Once Nigel Gatherer (that's me) wrote:
...the Blackford Fiddlers. In a village near me in Perthshire one man
decided to start teaching fiddle as a community activity, making it
part of everyday life. They're inclusive, and there is no barrier to
anybody wanting to have a go at learning. As a
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 other
giants of Scots
I went to great session on Friday, one that previously I knew nothing
about. It's in a village about ten miles away from where I am (Crieff),
and it's mostly fiddlers, and mostly young fiddlers at that. They
opened with a couple of Irish tunes, and I thought Oh no, another
Irish session in the
