 | Masters of the Celtic Harp Featuring Grainne Hambly and William Jackson. Presented by the Blue Ridge Irish Music School on Saturday March 31st, 2007. Both Grainne and William play the Harp, however, you will see William play the Bouzouki and the Whistle as well. Grainne adds in the Concertina on a song also. A Bouzouki (as defined by Wikipedia) is the mainstay of modern Greek music as well as other Balkan folk music, particularly of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also found in Irish music. It is a stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body and a very long neck. The bouzouki is a member of the 'long neck lute' family and is similar to a mandola. The front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. A Concertina (as defined by Wikipedia), like the various accordions, is a member of the free-reed family of instruments. It was invented in 1844 by Sir Charles Wheatstone. Concertinas typically have buttons on both ends and are distinguished from an accordion (piano or button) by the direction of their button travel when pushed. Concertina buttons travel in the same direction as the bellows whereas accordion buttons travel perpendicular to the direction of the bellows. |
 | Piano teacher Denver Boris piano music lessons My name is Boris. I teach piano, keyboards, accordion, music theory and harmony. I teach classical and jazz music. I have been teaching for 25 years. I am in Denver, CO, near Monaco PKWY and Leetsdale. I can travel to my student's location. I am available for any music events as an entertainer: classical, jazz, popular. I can do arrangement and recording work. kaplanskiy@msn.com |
 | DAMIEN KEANEY BALCONYTV.COM 31/03/2007 PRESENTED BY TOM MILLETT An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. The accordion is played by compression and expansion of a bellows, which generates air flow across reeds; a keyboard controls which reeds receive air flow and therefore the tones produced. Modern accordions consist of a body in two parts, each generally rectangular in shape, separated by a bellows. On each part of the body is a keyboard containing buttons, levers or piano-style keys. When pressed, the buttons travel in a direction perpendicular to the motion of the bellows (towards the performer). Most, but not all modern accordions also have buttons capable of producing entire chords. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordian Tune in tomorrow!!! |
 | The Outside Track, 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne http://www.theoutsidetrack.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theoutsidetrack http://www.myspace.com/laurenmaccoll http://www.myspace.com/ailierobertson http://www.myspace.com/fionakblack http://www.myspace.com/norahirendell http://www.ailierobertson.com/ http://www.norahrendell.com/ http://www.laurenmaccoll.co.uk/ http://www.lambfolkclub.freeuk.com/ PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE LINKS Recorded on the 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne.Please excuse the lighting in the intimacy of this great folk club.Enjoy the SOUNDS.. All members of The Outside Track are instrumentalists, arrangers and composers in their own right. Lauren MacColl Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005, Lauren MacColl has gone from strength to strength fronting her trio with Barry Reid (Croft No. 5) and Mhairi Hall. Fiddle led, with the driving combination of piano and guitar, they take you on a musical journey from rousing Highland strathspeys and reels, to emotive Gaelic airs, and their debut record was voted one of Celtic Connections 'Classic Albums' in 2008. Largely self-taught, and through the summer schools of the Feisean movement in Ross-shire, she was immersed in the rich and vibrant culture of her home area.Her playing has taken her far and wide, and to gig with, Calum Stewart, Julie Fowlis, Finlay MacDonald Band, the late, legendary Calum Kennedy and Donald Shaw's Hogmanay Live Harvest band. While completing her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Lauren received a Dewar Arts Award to fund the recording of her debut album, released to critical acclaim on her own label (Make Believe Records) in March 2007. The album features her trio with guest Luke Daniels, (accordion) Ailie Robertson Ailie Robertson comes from Edinburgh, Scotland, and while brought up playing mainly Scottish music, she has always had a passion for Irish music. She holds an MA in Irish Music Performance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. She already has some of the most impressive credentials in the Scottish harp world. A 4-time National Mod Gold Medalist, she was also 1st prizewinner at the inaugural London Harp