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Tim Edey is an English
multi-instrumentalist A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency. Also known as doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and more efficient employment of musicians, where ...
and composer who grew up in Broadstairs,
Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
and is now based in
Perthshire Perthshire (locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, ...
, Scotland. In 2012 he was Musician of the Year at the
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British ra ...
and, with
Brendan Power Brendan Power is a New Zealand harmonica player, composer and inventor, living in Britain. Born in Mombasa, Kenya, Power's family moved to New Zealand in 1965 where he later attended Canterbury University at Christchurch, gaining a Bachelor of Ar ...
, Best Duo. He was awarded "Musician of the Year" in the 2020
MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 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 and ...
. Edey has been described as an "instrumental genius". As well as singing, he plays guitars,
melodeon Melodeon may refer to: * Melodeon (accordion), a type of button accordion *Melodeon (organ), a type of 19th-century reed organ *Melodeon (Boston, Massachusetts), a concert hall in 19th-century Boston * Melodeon Records, a U.S. record label in the ...
, piano and
tin whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. ...
. ''Wriggle and Writhe'', his collaboration with New Zealand harmonica player
Brendan Power Brendan Power is a New Zealand harmonica player, composer and inventor, living in Britain. Born in Mombasa, Kenya, Power's family moved to New Zealand in 1965 where he later attended Canterbury University at Christchurch, gaining a Bachelor of Ar ...
, was, according to Colin Irwin, who reviewed it for the
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, "one of the more colourful folk albums of 2011, from a pair of true virtuosos". Edey toured with
The Chieftains The Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous wi ...
on their 2014 tour of the United States, their 2017 tour of Japan and was also a member of
Lúnasa Lughnasadh or Lughnasa ( , ) is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. In Modern Irish it is called , in gd, Lùnastal, and in gv, ...
.


Discography


Albums

* 2006 ''Irish Music From The Dingle Peninsula And Beyond'' * 2010 ''Disgrace Notes'' (with Seamus Begley) * 2010 ''The Collective'' * 2011 ''Wriggle and Writhe'' (with
Brendan Power Brendan Power is a New Zealand harmonica player, composer and inventor, living in Britain. Born in Mombasa, Kenya, Power's family moved to New Zealand in 1965 where he later attended Canterbury University at Christchurch, gaining a Bachelor of Ar ...
) * 2012 ''Sailing Over The 7th String'' * 2016 ''How Do You Know?'' * 2017 ''The Sleeping Tunes'' * 2018 ''The Sleeping Tunes, Vol. 2'' * 2019 ''Being Myself'' * 2020 ''The Sleeping Tunes, Vol. 3 : Lockdown Edition


Singles

* 1999 ''A Suite for Celts in Kent''


References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edey, Tim Living people English folk guitarists English male guitarists English multi-instrumentalists Lúnasa (band) members People from Broadstairs Year of birth missing (living people)