BOOM!!! We are finally closing in on the release of our Tune book, ‘Blueprint’. The collection includes all of the tunes on our debut album ‘Origins‘, and then some! We will be launching the book at the piping live festival in Glasgow. So come along and enjoy the celebration. We will announce more details nearer the time… Keep yer een …
Full line-up announced
The full line-up has now been announced and you can share our page on the BBC Radio 2 website, using FB, Twitter etc. to let your nearest and dearest know our news. Will we see you there?
BBC Radio 2’s Festival in a Day
We are delighted to announce that we’re heading to Hyde Park on September 8th to perform at BBC Radio 2’s Festival in a Day! We’re joining Simple Minds, Texas, Jamie Cullum, Jack Johnson, the Manic Street Preachers and a more artists are being announced all through this week. The line-up is being added to daily following each announcement on Zoë Ball’s …
New Glasgow Show Announced
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Spiral Earth Award
We are very thankful to Spiral Earth for nominating us in the INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM category in their 2012 Awards and we are totally delighted that you voted us to the top of the heap! Also nice that Colin Irwin, in Spiral Earth’s own “VIEW FROM THE BAR AWARDS” from the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, presented us with the “NOISIEST LIVE ACT” Award …
The Spiral Awards 2013 Nomination
We have been nominated in The Spiral Awards 2013 in the BEST INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Category. Thanks Spiral Earth. You can vote for us but the other nominated cds by Spiro and our sometimes guitar dep (and good friend) Matheu Watson are really good too! Voting closes at noon on 14 March 2013.
Duncan Lyall’s new album, Infinite Reflections
Treacherous bassist Duncan Lyall has just released a new album, Infinite Reflections, and launched a new website. (www.duncanlyall.com) “A soundtrack to an infinite number of stories”, Treacherous fans will love this new offering from our ace of bass and Origins co-producer. The album features an array of brilliant musicians: Duncan Lyall – Double Bass, Bass Guitar, Synths, Programming, Shakers and …
top 10 Guardian list
This was some nice news for today: Origins has been listed in The Guardian by Robin Denselow as one of his top 10 albums of 2012.
Na Trads
Yes, we are here at The Scottish Music Folk Awards at the Bevis Centre in Fort William and hunting(ish) for awards; well we’re bowling really as you can see! We are opening the show tonight (which is being recorded for BBC Alba) with “Hounds” and then playing Martyn Bennett’s “Play” – a tribute to the great man himself, who was …
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013 nomination
We are delighted to be nominated in the BEST GROUP Category for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013 along with some good pals: Lau, Bellowhead and The Unthanks. Also, Ross Ainslie has been nominated in the MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR category. The Folk Awards 2013 will take place at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 30th January 2013 as part of …