Posts for January, 2023

Jazz is the main category with Classical being second with elements of Folk music. Through my compositional style in my piece Chasing Sakura, I hope to push genre boundaries by mixing these different musical styles into one common style -music. My goal is to bring Jazz to the Classical music platform, Classical to a Folk audience, and Folk into the Jazz realm. I believe this is music which transcends the need for pigeon-holing -with a flavour of many styles of music to be enjoyed by all music lovers. I also offer music from the Great American Songbook with intricate, jazz/classical styled arrangements to cater for the jazz fan

Having seen his first three albums nominated for an array of awards, including Scottish Album of the Year (in 2014, 2017 and 2018) and the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Adam’s masterful songwriting and enchanting voice has seen him work with the likes of producer John Wood (Nick Drake and John Martyn), Simon Heyworth (mastering engineer and co-producer of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells) and two-time BRIT award winner Eddi Reader.


Conjuring comparisons to The Band and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Holmes combines elements of rhythm and blues, country and folk music textures, which have seen him featured widely on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 3, BBC Scotland and Edith Bowman’s BBC Scotland Quay Sessions show and Virgin Radio, amongst many others. He is also a regular on the UK and European festival and touring circuit, having shared bills with the likes of Laura Marling, Van Morrison, Richard Thompson, Jason Isbell, The Avett Brothers, Sturgill Simpson and Chvrches.


“Captivating… Entrancing…a potent style of his own…” Metro


“An ideal example of everything that’s good about acoustic / traditional music…” Folk Radio UK


“The best Scottish male singer of his generation…” The Courier


“Sweetly mournful melodies”
The Scotsman


“Adam Holmes is one of the brightest rising stars on the UK roots music scene” The List


“Classy” Stephen Malkmus

BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners, Irish/Manx/Scottish quintet Ímar are amongst Glasgow’s hottest folk property.


With a wide-reaching fanbase throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Canada, the quintet have fast become one of the trad scene’s most talked about group – thanks in no small part to their debut video, L’Air Mignonne, becoming a viral smash in 2016, catapulting the group to the attention of audiences and media worldwide.


Their two albums – Afterlight and Avalanche – have since amassed a devoted listenership, whilst live audiences are transfixed by Ímar’s collective and individual technical prowess. With a line-up boasting a heavyweight haul of top solo prizes – including nine All-Ireland and eight All-Britain titles – the group’s collective synergy and live energy is positively electric.


Adam Brown (bodhrán), Adam Rhodes (bouzouki), Mohsen Amini (concertina), Ryan Murphy (uilleann pipes) and Tomás Callister (fiddle) share a strong background in Irish music; a grounding that underpins many of Ímar’s distinctive qualities, in both instrumentation and material. Indeed, the group’s very being embodies a personal reconnection with its members’ formative years, dating back long before their recent camaraderie around Glasgow’s celebrated session scene.


The shared cultural heritages between Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man are well documented: all three once shared the same Gaelic language, and a similar, clearly potent, kinship endures between their musical traditions.


“striking musicianship, artful arrangements and sheer absolute delight” / Songlines


“genuinely jaw-dropping collective virtuosity supplied frills to burn” / The Scotsman


“The energy that’s seemingly bursting to let loose is tempered by a variety of instrumental formations and an attention to pacing that showcases the tunes’ melodic strength, and even when the floodgates open the effect is all the more exhilarating for the underlying control and musicality.” / The Herald

And we’re back! Come and explore the jungle in our main hall and meet the famous characters from Rudyard Kipling’s book as they tell the story of Mowgli. This is a version written by Jessica Swale featuring songs you will want to sing along with. The show will make you laugh out loud, shed a tear and jump in your seat.
Tickets are now available from the school office. Adults £6 Under 18’s £4. I would get your tickets early as they will sell out very quickly!

The Osprey Music Society (TOMS) in Boat of Garten will host The Broen Ensemble whose 8 members will perform a programme of Elgar, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.

The Osprey Music Society (TOMS) will host Sasha Savaloni on classical guitar, in company with Lee Holland on flute, Mark O’Keefe on trumpet and soprano Alison McNeill. This the premier of a unique programme of pieces arrangewd specially for TOMS.

Tim Horton piano: Benjamin Nabarro – violin: Gemma Rosefield – cello: A return visit from this highly renowned Trio, with a programme of Haydn, Dvorak, Mendelssohn.

Session A9 are returning to the stage and can’t wait to get out touring again for the first time since lockdowns. Fiddle player Charlie Mckerron guarantees “we will be in great form!”.

Hailed as “Scotland’s Supergroup” Session A9 are previous winners of “Best Live Act” at MG Alba’s Scottish Traditional Music Awards, with individual band members having achieved awards in their own right.

Each member of Session A9 can be seen on stage with many of traditional music’s most respected bands, including Capercaillie, The Treacherous Orchestra, The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc, as well as their own individual ensembles.

Fiddle players Kevin Henderson, Adam Sutherland, Gordon Gunn and Charlie Mckerron are joined as always by David “Chimp” Robertson on percussion, Marc Clement on guitar and vocals, and Brian McAlpine on piano.

The band promises to “raise the roof” bringing their original compositions, exciting arrangements along with their usual skill, fire and enthusiasm, this should be a night to remember!

An evening of Scottish Music provided by ‘Maggie Adamson and Friends6’. There will be bar facilities, a raffle and some toe tapping tunes.  Tickets available from the Royal British Legion Club in Grantown.

The Grantown on Spey Hogmanay Street Party returns for 2022 with live music provided by Speysound Radio, Lyle Kinnaird and Maggie Adamson and Friends. There will be the traditional fireworks at midnight and there will also be a bar and hot food and drinks. Come along to see in the New Year in style and drink a dram and dance a jig to say hello to 2023.
We will be asking for donations for the Hogmanay Fund so please bring along your spare change, or better still a banknote or two.