Written for Inspector John Duff of Braemar Police Mountain Rescue. Retired Police Inspector John Duff was heavily involved in setting up the police arm of this vital service. I have gone for a snappy title. Composer website: https://adamsutherland.co.ukLink to audio of music: Adam is a fiddler/composer/teacher from Errogie in Scotland. If you would like to […]
The Tunelack composed by Innes Watson
This is one for all the sessioneers who struggled during lockdown with a lack of people to play with! Thank goodness we’ve been able to catch up with each other and share our tunes once more. Good luck this winter folks! The music never dies Composer website: https://www.inneswatson.co.uk Link to audio of music: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kr65gufc3t5vm56/Tunelack%20%28radio%20edit%29.wav?dl=0 Innes […]
Cheery Groove Jig composed by Hamish Napier
A 'slip jig' composed for my parents Strathspey home 'Cherrygrove' – for all the great house ceilidhs there with friends and family over the years. A tenant farmer called Donald Grant lived at Cherrygrove before us. He also worked in the goods sheds up at Grantown-on- Spey East, just over the river from the house. […]
The Queen composed by John Hinton
John composed this tune as a commission by a local canal association. The Queen in question was one of the canal boats of yesteryear around Kirkintilloch. It can be played both as a slow air with a similar rhythm to Scots Wha' Hae, or as a song using the lyrics which were from a 1920s […]
The Ring-netters composed by George L Smith & Neill Simpson
This was a collaborative effort by myself and guitarist Neill Simpson. Neill composed the poem-story about his boyhood experience of going out with a herring fishing boat in the Firth of Clyde. I provided the tune, primarily as a vehicle for the poem to be performed as a song, but also it can be played […]