Nigel Gatherer wrote:
...Donald Riddell...was taught by Alexander Grant, a fiddle maker and
a friend of Scott Skinner. Riddell in turn taught many fiddlers who
are now acknowledging their debt: Bruce MacGregor, Iain MacFarlane,
Greg Borland, and so on.
Greg Borland was actually taught by
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
Are they playing the Irish tunes in a very Irish-style, or are they
just taking Irish tunes and playing them in their own particularly
regional style?
Difficult to say conclusively, because that repertoire is now coming
directly from CDs. Also, the guy behind the
Toby Rider wrote:
The one thing which concerns me is the repertoire. The instigator is
English, and he has been teaching a majority of irish tunes. It
always strikes me as sad that here in Perthshire, historically a
very strong centre of Scottish fiddle music (home of the Gows and
many, many
