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RYAN YOUNG – TRADITIONAL REEL / SMILIN’ KATIE / THE WHITE HOUSES OF SHEILDAIG (from the CD Ryan Young)
Ryan Young is a traditional fiddle player from Scotland bringing fresh and inventive ideas to traditional Scottish music. Ryan’s playing will take you on an emotional jour- ney and lift your spirits. He plays mostly tra- ditional Scottish tunes which he brings to life with his spellbinding interpretations. Ryan’s debut album, released August 2017, was produced and recorded by triple Grammy-winning American producer Jesse Lewis. He has twice been nominated for BBC Radio 2’s Young Folk Awards and was a finalist in BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Tradi- tional Musician of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Ryan was named ‘Up and Coming Artist Of The Year’ at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards in December 2016.
DONALD BLACK – THE HIGHLAND EXPRESS (from the CD Bho m’ Chridhe)
Highly respected ace Scottish Celtic har- monica player Donald Black is firmly estab- lished as “the instrument’s foremost expo- nent in Scottish Traditional Music” (Scotland On Sunday). With his own unique style and mastery he has almost single-handedly given the harmonica a new respect and acceptance as a significant part of the Scot- tish traditional music scene. Drawing his repertoire mainly from pipe and Gaelic material of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, Donald also incorporates influences from mainstream Scotland, Ireland, the Shetland Isles, Cape Breton (Nova Scotia)
and beyond – all combining incredible virtu- osity and great feeling with quality enter- tainment/audience connection.
JENNIFER & HAZEL WRIGLEY – SKEA BRAE (from the CD Idiom)
For over three decades this talented twosome have been household names in the global traditional music scene. The unique tuned tones of twin sisters Jennifer (fiddle) and Hazel (guitar and piano) is aug- mented with soft-spoken stories and imbued with a see-saw mischievous Scottish dialect. Rooted in the ancient isles of Orkney off the far north of Britain, their music has been described as a dancing dialect of “songs without words” and has been wooing and enchanting audiences from Bergen to Brisbane to critical acclaim. The Wrigley Sisters are unquestionably
regarded as at the forefront of Orkney’s incredible yet quietly confident rise to fame.
REVELLERS – SKELETONS (from the CD Skeletons)
Hailing from the Shetland Islands, The Revellers are a seven-piece juggernaut who combine fiddle, mandolin and tenor banjo with heavy metal, punk and alternative rock rhythm sections. The end result is something which has been nicknamed by onlookers as “heavy folk music” or “Viking metal”. Praised for their energetic live shows and stage antics, they have been described as one of the most entertaining bands in the north. While all members are based on the Isles, they have played festivals and venues around the UK and Europe, and have per- formed with the likes of Big Country, The Levellers and The Chair.
www.the-revellers.com THE INSTRUCTIONS!
Type the following link into your web browser’s URL address window: www.frootsmag.com/reports/bcd623
When you reach that web page, click the ‘Download’ link and it’ll transfer a Zip file to your computer. When the download is completed, double-click that Zip file to unpack it. Inside the resulting folder you’ll find ten mp3 files which you can play on your computer or load onto your iPod or other mp3 player, and PDF artwork for a booklet should you want to burn to CD. F