Performers at a sold out concert earlier this year, will be returning for their only Central Belt gig with winners of two recent music awards.
The original trio - Calum Stewart (Scottish flute), Daniel Carlsson (Swedish Saxophone) and Heikki Bourgault (Breton guitar) played to a capacity audience at the Northern Streams Festival in April. This time, they are joined by winners of two Danish Folk Music Awards 2009 – fiddler, Hal Parfitt Murray and keyboard/accordionist Nikolaj Busk – to form the group called ‘One Fine Day...’
Northern Streams Festival organiser, Fiona Campbell, “I’m really pleased we’ve been able to arrange this extra concert so quickly as this will be the only chance people down here will get a chance to see these guys, coming fresh from three dates up north. I’ve heard them all play live in some way or another and they are all great musicians in their own right but even more amazing when combined.”
The initial concert in April came about after a chance meeting backstage at a Polish festival last year between Fiona and Calum when she found out he had been working with colleagues in Sweden and Denmark. This made a perfect fit for the Northern Streams Festival she organises which brings together music, song, dance and storytelling from Scotland and Scandinavia.
“I would say they play a fusion of traditional, jazz and chilled music, but you will also get a chance to hear different combinations over the course of the evening concert – so I think it will be an experience not to miss again!” continued Campbell.
Tickets
Tickets: £12 on the door or only £10 if you pre-book or are a TMSA member. For more details and to book see www.eltmsa.org.uk, email: [email protected] or tel: 0795 191 8366.
Further information:
· Calum Stewart was a finalist in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2007 and also participated in the tour the Traditional Music & Song Association (TMSA) organises for the finalists and winner each year of this competition.
· An example of Calum Stewart, Hal Parfitt Murray and Nikolaj Busk playing to whet the appetite! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeDuyeOfMKU
· The earlier concert in April received a 4* review from The Herald) and “…splendid evening’s entertainment” was a quote from an audience member earlier this year!
· Sorry no under 14s allowed in the venue due to licensing restrictions. The Lot telephone: 0131 225 9922 (no ticket sales at this number) and postcode is EH1 2JU.
· The Northern Streams Festival showcases groups often new to Scottish audiences and offers opportunities to learn about traditional music, song, dance and storytelling of the different cultures – concentrating on Scandinavia and Nordic countries. It is organised by TMSA Edinburgh & Lothians Branch in partnership with other organisations and usually takes place during Edinburgh’s Ceilidh Culture Festival March-April each year.
· Visit www.tmsa.org.uk for more information about the TMSA.
Further Performer Information:
Calum Stewart (Wooden Flute, Scotland)
Emerging as a leading instrumentalist in contemporary European folk and world music, Calum Stewart is establishing his unique style along the way, the sound of his Wooden Flute being fundamental to this. Combining the search for fresh, new and innovative music with a deep commitment to tradition, Calum was raised on traditional music in his native Morayshire.
"Calum is a musician who manages to combine the search for fresh, new and innovative music with a deep commitment to tradition." Rob Adams (The Herald)
"Stewart's determination to take the flute out of its sonic tram-lines is the main feature of his debut album – a showcase of assertive technique and imaginative instrumental interplay." Norman Chalmers, The Scotsman
www.myspace.com/calumfrancisstewart
Daniel Carlsson (Soprano Saxophone, Sweden)
Originally from rural South Eastern Sweden, Daniel Carlsson's inspiration from the old Swedish Fiddlers has secured his deep knowledge of traditional music. Developing his unique playing style on the soprano saxophone through his music exploration, he is one of the few saxophone players in Sweden, whose voice can be heard through both traditional and contemporary folk music. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm he has worked with various theatres and artists such as Jonas Knutsson and Theatre Sláva.
www.myspace.com/danielcarlsson
Hal Parfitt Murray: Violin, viola, vocal & Nikolaj Busk: piano, harmonium, accordion (Denmark)
Hal and Nikolaj" won two Danish Folk Music Awards 2009 as "Debut of the year" and "Composer of the year"!
Scots-Australian Fiddler Hal Parfitt Murray and Danish Pianist Nikolaj Busk have made a band. A band which is at once a toy-shop, a garden shed, a saw-dusty workshop, a playground, a party and a pot to grow things in. Their music is deep and dark and clamouring and gentle and euphoric and bright as a fire burning under the ice and hot and black as an old plane-crash in a deep Pacific jungle. It is the sum of the stories of long travels in red and stony deserts, green, pearly islands of white smiles and colourful snakes, sweltering golden summer fields coddling around sheds of mad pigs, and smoggy, violent cities where the trash drifts like snow. It is the music of odd and wonderful people met, loved and lost again, and of sighs and smiles and grass, seaweed and scuba diving.
"Sometimes it's just pure magic coming out of the loudspeakers."
"This is simply a one of a kind debut."
"It's unbelievable that two musicians should have achieved such a high standard at so young an age. -******"
"Busk goes straight to the top of the international league for piano-drivers" - Andrew Cronshaw, fRoots
Nikolaj was also Instrumentalist of the year at Danish Folk Music Award 2008 and has worked with many artists including Natalie Haas and Svøbsk who featured at last year’s Northern Streams Festival.
http://www.myspace.com/halparfittmurray
http://www.myspace.com/nikolajbusk
Heikki Bourgault (Guitar, Brittany)
Heikki Bourgault, from Rennes, is part of a new generation of Breton musicians. Cultivating his style through innovation, he continues the strong tradition of Breton guitarists.
http://www.myspace.com/heikkibourgault
TMSA Edinburgh & Lothians Branch acknowledges support from: The Hope Scott Trust, Nancie Massey Charitable Trust, Craignish Trust and the City Centre Neighbourhood Partnership for its Northern Streams programme.
The TMSA is registered as a Scottish Charity SCO03819 & a company limited by guarantee No: 199976. Registered Office: G43, The Drill Hall, 30-38 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh EH6 8RG and acknowledges project funding from the Scottish Arts Council.
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