The playing has a wonderful unspoilt, natural quality with an ever present feeling of pleasure and enjoyment in the performance. There is a lilt from the bowing and a drive from the famous "draw" on the back strings so much so that you can almost smell the peat fire and hear the "dad" of the feet in the Shetland reel.
Cullivoe Fiddlers: Angus Henry, John Henderson, Ivor Tulloch, Christopher Thomason, Barry Nisvet, and Danny Jamieson on fiddles. David Bruce Spence on guitar, Martin Henderson on piano and Kevin Tulloch on bass.
" The Cullivoe Fiddlers play music learned from their fore fathers with great respect and care. This unique tradition has kept feet flying and faces smiling arond the fire for more than one hundred years, and long may it continue to do so. Every young Shetland fiddler would be wise to listen and learn from these musicians. I hope this CD will take their music to a wider audience."............Aly Bain 2006
Customer Reviews
Cullivoe Fiddlers Linsey Nisbet
An excellent CD, recorded on a shoestring, and reflecting the superb music of this part of Shetland, very unique and very listenable. A good buy. Well done boys!!
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