John Hall grew up in London and developed an interest in music in the 1960’s. He has played with Lonnie Donnigan and at a young age was influenced by visiting blues musicians from the USA. . He migrated to the USA where he worked as an aerospace engineer and immersed himself in the music of the Appalachian and blues musicians. He came to Australia from British Columbia, Canada five years ago to be near his family. He is a founder of and regular performer at The Bowral Folk, Blues and Beyond Club.
Bob McInnes is a fiddler extraordinaire and is a highly regarded performer at the Cobargo Folk Festival. Bob has played with The Wild Colonial Boys, The Larrikins and Alan Musgrove and his Watsaname Band. He is always in great demand as a MC and chief fiddler at Scottish balls and dances.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tattie Jam offer a distinctive brew of songs, from dark ballads and protest songs to off-the wall humour, and tunes ranging from slow airs to driving Strathspeys and kinetic jigs and reels. Much of their material's given a playful or funky contemporary twist, with contrast provided by the odd starker a capella song or unaccompanied tune.

The material's a diverse but harmonious blend of reinterpreted songs and tunes plundered from the hugely rich Scottish tradition, and songs and tunes written by Ruaridh. Thoughtful arrangements and the fact both musicians harmonise vocals whilst playing elements of lead, rhythm and percussion give Tattie Jam a sound that's quite unmistakable, and consistently surprises new listeners with its size and scope.

Ruaridh Pringle (vocals, guitar, tenor banjo, digeridoo, cittern, stomp-box & shakers) is presently based in Glasgow. He is an accomplished singer and musician with a highly distinctive style, as well as a prolific and prize-winning writer of both songs and traditional-style tunes. Though largely self-taught, he was also a student of Lews Castle College Benbecula's highly regarded course in Traditional Music, where he was taught by some of the best musicians in 'Celtic' music.

Seylan Baxter from Milngavie near Glasgow, (vocals, acoustic cello, electric 5-string cello) is one of Scotland's best-known traditional cellists, having collaborated with several of the country's foremost artists. She performs regularly with Alaskan harper Cheyenne Brown, with whom she released the critically acclaimed album 2:forty in 2007.
Seylan is a graduate of Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, where she studied Scots cello and song. Now a tutor at the RSAMD, she also teaches at Alasdair Fraser's fiddle school in the Isle of Skye and the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop, and is co-founder of the Scottish Harp and Cello Festival.

For more information about Tattie Jam, visit their website

 

Entry $10 members/ non members $15

Meals available at the pub prior to concert from 6pm

Enquiries: Coral Vorbach 56493675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Carl Cleves & Parissa Bouas)

 

 

 

 

 

Carl Cleves, originally from Belgium is an excellent guitarist, multi-award winning songwriter, singer and storyteller. Carl has won the coveted Australian Songwriter’s Assoc. award for Best Lyrics and Best Folk Song, the national AUSMUSIC award for Best Folk Song and has a shelf full of Dolphin Awards. Parissa’s singing has to be heard to be believed. “A voice that would aggravate angels with its beauty” is how Philip Adams described Parissa’s extraordinary voice.

Entry: members $10, non-members $15

Enquiries: Coral 64936578                                                                   For more information about the Hottentots, visit their website

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