A new weekly instrumental session will start at the Canons’ Gait pub on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile on Wednesday 22nd February 2012. 9pm-11pm (hours may change later).
All welcome, whatever standard.
Any enquiries, contact Canons’ Gait 0131 556 4481, or Bob Murray 0131 552 1220 (bob@bobmurray.co.uk)
The session's away to a flying start, with seventeen musicians at the first night ! Two hours of tunes !
Others are welcome to come along and join in. If you were looking for a rating, the tunes and speed would probably be called "intermediate", and we hope to straddle that ground so that session newbies will feel just as comfortable as old hands and even professionals.
The map that comes up on these pages is rubbish (sometimes ?). The Canons' Gait is on The Canongate (part of the Royal Mile) between New Street and Jeffrey Street.
If you follow the map you'll maybe end up in somebody's garden......
We've now had ten weekly sessions since we started in February, so here's an update;
We're normally getting between a dozen and twenty musicians. Cheery and easy-going. An we're now getting a later pass, so it usually carries on to about 11.15 or 11.20, but maybe even a bit later if the music is unstoppable !
And good feedback from participants; the acoustics and layout are better than some other session pubs - we can all be in one big circle and can all see each other. The pub is also a good beer-drinker's pub, taking pride in its drinks, and usually has a decent beer available at £2.50 a pint.
New Traditional Session in the Royal Mile
A new weekly instrumental session will start at the Canons’ Gait pub on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile on Wednesday 22nd February 2012. 9pm-11pm (hours may change later).
All welcome, whatever standard.
Any enquiries, contact Canons’ Gait 0131 556 4481, or Bob Murray 0131 552 1220 (bob@bobmurray.co.uk)
# Posted on February 3rd 2012 by Bob Murray
Well and truly...
The session's away to a flying start, with seventeen musicians at the first night ! Two hours of tunes !
Others are welcome to come along and join in. If you were looking for a rating, the tunes and speed would probably be called "intermediate", and we hope to straddle that ground so that session newbies will feel just as comfortable as old hands and even professionals.
# Posted on February 23rd 2012 by Bob Murray
Location Map
The map that comes up on these pages is rubbish (sometimes ?). The Canons' Gait is on The Canongate (part of the Royal Mile) between New Street and Jeffrey Street.
If you follow the map you'll maybe end up in somebody's garden......
# Posted on May 2nd 2012 by Bob Murray
Update
We've now had ten weekly sessions since we started in February, so here's an update;
We're normally getting between a dozen and twenty musicians. Cheery and easy-going. An we're now getting a later pass, so it usually carries on to about 11.15 or 11.20, but maybe even a bit later if the music is unstoppable !
And good feedback from participants; the acoustics and layout are better than some other session pubs - we can all be in one big circle and can all see each other. The pub is also a good beer-drinker's pub, taking pride in its drinks, and usually has a decent beer available at £2.50 a pint.
# Posted on May 2nd 2012 by Bob Murray