Simon Thoumire is a
Scottish musician
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and an
English concertina
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virtuoso.
Thoumire has played all over the world. A winner of the
BBC Radio 2
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Young Tradition Award
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in 1989,
International Who's Who in Popular Music
2002 - Page 505 Thoumire has always been keen to explore different genres of music, releasing many records over the years delving into folk
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, jazz
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, improvisation and composition (see discography). He has also pursued interests in the industry side of traditional music forming Foot Stompin' Records in 1997, Scottish Traditional Music Trust (2000) and Hands Up for Trad
The Scots Trad Music Awards or Na Trads were founded in 2003 by Simon Thoumire to celebrate Scotland's traditional music in all its forms and create a high profile opportunity to bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media an ...
(2003).
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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