Used to be Bonnie Isle of Whalsay, now it's Robbie Tamson's Smiddy, but the competition from Miss Spence's is pretty fierce, too. You'll find some other excellent ones here among the tunes as well.
I am absolutely Shetland-mad ! My favorite is Tame Her When the Snow Comes, and I have too many close seconds to count! Jack is Still Alive is IMO the best-known one, and a great tune it is. Lassie's Trust in Providence, Millbrae (I think that's Shetland), The New-Rigged Ship, The Full-Rigged Ship.
Viva Shetland! I am hoping to attend the Shetland Fiddle Frenzy, if not this year, the next.
Yeah I adore the New-Rigged Ship! Found some more tunes recently and am learning them atm. Cheers! I will probably be promoted to your status of "Shetland-mad!" soon!
Do a search on this site for Ronnie Cooper - you will unearth plenty of great tunes (eg Millbrae).
Also have a forage in the Recordings section for Aly Bain/Fiddler's Bid/Jenna Reid/The Silver Bow
Can anyone recommend a good album of shetland stuff? I only really know it from the occasional track on the albums of Irish artists, but Id like to learn some from the source. Thanks!
The Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland by Willie Hunter is a great tune - there's a good ABC on the Cranford site: http://www.cranfordpub.com/recordings/Hunter_Willie.htm .
"Bob McQuillan's" must be a Shetland tune as Aly Bain is given as the composer - I have that on a Tommy Peoples cd - brilliant
Strongly recommend you mouse on over to Footstompin' Celtic Music at http://www.footstompin.com/ They have a great selection, and I have been very pleased with their service.
Anything by Aly Bain with or without any of his associates, but the two real must-haves are: Fully Rigged and Beyond the Stacks.
"the two real must-haves are: Fully Rigged and Beyond the Stacks."
They are great albums with elements of Shetland and Nordic style in them but not typical.
That's what I love about Shetland musicians though - they're so eclectic
Da Shaads O' Foula. Played at a deliberate rather than very speedy pace, this jig suggests the majesty of mighty waves rolling in off the Atlantic to crash against Shetland's various islands, Foula being a particularly remote and intriguing one. I feel similarly about the reel Spootiskerry.
Just for historys' sake. Shetland DID used to be a part of Norway until it was gifted to Scotland hundreds of years ago.
Many older Shetlanders still wish they were part of Norway, and I don't really blame them. Many villages in Shetland have Norwegian names, and in Lerwick many street names are Norwegian in Origin. You'll also find that many Shetlanders have Norwegian surnames.
Shetland music is played at a much faster pace than the music on Scottish mainland, and the boston-two step ( 6/8 )
is the most popular dance there. There's probably more musicians per square mile in Shetland than in any other part of the UK.
As far as my favourite tunes go, I love all of the late Ronnie Cooper tunes, but one of my favourites is a tune composed by Jim Halcrow called Edwin Flaws two-step.
Shetland Stuff
Shetland Stuff
Just realised that I love Shetland Fiddle Tunes!
Just wanted know of everyone's FAVOURITE Shetland Fiddle Tune...I'd love to know and try to learn them!
Thankyou, Dan
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by D.J.F.
Re: Shetland Stuff
Used to be Bonnie Isle of Whalsay, now it's Robbie Tamson's Smiddy, but the competition from Miss Spence's is pretty fierce, too. You'll find some other excellent ones here among the tunes as well.
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by reedy grins
Re: Shetland Stuff
I am absolutely Shetland-mad ! My favorite is Tame Her When the Snow Comes, and I have too many close seconds to count! Jack is Still Alive is IMO the best-known one, and a great tune it is. Lassie's Trust in Providence, Millbrae (I think that's Shetland), The New-Rigged Ship, The Full-Rigged Ship.
Viva Shetland! I am hoping to attend the Shetland Fiddle Frenzy, if not this year, the next.
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by cathrynb
Re: Shetland Stuff
Yeah I adore the New-Rigged Ship! Found some more tunes recently and am learning them atm. Cheers! I will probably be promoted to your status of "Shetland-mad!" soon!
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by D.J.F.
