Congratulations to Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach who has been nominated in Album of the Year sponsored by BirnamCD in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2024. Vote for Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach now!. It’s going to be another great night at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday 30th November in Inverness Leisure. Why not join us for a brilliant night of music and awards. Buy a ticket here.
We asked Joseph of Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach the following questions.
Tell us about yourself
We've been playing music together for around ten years now, first meeting when we were both students at Sgoil Chiùil Na Gàidhealtachd up in Plockton.
We released our first album – Waves Rise From Quiet Water back in 2016. That same year we were finalists in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, and the album was shortlisted for FATEA magazine's album of the year.
A number of releases followed: Air Iomall in 2019, a live album in 2020, Spiorachas – A High Place in 2021 and A Breaking Sky in 2024.
Our collaboration has deepened and grown over that time, with a shared sense of improvisation, spontaneity and freedom coming to the fore in our music making. Charlie's acquisition of a hardanger d'amore in 2020 added an entirely new dimension to the music.
Why are you involved in Scottish music?
We've both been very lucky to be surrounded by traditional music since childhood, in both our families and respective communities – Charlie grew up in Fort Augustus, and Joe in Achiltibuie.
Any particular career highlights?
We've been extremely lucky in the opportunities we've received over the time we've been making music together. A huge highlight was our Air Iomall project. Air Iomall is a film and suite of music, written on a voyage aboard the tall ship Wylde Swan to some now uninhabited islands deep in the North Atlantic, some of Scotland’s most remote, and remarkable places. We gave the first performance of it at Australia's National Celtic Festival, and the film was subsequently broadcast on BBC Alba.
What are your plans for the future?
We've been getting increasingly involved in production music, collaborating with a number of brands, productions and music libraries. We've got a couple of quite exciting projects coming up, which we're looking forward to getting stuck in to!
Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach Social Media
Website: http://cgjpmusic.com
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The 2024 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards are on the 30th November 2024 in Inverness Leisure Centre! You will be able to watch it live in person (buy a ticket here). Watch it live in the UK at 9pm (GMT) on BBC ALBA and and around the world here. Bands performing on Saturday 30th November include Julie Fowlis, Skipinnish, Laura Wilkie and Ian Carr, Highland Young Musicians and Arc Fiddlers, An Dannsa Dub, BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award winner 2024 Calum McIlroy and more!
If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians why not become a friend of Hands Up for Trad. In addition to our high profile events like the Scots Trad Music Awards, we also deliver a less well known, education programme for young people from 8yrs right through to young adults at the start of their careers. Read more here.
