The Swedish summer spelmanstämma is a thing of wonder. A bad translation would be ” fiddlers meeting”, festivals where hundreds of musicians get together for a big jam, and a dance in the countryside in the sunshine, all day and often all night. Walking in to a spelmanstämma is a very unusual experience , the …
You’ll be pleased to know i survived my skiing trip in the Dalarna mountains, not that there was a huge amount of skiing, what with me getting the flu and everything. However, guitar at the ready as always, i wrote a big tune called Cabin Fever and taught it to Jen Austin and Toby Shaer …
We had a good time playing to the people of Glasgow! Simon Thoumire wrote this review of our gig, which we shared with the brilliant Madelaine Stewart Trio. “It was great to head to The Drygate, on Friday 20th January to see The Madeleine Stewart Trio and Ian Carr and the Various Artists. First on …
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