Silver Strings

Hey everyone, my debut fiddle album has just been released on the Highlander Music label. 12 tracks, and some great musicians; Angus Lyon - piano, Duncan Lyall - Double Bass, Stevie Lawrence - Bazouki, guitar & percussion, and Colin Brown joins on 2 of the tracks with the 5 row accordion… What more could you possibly ask for ??? !!!

… So if you’re stuck for a Xmas present … !!! 🙂

Cheers,
Iain.

Iain, could you please post the track listing of the album to the recordings section? Thanks.

Congratulations, Iain. I hear it’s a beautiful album and you’re quite a fiddler.

aww, yay!! I’m glad it’s finally out… what’s your favorite track?

Iain - looks like good stuff. Are there any sound samples available?

Jim

Hi guys, thanks for the kind comments ! … there is a sample of the first track of the CD on my website;
www.iain-anderson.com

Also, as requested, i’ll be posting the track listings for the album on the ‘recordings section’ of this site very shortly.

Finally, to answer the last question, my own favourite track is probably track 3, the one i wrote for my GF, “Eppie’s tune” … I thought it turned out really well but it’s the only track on the whole album that i haven’t heard being played on the radio yet !

Anway, go check out my website, (it’s a work in progress!), sign the guest book and have a wee listen to the sample track.

I’ll report back in the next few days …
Over and out !!!


Iain .

Terrific set of reels on the web site’s sample. Well done! And the mix is very good, too. Congrats!

Lovely.

A question though. I’ve discussed this with quite a few Scottish fiddlers I know and it’s still a mystery and I wonder if you could shed any light on it: In Ireland, there is a great commonality between the decoration used on pipes fiddle and flute. Many of the pipe decorations are transferable directly to the fiddle, others imitated very closely. And yet with Scottish fiddle music this has not happened. A wonder why?

Hi Everyone ! I’ve just posted the track listing for my new album, Silver Strings, in the recordings section if you’re interested. It was released last week, 6th December, on the ‘Highlander Music’ label (HRMCD014) and features the following musicians; Iain Anderson - Fiddle / Angus Lyon - Piano / Stevie Lawrence - Guitar, Bazouki, Percussion / Duncan Lyall - Double Bass / Special guest appearance from Colin Brown on 5-row accordion - tracks 6 and 10.

Luckily, Its been getting played quite a bit on BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Nan Gael, and a few others - if you happen to hear it i’d love to hear your comments, good or bad !

There’s more info on my website, www.iain-anderson.com including a sample of my album. If you’d like to drop me an e-mail the address is, info@iain-anderson.com

’Hope everyone is well … catch up with you soon !

All the best,
Iain.

Hi again everyone !

As promised, i have posted the track listing for Silver Strings in the ‘Recordings’ section of this site. Don’t forget you can hear a sample of the album at my wesite www.iain-anderson.com

llig Leahcim , to answer your question; Pipe decoration is very common and almost intrinsic to the fiddle music of Scotland. if you listen to any fiddle groups, Blazing Fiddles, for example, they all use piping ornamentation throughout all of their recordings. I use it. Infact, most Scottish Fiddle players use it. If u buy my CD from Highlander music ………………… just kidding !!! I hope that answers your question, Llig. Any more comments or questions are very welcome.

Cheers just now !

Iain.

there is now a sound sample on www.iain-anderson.com in the ‘album’ section.

Cheers