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Bongshang Albums
Bongshang are a Scottish band from Shetland, who fuse traditional Shetland and folk styles with rock, funk, electronica and contemporary production techniques. They have been likened to Celtic fusion artists such as Shooglenifty and Martyn Bennett. Bongshang have recorded three studio albums to date ('' Crude'', ''The Hurricane Jungle'' and ''Vy-lo-fone''), made numerous TV appearances, licensed tracks for TV, featured on several compilation albums and toured the UK and Europe extensively, playing with artists such as Rory Gallagher, Joan Baez, Capercaillie, Alan Stivell, Aly Bain and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. History and personnel Members have included banjo player JJ Jamieson (ex member of Hexology (with Harry Horse) and The Critter Hill Varmints) who has been part of every incarnation of the band, fiddler Leonard Scollay (winner of the Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year competition, BBC Young Tradition Award finalist and ex member of Shetland band Rock, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the northeast of Orkney, from mainland Scotland and west of Norway. They form part of the border between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. Their total area is ,Shetland Islands Council (2012) p. 4 and the population totalled 22,920 in 2019. The islands comprise the Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency), Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament. The local authority, the Shetland Islands Council, is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. The islands' administrative centre and only burgh is Lerwick, which has been the capital of Shetland since 1708, before which time the capital was Scalloway. The archipelago has an oceanic climate, complex geology, rugged coastline, and many low, rolling hills. The lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronica
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to refer to electronic music generally. History Early 1990s: origins and UK scene The original wide-spread use of the term "electronica" derives from the influential English experimental techno label New Electronica, which was one of the leading forces of the early 1990s introducing and supporting dance-based electronic music oriented towards home listening rather than dance-floor play, although the word "electronica" had already begun to be associated with synthesizer generated music as early as 1983, when a "UK Electronica Festival" was first held. At that time electronica became known as "electronic listening music", also becoming more or less synonymous to ambient techno and intelligent techno, and was considered distinct from other em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Fiddler Of The Year
Shetland's Young Fiddler of the Year is an annual competition held over two days organised by the Shetland Folk Society. It is open to fiddle players 16 or under from Shetland with around 80 entrants each year. The most entries ever received were 110 in 2014. There are two main categories, 'Open' encompassing all styles and 'Traditional' focussing on the traditional Shetland style. The categories have junior, intermediate and senior sections. Previous winners Previous winners of the main 'Open' section include: *Yelena Anderson (2022) *Magnus Williamson (2021,aged 15) *Ashley Hay (2019, aged 13) *Emma Leask (2018, aged 14) *George Spence (2017) *Jodie Smith (2016, aged 13) *Bryden Priest (2015, aged 15) *Sophie Moar (2014, aged 16) *Callum Watt (2013, aged 15) *Laura Smith (2012, aged 14) *Hannah Adamson (2011, aged 13) *Liza Fullerton (2010, aged 15) *Chapman Cheng (2009) *Maggie Adamson (2008, aged 16) *Miriam Brett (2007) *Ryan Couper (2006) *Mary Rutherford (2005) Member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Horse
Richard Horne (9 May 1960, Coventry – 10 January 2007, Papil, West Burra), better known by the pen name Harry Horse, was an English author, illustrator and political cartoonist. He was also known as lead singer of the band Swamptrash. Born and raised in Coventry, Warwickshire, he moved to Edinburgh in 1978, where he adopted his pen name. Works Books His first book, ''Ogopogo, My Journey with the Loch Ness Monster'', was published in 1983. He also wrote ''The Last...'' series of books; this included ''The Last Polar Bears'', which was adapted into a 30-minute cartoon for CITV and a touring theatre production for the National Theatre of Scotland, and ''The Last Castaways'', which won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. Political cartoons From 1987 to 1992 Horne was a political cartoonist for ''Scotland on Sunday'' and ''The Scotsman''; he also drew until his death in 2007 for the ''Sunday Herald'' newspapers. His illustrations also appeared regularly in ''The Observer'' and ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) ( gd, Orcastra Nàiseanta Rìoghail na h-Alba) is a British orchestra, based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of the five National performing arts companies of Scotland, national performing arts companies of Scotland. Throughout its history, the Orchestra has played an essential part in Scotland’s musical life, including performing at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament building in 2004. Its music centre and rehearsal studios are directly connected to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The RSNO performs throughout Scotland, at such venues as Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Usher Hall, Caird Hall, Aberdeen Music Hall, Perth Concert Hall (Scotland), Perth Concert Hall and Eden Court Theatre. Thomas Søndergård is the orchestra's current music director, since 2018. History The precursor ensemble to the RSNO was established in 1843 to accompany the Glasgow Choral Union (today known as the RSNO Chorus). In 1891, the orchestra was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aly Bain
