Ross, Ali & Fraser (and the “Zookeep” Lesley Shaw) did this radio show at the Two Valleys Radio on-site caravan at the Shepley Folk Festival on the Sun afternoon after our gig there the night before. I haven’t listened to it yet! Let us know if it’s any good!
Treacherous Orchestra – Origins by Neil McFadyen on 3 May, 2012 – in Reviews Treacherous Orchestra are an 11 piece band featuring musicians from (amongst others) Shooglenifty, the Peatbog Fairies and Salsa Celtica. Following their hugely successful debut at Celtic Connections in 2009, the band have been bringing their considerable talent together and have, at last, produced a studio album …
Posted on Pipehacker | April 13, 2012 | by Vince Janoski When you first look at their album cover for Origins, Treacherous Orchestra appears as if it is just the latest thrash metal group or DJ-dance-hall-fusion-electronica band. Never would you suspect an ensemble that pays a great deal of homage to their Celtic traditional roots and puts forth a sound that …
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 …
Lorient Festival Interceltique have announced a Treacherous Orchestra gig on Friday 10th August. This will be TO’s first trip to Brittany and France.
TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA – Origins Navigator Records 062 9 tracks, 55 minutes Following on from their 2010 EP, and re-presenting a couple of those tracks, Origins is billed as the first full-length recording from the new Leviathan of Scottish music. Forget The Unusual Suspects, forget Big Sky: this eleven-man pan-Scottish ensemble is where it’s at. The members of Treacherous Orchestra include Kevin …
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/
Treacherous Orchestra Origins (Navigator Records) Stirling Observer, Friday, March 30, 2012 THERE are lots of great folk albums out there produced by both solo artists and groups and lots of ways to describe them: accomplished, moving, toetapping, vibrant. How many of them, though, ever genuinely deserve the accolade “exciting”? The debut album by this Scottish supergroup (including bass player Duncan …
TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA Origins Navigator 062 The origins of the 11-strong Treacherous Orchestra, who are marching down from Scotland brandishing this excellent CD, go back to Perthshire where two young pipers, the incomparable Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton, were greatly inspired by the teachings of Pipe Major Gordon Duncan – “one of the true master composers and instrumentalists of the 20th/21st …
Our first five star review for ‘Origins’ and it comes from Songlines’ It starts with… “The debut album from Treacherous Orchestra is a blistering, swaggering and infectious affair.” It ends with… “Origins is a pounding, sweaty, meaty, debut which promises much and delivers even more: miss out at your peril.” The full review is on the Top of the World …
