Gary Innes is making a name for himself with his amazing box playing. His accordion is purple which adds interest (to say the least!) to his stage appearances. Gary plays and writes very well in traditional and contemporary Scottish styles and can truly be said to be the new face of Scottish accordion playing. This album stands out for the skilled arrangements, the range of styles and the gathering of talented guests who join Gary to play the music.
Guest Musicians: Duncan Lyall - double bass; Martin O'Neill - drum kit, bodhran; Darren MacLean - vocals; Simon Moran - fiddle; Jen Butterworth - vocals; Hamish Napier - whistles, flute, backing vocals; Donald Shaw - keyboards; Ewen Robertson - guitar; Fraser Stone - drum kit, percussion; Kathleen Graham - vocals; Anna Massie - guitar, fiddle, Electric guitar, mandolin, banjo; Duncan Nicholson - whistles, Highland pipes, scottish small pipes, Uillean pipes; Angus MacPhail - backing vocals.
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This is a must-buy album for any music lover
"Fantastic playing, backing and production. This is a must-buy album for any music lover."
..this first recording will blow your socks off!
"Gary Innes is the latest in a line of young box players hailing from the Lochaber area. His 'locomotive' style has been wooing audiences up and down the country and this first recording will blow your socks off!"
a rake of Scots, Irish and Innes' own tunes brimming with digital dexterity and just inside the speed limit.
The term is old, even if 'craic' is an Irish neologism, and the dozen young musicians here are having a good lot of it, piling up pipes, fiddle, flute, whistle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, drums, keyboard, bass and clarsach behind their Lochaber leader's piano accordion. There are a couple of sweetly paced marches, three guest singers - William Ross' evergreen 'Filoro' is performed with great Gaelic gusto, there's a country rock Tennessee Waltz then a gentle clarsach-led song for a new baby in 'Orans do Cheit' - and a rake of Scots, Irish and Innes' own tunes brimming with digital dexterity and just inside the speed limit.
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