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Blazin' Fiddles

Blazin' Fiddles

Fiddles on Fire

Saturday 5 July 2008 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)

Lucy Duran introduces a concert from weekend of folk fiddling in 2007 at The Sage, Gateshead, which features two of Scotland's finest bands. Blazin' Fiddles showcase fiddle styles from across the country and Fiddlers' Bid champion the musical heritage of Shetland.

Duration:

1 hour

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WORLD ROUTES

Presented by Lucy Duran
Produced by Roger Short
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling

Tel. 020 7765 4661
Fax. 020 7765 5052
e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk

Saturday 5 July, 3:00pm
Originally broadcast 5 May 2007


Recorded at the Sage Gateshead, Friday 27 April 2007

Fiddler's Bid:
New Shetland (3.43)
Naked and Bare (4.00)
White Wife (4.23)
Pocka Siss (2.17)
Uyea Isle (5.25)
Christopher Stout (fiddle/viola); Kevin Henderson, Maurice Henderson, Andrew Gifford (fiddle); Catriona McKay (keyboards/clarsach); Fionan De Barra (guitar); Jonathan Ritch (bass guitar)
The most recent Fiddler's Bid album is Naked and Bare (Greentrax 277)
http://www.fiddlersbid.com/

Blazin' Fiddles:
Forgeron Reels (5.02)
I laid a herring in salt (4.17)
Colonel Thornton (4.35)
Murdo on the Moon (5.02)
Jewish Set (4.07)
Bruce MacGregor, Iain Macfarlane, Allan Henderson, Catriona Macdonald, Aidan O'Rourke (fiddles); Marc Clement (guitar); Andy Thorburn (keyboard)
The most recent Blazin' Fiddles album is 'Live' (Blazin' Records BRCD2007)
http://www.blazin-fiddles.co.uk/


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