Competition, and best overall musician at the Edinburgh Competition Festival. In 2000 she was selected to represent Commun na Clarsach for Scotland at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland. She was awarded a scholarship from the ESU in recognition of her 'virtuosic clarsach playing', and was also a winner of the St Albans New Roots award. She played in the Scottish Harp Orchestra, Na Clarsairean for many years, performing with them at two World Harp Congresses - in Seattle and Prague. Norah Rendell Norah the lead vocalist , was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for Performing Arts to travel to Ireland to study traditional flute and singing. She has an MA in Irish traditional music from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where she also lectured in Ear, Notation and Theory, taught flute, whistle, coached singing and instrumental ensembles. Based in Minneapolis, Norah is a member of Paddy OBriens Doon Ceili Band and has released an album with guitarist, Brian Miller (Gan Bua, Tommie Cunniffe, Doon Ceili Band, 5 Mile Chase) called, Wait There Pretty One. Fiona Black From Evanton in the Highlands of Scotland, Fiona began playing music through the feisean movement, participating, then doing ceilidh trails then recently tutoring. She plays piano accordion and fiddle and has now started the flute. Fiona attended the National Centre of Excellence for two years where she received lessons from Blair Douglass and Iain MacFarlane. She has played throughout Scotland in ceilidh dances, concerts and festivals including Celtic Connections, Celtic Chaos, Tartan Heart Festival and Blas. Alan Jordan Alan Jordan is the only irish-born member of the band, hailing from Co. Mayo. He is primarily the band's guitarist, however Alan is also a skilled flute and whistle player, and sings in the irish language. He originally trained as a jazz and blues guitarist, and brings some of these influences into the band. He has been studying for a BA in Irish Music from the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick. |
 | The Outside Track, 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne http://www.theoutsidetrack.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theoutsidetrack http://www.myspace.com/laurenmaccoll http://www.myspace.com/ailierobertson http://www.myspace.com/fionakblack http://www.myspace.com/norahirendell http://www.ailierobertson.com/ http://www.norahrendell.com/ http://www.laurenmaccoll.co.uk/ http://www.lambfolkclub.freeuk.com/ PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE LINKS Recorded on the 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne.Please excuse the lighting in the intimacy of this great folk club.Enjoy the SOUNDS.. All members of The Outside Track are instrumentalists, arrangers and composers in their own right. Lauren MacColl Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005, Lauren MacColl has gone from strength to strength fronting her trio with Barry Reid (Croft No. 5) and Mhairi Hall. Fiddle led, with the driving combination of piano and guitar, they take you on a musical journey from rousing Highland strathspeys and reels, to emotive Gaelic airs, and their debut record was voted one of Celtic Connections 'Classic Albums' in 2008. Largely self-taught, and through the summer schools of the Feisean movement in Ross-shire, she was immersed in the rich and vibrant culture of her home area.Her playing has taken her far and wide, and to gig with, Calum Stewart, Julie Fowlis, Finlay MacDonald Band, the late, legendary Calum Kennedy and Donald Shaw's Hogmanay Live Harvest band. While completing her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Lauren received a Dewar Arts Award to fund the recording of her debut album, released to critical acclaim on her own label (Make Believe Records) in March 2007. The album features her trio with guest Luke Daniels, (accordion) Ailie Robertson Ailie Robertson comes from Edinburgh, Scotland, and while brought up playing mainly Scottish music, she has always had a passion for Irish music. She holds an MA in Irish Music Performance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. She already has some of the most impressive credentials in the Scottish harp world. A 4-time National Mod Gold Medalist, she was also 1st prizewinner at the inaugural London Harp Competition, and best overall musician at the Edinburgh Competition Festival. In 2000 she was selected to represent Commun na Clarsach for Scotland at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland. She was awarded a scholarship from the ESU in recognition of her 'virtuosic clarsach playing', and was also a winner of the St Albans New Roots award. She played in the