Re: Shetland Stuff
Do a search on this site for Ronnie Cooper - you will unearth plenty of great tunes (eg Millbrae).
Also have a forage in the Recordings section for Aly Bain/Fiddler's Bid/Jenna Reid/The Silver Bow
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by domnull
Re: Shetland Stuff
Mrs Susan Cooper is a great one. I recently came to the same realization...great tunes they is all.
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by Splendid Isolation
Re: Shetland Stuff
Can anyone recommend a good album of shetland stuff? I only really know it from the occasional track on the albums of Irish artists, but Id like to learn some from the source. Thanks!
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by Splendid Isolation
Re: Shetland Stuff
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1781
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by domnull
Re: Shetland Stuff
Awesome, thanks!
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by Splendid Isolation
Re: Shetland Stuff
The Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland by Willie Hunter is a great tune - there's a good ABC on the Cranford site: http://www.cranfordpub.com/recordings/Hunter_Willie.htm .
"Bob McQuillan's" must be a Shetland tune as Aly Bain is given as the composer - I have that on a Tommy Peoples cd - brilliant
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by RichardB
Re: Shetland Stuff
I'd recommend "The WIllie Hunter Sessions" by Willie HUnter & Violet Tulloch for a very enjoyable album, not just one to learn tunes from but listen to.
http://www.musicinscotland.com/acatalog/Willie_Hunter_CDs.html
I also like WIllie's playing of the Faroe Rum/Aandowin at da Bow/Forfeit o da Ship set .
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by Bren
Re: Shetland Stuff
Oot Be Est Da Vong!
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by slainte
Re: Shetland Stuff
Strongly recommend you mouse on over to Footstompin' Celtic Music at http://www.footstompin.com/ They have a great selection, and I have been very pleased with their service.
Anything by Aly Bain with or without any of his associates, but the two real must-haves are: Fully Rigged and Beyond the Stacks.
The Strathspey King.
Anything at all by Boys of the Lough.
Da Homin
Fiddlers' Bid -- Naked and Bare
That should get you started.
# Posted on October 31st 2007 by cathrynb
Re: Shetland Stuff
My SO calls "Oot Be Est Da Vong" "The IKEA Reel" because it sounds like a piece of scandinavian home-assembly furniture ( the title, not the tune ).
# Posted on November 1st 2007 by Guernsey Pete
Re: Shetland Stuff
The full rigged ship is one of my favorite tunes.
And that one that goes daahh dum diddlly um da doo dum da diddly um da..........
# Posted on November 1st 2007 by piobagusfidil
Re: Shetland Stuff
I like The Full Rigged Ship/The New Rigged Ship set.
# Posted on November 1st 2007 by dafydd
Re: Shetland Stuff
"the two real must-haves are: Fully Rigged and Beyond the Stacks."
They are great albums with elements of Shetland and Nordic style in them but not typical.
That's what I love about Shetland musicians though - they're so eclectic
# Posted on November 1st 2007 by Bren
Re: Shetland Stuff
Day Dawn andTrowie Burn.
# Posted on November 2nd 2007 by Freddy Frog
Re: Shetland Stuff
Da Shaads O' Foula. Played at a deliberate rather than very speedy pace, this jig suggests the majesty of mighty waves rolling in off the Atlantic to crash against Shetland's various islands, Foula being a particularly remote and intriguing one. I feel similarly about the reel Spootiskerry.
# Posted on December 17th 2007 by nicholas
Re: Shetland Stuff
Just for historys' sake. Shetland DID used to be a part of Norway until it was gifted to Scotland hundreds of years ago.
Many older Shetlanders still wish they were part of Norway, and I don't really blame them. Many villages in Shetland have Norwegian names, and in Lerwick many street names are Norwegian in Origin. You'll also find that many Shetlanders have Norwegian surnames.
Shetland music is played at a much faster pace than the music on Scottish mainland, and the boston-two step ( 6/8 )
is the most popular dance there. There's probably more musicians per square mile in Shetland than in any other part of the UK.
As far as my favourite tunes go, I love all of the late Ronnie Cooper tunes, but one of my favourites is a tune composed by Jim Halcrow called Edwin Flaws two-step.
# Posted on March 7th 2008 by Graham Wilson