We’re chuffed that our debut album ‘Origins’ has been nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards. Our very only Ross Ainslie has also been nominated for ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’. If you like our album – feel free to vote for us.
Treacherous On Tour – Leg 3
Day 6 Early start this morning. PC World 7:30am, usual coffee run to MacDonalds. Heading south today, first gig in London. Aiming for Shoreditch. Up and coming area of London, apparently. Usual run south down the motorway – Adam behind the wheel for the second time. Usual stop off at Tebay service, this place has changed, firm thumbs down from …
Sorry SOLD OUT
We’re sorry to say that following our Sept/Oct Tour we are now out of our Logo T-Shirt sizes Medium & Large. Possibly the fact that we were away for a little while without laundry led to the demise of our stock of Medium & Large T-Shirts – I did notice some being worn on stage (John!!). We do of course …
Treacherous On Tour – Leg 2
Day 4 And so we climb in to the TO tour bus, our plushest vehicle yet in full black with matt finish bonnet, and head to Auld Reekie in search of enlightenment. It’s the Teviot tonight, a good opportunity to ramp it up for the student masses. We are in the debating hall on the third floor, tough get-in, never …
Tour Blog
Well of a sort… TO on tour! Day one Tonight it’s Perth as part of the Gordon Duncan National Treasure concert. Gordon was a massive inspiration for the band, always great to be part of this night. The evening is being MD’d by our very own Ross Ainslie and features piping legends Paddy Keenan and Fred Morrison amongst others. It …
Shrewsbury Folk Festival Stormer
We had a stormer of a gig at Shrewsbury Folk Festival attested by a couple of reviews that follow: from the Shropshire Star: Blistering set as curtain falls on Shrewsbury Folk Festival A blistering live set from stand-in headliners The Treacherous Orchestra brought the curtain down on Shrewsbury’s most successful folk festival to date. and from Folk and Roots “The Treacherous …
Cambridge Folk Festival gig live on Sky Arts
Hi folks, We’ve just had confirmation from Sky Arts that our performance at the Cambridge Folk Festival will be going out Live on Sky Arts tomorrow night (Fri 27th July). The show starts at 10pm and is hosted by Zoë Ball and Mark Radcliffe. Can you all spread the news for us on this one which will be especially for …
Trad Award Winner Innes Watson, Instrumentalist of the Year on BBC Alba show
Music and chat featuring Trad Award Winner Innes Watson, Instrumentalist of the Year. Programme Presented by Julie Fowlis and shown on BBC Alba. Playing with Innes were other TO members Adam Sutherland, Ali Hutton and Duncan Lyall. – many bands within one band!!
Shetland Folk Festival launches “The Trad Seeds” Educational Project
PRESS RELEASE – 17th April 2012 The Shetland Folk Festival Society has selected 5 young Shetland musicians to participate in another exciting and innovative Folk Festival collaboration project that will form part of the 32nd annual event, kicking off in two weeks time. Working in partnership with the Anderson High School, The Trad Seeds project will unite the 5 young …
2012 Showreel
Here’s the new showreel from the Album Launch @ Celtic Connections in the 02 ABC. It was a stunning night, you can see from the footage that the crowd were bang up for it. Film by http://somhairle.co.uk/ and http://leadinglinesphotography.net/