Scottish Harp Orchestra, Na Clarsairean for many years, performing with them at two World Harp Congresses - in Seattle and Prague. Norah Rendell Norah the lead vocalist , was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for Performing Arts to travel to Ireland to study traditional flute and singing. She has an MA in Irish traditional music from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where she also lectured in Ear, Notation and Theory, taught flute, whistle, coached singing and instrumental ensembles. Based in Minneapolis, Norah is a member of Paddy OBriens Doon Ceili Band and has released an album with guitarist, Brian Miller (Gan Bua, Tommie Cunniffe, Doon Ceili Band, 5 Mile Chase) called, Wait There Pretty One. Fiona Black From Evanton in the Highlands of Scotland, Fiona began playing music through the feisean movement, participating, then doing ceilidh trails then recently tutoring. She plays piano accordion and fiddle and has now started the flute. Fiona attended the National Centre of Excellence for two years where she received lessons from Blair Douglass and Iain MacFarlane. She has played throughout Scotland in ceilidh dances, concerts and festivals including Celtic Connections, Celtic Chaos, Tartan Heart Festival and Blas. Alan Jordan Alan Jordan is the only irish-born member of the band, hailing from Co. Mayo. He is primarily the band's guitarist, however Alan is also a skilled flute and whistle player, and sings in the irish language. He originally trained as a jazz and blues guitarist, and brings some of these influences into the band. He has been studying for a BA in Irish Music from the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick. PRAK14 The Outside Track Ailie Robertson clarsach Norah Rendell Fiona Black accordion Alan Jordan Lauren MacColl LAMB FOLK CLUB EASTBOURNE TRADITIONAL FOLK |
 | The Outside Track, 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne http://www.theoutsidetrack.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theoutsidetrack http://www.myspace.com/laurenmaccoll http://www.myspace.com/ailierobertson http://www.myspace.com/fionakblack http://www.myspace.com/norahirendell http://www.ailierobertson.com/ http://www.norahrendell.com/ http://www.laurenmaccoll.co.uk/ http://www.lambfolkclub.freeuk.com/ PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE LINKS Recorded on the 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne.Please excuse the lighting in the intimacy of this great folk club.Enjoy the SOUNDS.. All members of The Outside Track are instrumentalists, arrangers and composers in their own right. Lauren MacColl Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005, Lauren MacColl has gone from strength to strength fronting her trio with Barry Reid (Croft No. 5) and Mhairi Hall. Fiddle led, with the driving combination of piano and guitar, they take you on a musical journey from rousing Highland strathspeys and reels, to emotive Gaelic airs, and their debut record was voted one of Celtic Connections 'Classic Albums' in 2008. Largely self-taught, and through the summer schools of the Feisean movement in Ross-shire, she was immersed in the rich and vibrant culture of her home area.Her playing has taken her far and wide, and to gig with, Calum Stewart, Julie Fowlis, Finlay MacDonald Band, the late, legendary Calum Kennedy and Donald Shaw's Hogmanay Live Harvest band. While completing her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Lauren received a Dewar Arts Award to fund the recording of her debut album, released to critical acclaim on her own label (Make Believe Records) in March 2007. The album features her trio with guest Luke Daniels, (accordion) Ailie Robertson Ailie Robertson comes from Edinburgh, Scotland, and while brought up playing mainly Scottish music, she has always had a passion for Irish music. She holds an MA in Irish Music Performance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. She already has some of the most impressive credentials in the Scottish harp world. A 4-time National Mod Gold Medalist, she was also 1st prizewinner at the inaugural London Harp Competition, and best overall musician at the Edinburgh Competition Festival. In 2000 she was selected to represent Commun na Clarsach for Scotland at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland. She was awarded a scholarship from the ESU in recognition of her 'virtuosic clarsach playing', and was also a winner of the St Albans New Roots award. She played in the Scottish Harp Orchestra, Na Clarsairean for many years, performing with them at two World Harp Congresses - in Seattle and Prague. Norah Rendell Norah the lead vocalist , was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for