Inge Thomson (born 23 October 1974) is a Scottish singer and multi-instrumentalist. Born in

Fair Isle Fair Isle (; sco, Fair Isle; non, Friðarey; gd, Fara) is an island in Shetland, in northern Scotland. It lies about halfway between mainland Shetland and Orkney. It is known for its bird observatory and a traditional style of knitting. Th ...

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 no ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

, she is a founding member of

Harem Scarem Harem Scarem is a Canadian hard rock/melodic hard rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Harem Scarem initially (the early 1990s) achieved popularity in their native Canada and Japan. The band was active from 1987 to 2008, and again from 2013 after ...

and plays accordion and percussion in

Karine Polwart Karine Polwart ( ) (born 23 December 1970) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, her songs dealing with a variety of issues from alcoholism to genocide. She has been most recognised fo ...

's band. She has played with groups including the Broken Family Band in which she recorded on their albums ''The King Will Build a Disco'', '' Jesus Songs'' and ''Cold Water Songs'', and was a longtime member of Shetland band Drop the Box. She also regularly collaborates with folk band

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; her partner is band member Martin Green. She released her first solo album, ''Shipwrecks & Static'', in 2010, and her second, ''Da Fishing Hands'', in 2015.The album page on Discogs
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References

External links

Official website
People from Fair Isle Shetland music Living people 1974 births 21st-century Scottish women singers Scottish multi-instrumentalists Scottish accordionists Scottish percussionists Scottish folk musicians 21st-century accordionists {{Scotland-musician-stub