Ryan's playing is really up there with the very best trad players and great to see him reinventing very old Scottish tunes rather than playing 'standards'. I get the impression that his debut album is going to be groundbreaking for Scottish fiddle music.

Seriously looking forward to playing the new album.

A beautiful traditional strathspey, which Patsy found in the Atholl Collection archive in Perth Library, followed by a brilliant crooked reel from the same collection entitled Mrs Ross's Rant. This track features Patsy on fiddle, Mhairi Hall on piano, Ben Nicholls on double bass, Fraser Fifield on soprano sax and whistle, Signy Jakobsdóttir on percussion and Mattie Foulds on kit. 

Donside - The Brightest Path (2014)

The tunes are Fetlar Top, Punch in the Dark by Gerry O'Connor, and Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland by Willie Hunter.
The fiddlers are Graham Rorie, Bernadette Kellerman, and myself.

The Fiddle Set

I'm currently at Hands Up for Trad's Tinto Summer School in South Lanarkshire. It's an amazing week with brilliant young people and fabulous tutors. There is not a lot of time to think about anything so here is a wee jig to dance to!

Tinto Duck

Scotland lost a great person on Monday - radio producer Stewart Cruickshank. Stewart was amazing to me as a young musician and amongst many things he booked my orchestra to perform 'Music for a Scottish Parliament' in 1999. I loved the gig and it gave me so much confidence to compose. I thought I would write a wee air for Stewart and here it is! You can read about Stewart here http://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/stewart-cruikshank-radio-producer/

For Stewart

A wee tune I wrote for one class and recorded for another, at Berklee this semester. 

Leaving Goodrich

Here are a couple of reels from Neil Gow's book. Can't beat a bit of Bb and F in reels. I can't see a concertina in this picture - it must be outside the picture.

Countess Of Sutherland / Dunkeld Bridge (Neil Gow)

Mareel (comp. Tom Anderson; Shetland)
For the Sailors (comp. Bernadette Kellermann)

A lovely recording session on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Glasgow! Featuring my lovely friend and ace harpist Lucie Hendry. 

Mareel / For the Sailors

Red Prairie Dawn/White Mountain Fall

MH Quartet Small Sample

Here's a short clip from a much longer set of tunes from my upcoming debut album, 'Ryan Young', featuring James Ross on piano and Leo Forde on guitar.  Recorded and produced by Jesse Lewis.  The tunes heard here are two, traditional Scottish Reels: The Nine Pint Coggie and John Of Badenyon.

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The Back Of The Change House *Album Taster*

Scholars and graduates from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, accompanied by Ceol Alba. With support from Scotch Whisky society Keepers of the Quaich.

The Back Of The Change House Album Taster

Ryan Young Fiddle

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