Performing Arts to travel to Ireland to study traditional flute and singing. She has an MA in Irish traditional music from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where she also lectured in Ear, Notation and Theory, taught flute, whistle, coached singing and instrumental ensembles. Based in Minneapolis, Norah is a member of Paddy OBriens Doon Ceili Band and has released an album with guitarist, Brian Miller (Gan Bua, Tommie Cunniffe, Doon Ceili Band, 5 Mile Chase) called, Wait There Pretty One. Fiona Black From Evanton in the Highlands of Scotland, Fiona began playing music through the feisean movement, participating, then doing ceilidh trails then recently tutoring. She plays piano accordion and fiddle and has now started the flute. Fiona attended the National Centre of Excellence for two years where she received lessons from Blair Douglass and Iain MacFarlane. She has played throughout Scotland in ceilidh dances, concerts and festivals including Celtic Connections, Celtic Chaos, Tartan Heart Festival and Blas. Alan Jordan Alan Jordan is the only irish-born member of the band, hailing from Co. Mayo. He is primarily the band's guitarist, however Alan is also a skilled flute and whistle player, and sings in the irish language. He originally trained as a jazz and blues guitarist, and brings some of these influences into the band. He has been studying for a BA in Irish Music from the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick. |
 | The Outside Track, 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne http://www.theoutsidetrack.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theoutsidetrack http://www.myspace.com/laurenmaccoll http://www.myspace.com/ailierobertson http://www.myspace.com/fionakblack http://www.myspace.com/norahirendell http://www.ailierobertson.com/ http://www.norahrendell.com/ http://www.laurenmaccoll.co.uk/ http://www.lambfolkclub.freeuk.com/ PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE LINKS Recorded on the 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne.Please excuse the lighting in the intimacy of this great folk club.Enjoy the SOUNDS.. All members of The Outside Track are instrumentalists, arrangers and composers in their own right. Lauren MacColl Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005, Lauren MacColl has gone from strength to strength fronting her trio with Barry Reid (Croft No. 5) and Mhairi Hall. Fiddle led, with the driving combination of piano and guitar, they take you on a musical journey from rousing Highland strathspeys and reels, to emotive Gaelic airs, and their debut record was voted one of Celtic Connections 'Classic Albums' in 2008. Largely self-taught, and through the summer schools of the Feisean movement in Ross-shire, she was immersed in the rich and vibrant culture of her home area.Her playing has taken her far and wide, and to gig with, Calum Stewart, Julie Fowlis, Finlay MacDonald Band, the late, legendary Calum Kennedy and Donald Shaw's Hogmanay Live Harvest band. While completing her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Lauren received a Dewar Arts Award to fund the recording of her debut album, released to critical acclaim on her own label (Make Believe Records) in March 2007. The album features her trio with guest Luke Daniels, (accordion) Ailie Robertson Ailie Robertson comes from Edinburgh, Scotland, and while brought up playing mainly Scottish music, she has always had a passion for Irish music. She holds an MA in Irish Music Performance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. She already has some of the most impressive credentials in the Scottish harp world. A 4-time National Mod Gold Medalist, she was also 1st prizewinner at the inaugural London Harp Competition, and best overall musician at the Edinburgh Competition Festival. In 2000 she was selected to represent Commun na Clarsach for Scotland at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland. She was awarded a scholarship from the ESU in recognition of her 'virtuosic clarsach playing', and was also a winner of the St Albans New Roots award. She played in the Scottish Harp Orchestra, Na Clarsairean for many years, performing with them at two World Harp Congresses - in Seattle and Prague. Norah Rendell Norah the lead vocalist , was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for Performing Arts to travel to Ireland to study traditional flute and singing. She has an MA in Irish traditional music from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where she also lectured in Ear, Notation and Theory, taught flute, whistle, coached singing and instrumental ensembles. Based in Minneapolis, Norah is a member of Paddy OBriens Doon Ceili Band and has