Aly Bain MBE (born 15 May 1946) is a Scottish fiddler who learned his instrument from the old-time master Tom Anderson. The former First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell called Bain a "Scottish icon." Career Bain was born in the town of Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. In the early years of his career, he was—briefly and unofficially—part of the band The Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty, Billy Connolly and Tam Harvey. He was one of the members of the band "Gordon Hank and the Country Ramblers", which also included Gordon Smith, Ian Stewart and Jack Robertson in 1967 and was based in Shetland. He became nationally prominent as a founding member of The Boys of the Lough, a Scots-Irish folk group, with whom he played for over 30 years. Simultaneously, Bain pursued a solo career in collaborative and television projects with Pelicula Films director Mike Alexander and producer Douglas Eadie, working on several international television series: ''The Down h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell (; born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a French, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically Breton) harp and Celtic music as part of world music. As a bagpiper and bombard player, he modernized traditional Breton music and singing in the Breton language. A precursor of Celtic rock, he is inspired by the union of the Celtic cultures and is a keeper of the Breton culture. Musical career Early life and career beginnings Alan Stivell was born in the Auvergnat town of Riom. His father, Georges (Jord in Breton) Cochevelou, was a civil servant in the French Ministry of Finance who achieved his dream of recreating a Celtic or Breton harp in the small town of Gourin, BrittanyJT Koch (ed). ''Celtic Culture. A Historical Encyclopaedia'' ABC-CLIO 2006 pp. 1627–1628 and his mother Fanny-Julienne Dobroushkess was of Lithuanian-Jewis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capercaillie (band)
Capercaillie is a Scottish folk band, founded in 1984 by Donald Shaw and led by Karen Matheson, and which performs traditional Gaelic and contemporary English songs. The group adapts traditional Gaelic music and traditional lyrics with modern production techniques and instruments such as electric guitar and bass guitar, though rarely synthesizers or drum machines. Capercaillie demonstrate "astonishing musical dexterity" and feature "the peerless voice of co-founder Karen Matheson. Universally recognised as one of the finest Gaelic singers alive today". They have sold over a million albums world-wide, including "three silver and one gold album in the UK". The BBC notes that the band has "achieved enormous global success both as a group and as individual musicians." Origins Originating from Argyll, a region of western Scotland, the band is named after the Western capercaillie, sometimes called a wood grouse, a native Scottish bird. Career Their first album, ''Cascade'', was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more than 30 albums. Fluent in Spanish and English, she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages. Baez is generally regarded as a folk singer, but her music has diversified since the counterculture era of the 1960s and encompasses genres such as folk rock, pop, country, and gospel music. She began her recording career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, ''Joan Baez'', ''Joan Baez, Vol. 2'' and ''Joan Baez in Concert'', all achieved gold record status. Although a songwriter herself, Baez generally interprets other composers' work, having recorded songs by the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, the Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Gallagher
William Rory Gallagher ( ; 2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) was an Irish guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. Due to his virtuosic playing, but relative lack of fame compared to some others, he has been referred to as "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of", and strongly influenced other guitarists such as Brian May and Eric Clapton. Gallagher was voted as guitarist of the year by ''Melody Maker'' magazine in 1972, and listed as the 57th greatest guitarist of all time by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, and raised in Cork, Gallagher formed the band Taste in the late 1960s and recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His albums have sold over 30 million copies worldwide. His popularity and output declined in the 1980s due to changes in the music industry and ill health. Gallagher received a liver transplant in 1995, but died of complications later that year in London at the age of 47. Early life Gallagher was born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vy-lo-fone
''Vy-lo-fone'' is the third studio album from Shetland-based band Bongshang. Track listing # "Intro" - 0:28 # "Myrakle" - 3:15 # "Launderette" - 3:49 # "Grass Widow" - 5:22 # "Longer" - 3:45 # "Superfresco" - 3:32 # "Cassini" - 4:18 # "Grass Orphan" - 1:48 # "Wisdom" - 5:52 # "Kalifornia" - 1:41 Personnel * JJ Jamieson - banjo, vocals, keyboard instrument, keyboards, sampling (music), samples * Gordon Tulloch - guitar, vocals * Leonard Scollay - fiddle * Andrew Gray - bass guitar * Christopher 'Kipper' Anderson - drums, percussion instrument, percussion Guest personnel * Jack Robertson - pedal steel * Ivor Polson - mandolin * James Henry Erikson - mandolin * Joanna Redmond - vocals Sleeve notes References External links * http://www.myspace.com/bongshang {{DEFAULTSORT:Vy-Lo-Fone Shetland music Bongshang albums 1999 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hurricane Jungle
''The Hurricane Jungle'' is the second studio album from Shetland based band Bongshang. Track listing # "D/Drone" - 4:34 # "All That Hate" - 3:21 # "Probleme" - 2:48 # "Tackhead" - 4:18 # "Dubweiser" - 7:08 # "Tangled Flies" - 6:02 # "Abandon Motion" - 5:30 # "The Honeyshroud" - 6:27 # "Hurricane Jungle" - 7:18 Personnel * JJ Jamieson - banjo, vocals, keyboards, samples * Bryan Peterson - bass guitar, double bass, harmonica, keyboards * Neil Preshaw - guitar, vocals, keyboards, samples, percussion * Peter Gear - fiddle * Christopher 'Kipper' Anderson - drums, percussion, drum programming Guest personnel *Joanna Redmond - Vocals Production notes * ''The Hurricane Jungle'' was recorded in "Late Night Radio Music Studios" in Scalloway (Neil Preshaw's studio), "Super Session 8 Studios" in Lerwick (JJ Jamieson's studio) and "The Love Garage" in Lerwick Lerwick (; non, Leirvik; nrn, Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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