Famous Scottish Singers and bands

THE WENDY WEATHERBY BAND

Wendy’s large music passions have actually led the lady to sing and play at folk and jazz events worldwide. She has composed songs for theater and film and it has vast recording experience as a guest on albums including ‘The Complete Songs of Robert Burns’, and ‘The perfect Songs of Robert Tannahill’ toward Pearlfishers’s ‘Sky Meadows’.

Her own CDs: ‘A breathing on the Cold Glass’, ‘Two really loves’ (Lochshore) and ‘A Shirt of Silk or Snow’ (Fellside) reveal her passion for song plus instrumental work; she had been selected within the Scots Trad Awards 2010 as ‘Traditional Singer of Year’. the woman commissions for Celtic Connections – ‘Daybreak regarding the World’s Edge’, poems of William Soutar put for cello quartet and three male sounds, and a large scale work centered on Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s ‘Sunset Song’ – function some of the best standard artists in Scotland.

Theatre productions consist of Bill Bryden’s ‘The Ship’ and ‘The Big Picnic'; John Bett’s adaptations of Burns’s ‘The Jolly Beggars’ and ‘Para Handy’, and Wee Stories’s leading production ‘Arthur, The Story of a King’. she's composed, performed and directed music for Wee Stories, Lung Ha’s, Foolish idea, Storyteller Scotland and Mull Theatre, and currently works on a regular basis with Andy Cannon, among Scotland’s many respectable storytellers.

Wendy will continue to guest with artists of many styles – the cello becoming suitable to the dark realms regarding the singer/songwriter – teach at workshops and celebrations and, naturally, do using Wendy Weatherby Band!

TOWARDS BAND

Sandy Brechin, from Edinburgh, is amongst the greatest exponents associated with the Scottish accordion. He could be well-known throughout the world, having toured and recorded thoroughly with Bùrach, Seelyhoo, The Sandy Brechin Band along with his incredibly preferred ceilidh musical organization, The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Enjoy. Theatre shows feature Mull Theatre’s ‘The Accidental loss of an Accordionist’ and ‘The Mini-atures’ when it comes to Highland Festival.

Stevie Lawrence was involved with rock rings from their school days and ended up being mixed up in Glasgow club rock scene before turning to acoustic and roots music in the early eighties. He caused Cruachan for six many years, playing festivals and people clubs all-around Scotland before joining Iron Horse, recording three records using musical organization including touring throughout the UK, European countries, Russia and Egypt. After leaving Iron Horse, Stevie carved a career as a session musician and producer.