released an album with guitarist, Brian Miller (Gan Bua, Tommie Cunniffe, Doon Ceili Band, 5 Mile Chase) called, Wait There Pretty One. Fiona Black From Evanton in the Highlands of Scotland, Fiona began playing music through the feisean movement, participating, then doing ceilidh trails then recently tutoring. She plays piano accordion and fiddle and has now started the flute. Fiona attended the National Centre of Excellence for two years where she received lessons from Blair Douglass and Iain MacFarlane. She has played throughout Scotland in ceilidh dances, concerts and festivals including Celtic Connections, Celtic Chaos, Tartan Heart Festival and Blas. Alan Jordan Alan Jordan is the only irish-born member of the band, hailing from Co. Mayo. He is primarily the band's guitarist, however Alan is also a skilled flute and whistle player, and sings in the irish language. He originally trained as a jazz and blues guitarist, and brings some of these influences into the band. He has been studying for a BA in Irish Music from the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick. |
 | The Outside Track, 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne http://www.theoutsidetrack.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theoutsidetrack http://www.myspace.com/laurenmaccoll http://www.myspace.com/ailierobertson http://www.myspace.com/fionakblack http://www.myspace.com/norahirendell http://www.ailierobertson.com/ http://www.norahrendell.com/ http://www.laurenmaccoll.co.uk/ http://www.lambfolkclub.freeuk.com/ PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE LINKS Recorded on the 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne.Please excuse the lighting in the intimacy of this great folk club.Enjoy the SOUNDS.. All members of The Outside Track are instrumentalists, arrangers and composers in their own right. Lauren MacColl Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005, Lauren MacColl has gone from strength to strength fronting her trio with Barry Reid (Croft No. 5) and Mhairi Hall. Fiddle led, with the driving combination of piano and guitar, they take you on a musical journey from rousing Highland strathspeys and reels, to emotive Gaelic airs, and their debut record was voted one of Celtic Connections 'Classic Albums' in 2008. Largely self-taught, and through the summer schools of the Feisean movement in Ross-shire, she was immersed in the rich and vibrant culture of her home area.Her playing has taken her far and wide, and to gig with, Calum Stewart, Julie Fowlis, Finlay MacDonald Band, the late, legendary Calum Kennedy and Donald Shaw's Hogmanay Live Harvest band. While completing her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Lauren received a Dewar Arts Award to fund the recording of her debut album, released to critical acclaim on her own label (Make Believe Records) in March 2007. The album features her trio with guest Luke Daniels, (accordion) Ailie Robertson Ailie Robertson comes from Edinburgh, Scotland, and while brought up playing mainly Scottish music, she has always had a passion for Irish music. She holds an MA in Irish Music Performance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. She already has some of the most impressive credentials in the Scottish harp world. A 4-time National Mod Gold Medalist, she was also 1st prizewinner at the inaugural London Harp Competition, and best overall musician at the Edinburgh Competition Festival. In 2000 she was selected to represent Commun na Clarsach for Scotland at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland. She was awarded a scholarship from the ESU in recognition of her 'virtuosic clarsach playing', and was also a winner of the St Albans New Roots award. She played in the Scottish Harp Orchestra, Na Clarsairean for many years, performing with them at two World Harp Congresses - in Seattle and Prague. Norah Rendell Norah the lead vocalist , was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for Performing Arts to travel to Ireland to study traditional flute and singing. She has an MA in Irish traditional music from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where she also lectured in Ear, Notation and Theory, taught flute, whistle, coached singing and instrumental ensembles. Based in Minneapolis, Norah is a member of Paddy OBriens Doon Ceili Band and has released an album with guitarist, Brian Miller (Gan Bua, Tommie Cunniffe, Doon Ceili Band, 5 Mile Chase) called, Wait There Pretty One. Fiona Black From Evanton in the Highlands of Scotland, Fiona began playing music through the feisean movement, participating, then doing ceilidh trails then recently tutoring. She plays piano accordion and fiddle and has now started the flute. Fiona