local pub for “a wee hour”. Her perception of time is obviously a little different to mine…. Composer website: Publisher: Tune type: Jig Listen: If you have a question for David […]
Karen’s Wee Hour composed by David Morrison, Bishopbriggs
This post was originally published hereFor my lovely wife, Karen. On occasion she’s announced that she and her sister are going down to our local pub for “a wee hour”. Her perception of time is obviously a little different to mine…. Composer website: Publisher: Tune type: Jig Listen: If you have a question for David […]
Big Gazza’s Lightning Fingers composed by David Morrison, Bishopbriggs
This post was originally published hereComposed for Gary Blair, the virtuoso accordion player from Renfrew and a very good friend of mine. His technique is incredible and his fingers go like the clappers. Composer website: Publisher: Tune type: Reel Listen: If you have a question for David Morrison, Bishopbriggs you can contact them here. If […]
The St. Monance Slide composed by David Morrison, Bishopbriggs
This post was originally published hereWhen I was wee, our family used to go on holiday to a caravan in St. Monance in the East Neuk of Fife. Right at the front of the caravan site there was a steep embankment right on the seafront where there was the longest chute I’ve ever seen, it […]
Wee Limpy composed by David Morrison, Bishopbriggs
This post was originally published hereThere’s a wee fox who’s lived in our area for a few years who has an injured back leg and limps around as he forages around for food. He’s known in our street as Wee Limpy. This wee tune is for him. It seems to sound nicer played a little […]
Wee Limpy composed by David Morrison, Bishopbriggs
This post was originally published hereThere’s a wee fox who’s lived in our area for a few years who has an injured back leg and limps around as he forages around for food. He’s known in our street as Wee Limpy. This wee tune is for him. It seems to sound nicer played a little […]
The Wishaw Squeezebox Pilot composed by David Morrison, Bishopbriggs
This post was originally published hereComposed for a good friend and great accordion player, Tom Cruickshank, who owns the Squeezebox Shop near Inverness. He’s originally from Wishaw and as well as being a smashing player he also has a helicopter pilot’s licence and used to have his own helicopter. He, like me, loves the 2/4 […]
Wander Through This Land by Hannah Rarity
This post was originally published here‘Wander Through The Land’ is one of two of my own songs from my debut album ‘Neath the Gloaming Star’. The song took shape between 2016/17 after I graduated from the RCS in Glasgow. 2016 saw Brexit and Donald Trump come to the fore and after originally feeling optimistic about […]