Tours of Scotland - Landscape and Music

I am putting together a new tour for 2005. It will be called Landscape and Music. On that wee 7 or 10 day tour my guests will be accompanied by two excellent fiddle players who will play the music of the landscape we shall visit.
Here's some details about the two musicians.

Anna-Wendy Stevenson is one of Scotland’s top young fiddlers. Born and
brought up in a family of well – known musicians and instrument makers,
Anna-Wendy began her musical career following in the classical footsteps
of her grandfather, the pianist and composer Ronald Stevenson. At the
age of 19 she won a scholarship to lead an orchestra in the USA. On
return to her native Edinburgh she rekindled her love of Scottish fiddle
music and has gone on to make her living performing and teaching the
fiddle music of Scotland. Over the past 4 years she has toured the
world with Anam and Fine Friday – two top groups from Scotland. Anna-Wendy
is passionate about all forms of Scottish music and loves the
spontanaeity of a pub session as much as much as the professional
setting of a concert. Anna-Wendy plays a fiddle given to her by her
father – the renowned fiddle maker – Gordon Stevenson.

Simon Bradley began the fiddle with the O’Carolan ceilidh band in
Manchester after being inspired by sessions in his father’s native Co.Donegal.
Moving to Edinburgh to study he worked with the top musicians like Jim
Sutherland (Easy Club), Charlie McKerron (Capercaillie), James MacIntosh
and Iain MacLeod (Shooglenifty). In 1997 he joined Asturian group Llan
de Cubel with whom he has toured the world. He is also known for his
compositions which are widely played and recorded.

Simon Bradley started his musical career playing in the O’Carolan’s
Ceili Band in Manchester with Michael McGoldrick. Sessions in his father’s
home town of Buncrana, Co. Donegal with Ciaran Tourish (Altan) and
Kevin Doherty (Four Men and a Dog) inspired the development of his own
unique style.

Moving to Edinburgh to study, Simon joined the band Miro with James
MacKintosh and Iain MacLeod (Shooglenifty). Representing Scotland at
Lorient Festival (Brittany) and recording an album in Spain while on
tour sowed the seeds for his future involvement with the traditional
music scene in Northern Spain. Back in Scotland he played and recorded
with Jim Sutherland (The Easy Club) on his solo project Someotherland
and Charlie McKerron (Capercaillie) on his solo album Big Sky.

In 1997 he was asked to join Asturian supergroup Llan de Cubel and has
since toured the world headlining festivals in South America, the US and
all over Europe. Simon has recorded three albums with Llan de Cubel
including a live recording for the Agosto es Bogota festival in Columbia
with Irish stella band Dervish in 1999.

He had the distinction of being the first non-Spaniard to win the
prestigious “Concurso de Parejas” in traditional Asturian music.
Following this honour, Simon represented Asturias (with Llan de Cubel)
at Lorient in 1998 – the year of Asturias – and played with the Asturian
Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to his achievements as a musician, Simon Bradley has
achieved widespread recognition for his ability as a composer. Renowned
groups such as Swap (Sweden), Llan de Cubel (Asturias) and Anam (UK)
have recorded his compositions in the studio, and on stage his tunes can
be heard played by both Capercaillie and Shooglenifty.

Interested in the above tour? E-Mail:Sandy Stevenson