attended the National Centre of Excellence for two years where she received lessons from Blair Douglass and Iain MacFarlane. She has played throughout Scotland in ceilidh dances, concerts and festivals including Celtic Connections, Celtic Chaos, Tartan Heart Festival and Blas. Alan Jordan Alan Jordan is the only irish-born member of the band, hailing from Co. Mayo. He is primarily the band's guitarist, however Alan is also a skilled flute and whistle player, and sings in the irish language. He originally trained as a jazz and blues guitarist, and brings some of these influences into the band. He has been studying for a BA in Irish Music from the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick. |
 | The Outside Track, 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne http://www.theoutsidetrack.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theoutsidetrack http://www.myspace.com/laurenmaccoll http://www.myspace.com/ailierobertson http://www.myspace.com/fionakblack http://www.myspace.com/norahirendell http://www.ailierobertson.com/ http://www.norahrendell.com/ http://www.laurenmaccoll.co.uk/ http://www.lambfolkclub.freeuk.com/ PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE LINKS Recorded on the 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne.Please excuse the lighting in the intimacy of this great folk club.Enjoy the SOUNDS.. All members of The Outside Track are instrumentalists, arrangers and composers in their own right. Lauren MacColl Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005, Lauren MacColl has gone from strength to strength fronting her trio with Barry Reid (Croft No. 5) and Mhairi Hall. Fiddle led, with the driving combination of piano and guitar, they take you on a musical journey from rousing Highland strathspeys and reels, to emotive Gaelic airs, and their debut record was voted one of Celtic Connections 'Classic Albums' in 2008. Largely self-taught, and through the summer schools of the Feisean movement in Ross-shire, she was immersed in the rich and vibrant culture of her home area.Her playing has taken her far and wide, and to gig with, Calum Stewart, Julie Fowlis, Finlay MacDonald Band, the late, legendary Calum Kennedy and Donald Shaw's Hogmanay Live Harvest band. While completing her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Lauren received a Dewar Arts Award to fund the recording of her debut album, released to critical acclaim on her own label (Make Believe Records) in March 2007. The album features her trio with guest Luke Daniels, (accordion) Ailie Robertson Ailie Robertson comes from Edinburgh, Scotland, and while brought up playing mainly Scottish music, she has always had a passion for Irish music. She holds an MA in Irish Music Performance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. She already has some of the most impressive credentials in the Scottish harp world. A 4-time National Mod Gold Medalist, she was also 1st prizewinner at the inaugural London Harp Competition, and best overall musician at the Edinburgh Competition Festival. In 2000 she was selected to represent Commun na Clarsach for Scotland at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland. She was awarded a scholarship from the ESU in recognition of her 'virtuosic clarsach playing', and was also a winner of the St Albans New Roots award. She played in the Scottish Harp Orchestra, Na Clarsairean for many years, performing with them at two World Harp Congresses - in Seattle and Prague. Norah Rendell Norah the lead vocalist , was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for Performing Arts to travel to Ireland to study traditional flute and singing. She has an MA in Irish traditional music from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where she also lectured in Ear, Notation and Theory, taught flute, whistle, coached singing and instrumental ensembles. Based in Minneapolis, Norah is a member of Paddy OBriens Doon Ceili Band and has released an album with guitarist, Brian Miller (Gan Bua, Tommie Cunniffe, Doon Ceili Band, 5 Mile Chase) called, Wait There Pretty One. Fiona Black From Evanton in the Highlands of Scotland, Fiona began playing music through the feisean movement, participating, then doing ceilidh trails then recently tutoring. She plays piano accordion and fiddle and has now started the flute. Fiona attended the National Centre of Excellence for two years where she received lessons from Blair Douglass and Iain MacFarlane. She has played throughout Scotland in ceilidh dances, concerts and festivals including Celtic Connections, Celtic Chaos, Tartan Heart Festival and Blas. Alan Jordan Alan Jordan is the only irish-born member of the band, hailing from Co. Mayo. He is primarily the band's guitarist, however Alan is also a skilled flute and whistle player, and sings in the irish language. He originally trained as a jazz and blues guitarist, and brings some of these influences into the band. He has been studying for a BA in Irish Music from the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick. |
