Stewarts voice is clearly something special, but arrangements and playing are a bit loose. Silly wizard wild and beautiful lark in the morning. That name, to me, is a misnomer when applied to rectangularshaped books, as concertinas are shaped as hexagons. The album includes contributions from the occasionals ceilidh band comprising freeland barbour accordion, mairi campbell fiddle, alison smith fiddle. Freeland has also been honoured by the national association of accordion. This lineup then recorded the bands second lp, caledonias hardy sons highway records. Freeland barbour playing a tune he wrote for his father the guiding light in concert at orkney brewery quoyloo as part of the orkney tradfest 2019. The band was then joined by freeland barbour accordion, bouzouki and alastair ali donaldson 195520 bass, flute, who replaced neil adam in july 1975 when the latter decided to return to university. Check out more scottish ceilidh music by various artists on amazon music.
Check out essential collection scottish accordion music by various artists on amazon music. Composed by scottish accordion player freeland barbour. Freeland barbour accordion, piano freeland comes from glen fincastle near pitlochry in highland perthshire and has been a very wellknown figure on the scottish music scene for many years. I hope this item is all that you require for your students and classroom. Its lavishly illustrated throughout with 320 photographs, mainly in colour. He joins a list of very wellknown names jimmy shand, bobby macleod, ian powrie, robbie shepherd etc. Accordion ace freeland barbour of silly wizard, wallochmor ceilidh band, and. Barbours distinctively whitehaired, accordionwielding figure has been a. The wallochs as they became known were unusual in that both sandy and freeland played unison lead accordion there was no second box and they. May 10th boswell book festival, dumfries house, ayrshire freeland only, with. The music and the land by freeland barbour if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Add this a4sized tome to you growing collection of rob howards wonderful output. Freeland barbour music for old time dancing vol 1 music scotland.
The accordion playalong series features custom accordion arrangements with cd tracks recorded by a live band accordion, bass and drums. The music and the land the concert cd has just been released by greentrax cdtrax392. Accordion anthology launched in june 2016 is now available from zz music. Freelnad barbour is one of scotlands greatest accordion players and a composer of great tunes. This is the website for freeland barbour and bonskeid music.
Freeland barbour handles the accordion well, and andy m. Sedlon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The occasionals, founded in 1986, are one of scotlands bestknown ceilidh bands, led by freeland barbour, a prolific composer and recording artist. By the time of silly wizard, donaldson had left to join the rezillos, while barbour had taken up with the wallochmore ceilidh band.
Freeland barbour performs sets of tunes on accordion. Freeland barbour cd, dvd, sheet music latest release features accordion ace freeland barbour of wallochmor and the occasionals fame with friends the music and the land the concert. Parallel dreams by loreena mckennitt 7742991034 cd. Hornpipes medley by freeland barbour on amazon music. Freeland barbour was brought up in highland perthshire and has been a very wellknown figure on the scottish music scene for many years. Their eponymous lp silly wizard was released on the xtra label and the band began touring throughout the uk and europe. This album contains a really delightful collection of music and the tunes have an.
It contains tracks from the 2 book launch concerts for freeland s mammoth tome the music and the land which took place at the queens hall, edinburgh in october 2015 and the fruitmarket, glasgow in january 2016. He also teaches accordion at the royal scottish academy of music and drama. The finished size of the accordion book will vary depending on the size of the paper that you use. Freeland barbour plays his own composition the boys from brims at the reel orkney tradfest 2019 in memory of the loss of the longhope lifeboat 50 years ago. While the history of the accordion began in the seventeenth century, the history of the accordion book is actu ally much older. Freeland has also been honoured by the national association of accordion and fiddle clubs for his contribution to scottish traditional music. Accordion weekly news in english about all things accordion. There are two audio tracks for each song a full performance for listening, plus a separate backing track which lets you be the soloist. Accordion anthology rob howard zzmusic accordion music. The book is a journey of words, photography and melody through the lands that have inspired freeland barbours compositions, and reflects his legacy of. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. He is a multiinstrumentalist whose main instrument is the accordion, and he. Composed by scottish accordion player freeland barbour, onetime member of the wallochmor ceilidh band.