 | The Outside Track, 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne http://www.theoutsidetrack.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theoutsidetrack http://www.myspace.com/laurenmaccoll http://www.myspace.com/ailierobertson http://www.myspace.com/fionakblack http://www.myspace.com/norahirendell http://www.ailierobertson.com/ http://www.norahrendell.com/ http://www.laurenmaccoll.co.uk/ http://www.lambfolkclub.freeuk.com/ PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE LINKS Recorded on the 2nd July 2008 at The Lamb Folk Club,Eastbourne.Please excuse the lighting in the intimacy of this great folk club.Enjoy the SOUNDS.. All members of The Outside Track are instrumentalists, arrangers and composers in their own right. Lauren MacColl Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005, Lauren MacColl has gone from strength to strength fronting her trio with Barry Reid (Croft No. 5) and Mhairi Hall. Fiddle led, with the driving combination of piano and guitar, they take you on a musical journey from rousing Highland strathspeys and reels, to emotive Gaelic airs, and their debut record was voted one of Celtic Connections 'Classic Albums' in 2008. Largely self-taught, and through the summer schools of the Feisean movement in Ross-shire, she was immersed in the rich and vibrant culture of her home area.Her playing has taken her far and wide, and to gig with, Calum Stewart, Julie Fowlis, Finlay MacDonald Band, the late, legendary Calum Kennedy and Donald Shaw's Hogmanay Live Harvest band. While completing her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Lauren received a Dewar Arts Award to fund the recording of her debut album, released to critical acclaim on her own label (Make Believe Records) in March 2007. The album features her trio with guest Luke Daniels, (accordion) Ailie Robertson Ailie Robertson comes from Edinburgh, Scotland, and while brought up playing mainly Scottish music, she has always had a passion for Irish music. She holds an MA in Irish Music Performance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. She already has some of the most impressive credentials in the Scottish harp world. A 4-time National Mod Gold Medalist, she was also 1st prizewinner at the inaugural London Harp Competition, and best overall musician at the Edinburgh Competition Festival. In 2000 she was selected to represent Commun na Clarsach for Scotland at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland. She was awarded a scholarship from the ESU in recognition of her 'virtuosic clarsach playing', and was also a winner of the St Albans New Roots award. She played in the Scottish Harp Orchestra, Na Clarsairean for many years, performing with them at two World Harp Congresses - in Seattle and Prague. Norah Rendell Norah the lead vocalist , was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for Performing Arts to travel to Ireland to study traditional flute and singing. She has an MA in Irish traditional music from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where she also lectured in Ear, Notation and Theory, taught flute, whistle, coached singing and instrumental ensembles. Based in Minneapolis, Norah is a member of Paddy OBriens Doon Ceili Band and has released an album with guitarist, Brian Miller (Gan Bua, Tommie Cunniffe, Doon Ceili Band, 5 Mile Chase) called, Wait There Pretty One. Fiona Black From Evanton in the Highlands of Scotland, Fiona began playing music through the feisean movement, participating, then doing ceilidh trails then recently tutoring. She plays piano accordion and fiddle and has now started the flute. Fiona attended the National Centre of Excellence for two years where she received lessons from Blair Douglass and Iain MacFarlane. She has played throughout Scotland in ceilidh dances, concerts and festivals including Celtic Connections, Celtic Chaos, Tartan Heart Festival and Blas. Alan Jordan Alan Jordan is the only irish-born member of the band, hailing from Co. Mayo. He is primarily the band's guitarist, however Alan is also a skilled flute and whistle player, and sings in the irish language. He originally trained as a jazz and blues guitarist, and brings some of these influences into the band. He has been studying for a BA in Irish Music from the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick. |
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