Tuition accordion books learn to play scottish accordion from beginners to more advanced techniques with our extensive range of fiddle tutor books. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Congratulations to freeland barbour who have been nominated in composer of the year sponsored by prs for music in the mg alba scots trad music awards 2016. Awards mairi campbell has just been inducted into the scottish music hall of fame, and joins freeland barbour, gus millar, and neil macmillan who are there as members of the wallochmor ceilidh band, and malcolm jones who is there as a member of runrig. Recorded at the queens hall, edinburgh, on 10 october 2015 and the old fruitmarket, glasgow, on 19 january 2016 with special thanks to. Unfollow accordion books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Books go search buy again your store deals store gift cards sell. At the same time alastair donaldson also left and was replaced by martin hadden bass, guitar, piano. Accordion books are great for exhibits and displays because you can stand them up and view both sides. Recorded at the reel orkney as part of their trad fest 2019. Over the next few years this became the main event for freeland in terms of playing dance music. The album includes musical contributions from the occasionals who comprised of freeland barbour accordion, mairi campbell fiddle, alison smith fiddle, kevin macleod tenor banjo and mandolin. Latest release features accordion ace freeland barbour of wallochmor and the occasionals fame with friends the music and the land the concert. By melinda crean of top notch teaching thank you for downloading my product.
Oct 12, 2015 freeland barbours musical map of scotland has been three decades in the making, writes jim gilchrist. Fergie macdonald the ceilidh king fergies 50th album cd. The superb playing ensures that this album will be appreciated by listeners. This should give you some idea of the goingson in my musical world, past, present and future.
Recollections by phil coulter 16351531124 cd barnes. Freelnad barbour is one of scotlands greatest accordion. He is a member of the ghillies, has played regularly with faroese band spealimenninir, has 3 books of published music available as well as a. Mar 21, 2008 susan kapuscinski gaylord teaches you how to make an accordion book. Not content with standard accordions, freeland designed his own accordion, the pigini. How to make a accordion fold mini scrapbook album craft.
Freeland barbour comes from glen fincastle near pitlochry in highland. In late 1976, freeland barbour left the band and was replaced by phil cunningham accordion, tin whistle, harmonium, synthesizer, cittern, vocals. Winters journey isnt an album where you can single out particular. The first of 6 cds of music for old time dancing covering all the expected favourites and including full sets for the lancers, the quadrilles, and the caledonians. He is a former member of groundbreaking folk group silly wizard, and a founder member of two of the countrys most successful ceilidh dance bands, the wallochmor ceilidh band and the occasionals. This project is, perhaps, a bit more involved than those of weeks past, but it allows me to introduce a few additional basic materials found in every book artists studio and a handy technique or two. The four were then augmented by freeland barbour accordion, and alasdair donaldson bass. Freeland barbours musical map of scotland has been three. Freeland was born in edinburgh in december 1951 and brought up both there and in glen fincastle, near pitlochry, where his family, on his fathers side, had stayed for many huindreds of years. Freeland barbour, one time member of the wallochmor ceilidh band, plays helen scott of humbie.
Freeland barbour s musical map of scotland has been three decades in the making, writes jim gilchrist. It contains a variety of articles and biographies, written in the style of the an a to z of the accordion series, but with the larger page size and colourful visual layout of accordion. Unfollow accordion music books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The new road to atholl the scottish horse march the rebels flight from cawnpore jeans reel. It was to be a small 96 bass, 4 voice accordion, and about 24 were made one of which he. Packed with interesting articles and biographies from the historic to the most up to date.
Freeland barbour a man of many parts by charlie todd. Materials strips of paper cut to size cardstock for covers, the same size as the folded text block, bone folder or wooden craft stick. Freeland barbour and friends the music and the land the. Essential collection scottish accordion music by various. Theyre still sounding quite tentative on this, their first release.
The album includes contributions from the occasionals ceilidh band comprising freeland barbour accordion, mairi campbell fiddle, alison smith fiddle, kevin macleod tenor banjo and mandolin, gus millar drums and neil macmillan piano with guests martin carthy songs, phil cunningham accordion, ross ainslie smallpipes and. More scottish ceilidh music by various artists on amazon. Each handmade book can be displayed as a standing set of frames or as a twosided book. Accordion books contain heavy weight acidfree paper, folded and bound to hold up to ten 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 photos. The book that charts a musical map of scotland the scotsman. Freeland barbour comes from glen fincastle near pitlochry, in the heart of the highlands of scotland, and has been a very wellknown figure on the scottish music scene for many years. Check out hornpipes medley by freeland barbour on amazon music. Freeland barbour the hills of atholl music scotland. Accordion anthology published in 2016 is aimed at accordion enthusiasts, including those who are new to the instrument.