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We finish off the 2024 concert series in a fabulously festive style...Time Edey's Celtic Christmas! The show will be opened by Southport-based trio, The Wanderers.ABOUT TIM EDEY
Tim Edey is a double BBC Musician of the Year, BBC ALBA/Scotland Best Traditional Musician 2020, BBC Radio 2 Musician of the Year 2012 award-winning guitarist and melodeon player.
Tim has toured the world and recorded with most of the major names in Celtic and contemporary roots music including; The Chieftains, Christy Moore, Sharon Shannon, Ross Ainslie, Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy, Altan, Capercaillie, Brendan Power, Michael McGoldrick, Seamus Begley, Dougie Maclean, Kevin Burke, Liam O'Maonlai, The Barra MacNeills, JP Cormier, Shaun Davey, Session A9, Lunasa, Vinnie Kilduff , Mary Black, Session A9, Julie Fowlis, Frankie Gavin...to name but a few!!
Tim is now a name on the world stage in his own right after seventeen years of hard work, and is rated by many to be one of the world's finest ever melodeon and guitar players in the folk and contemporary scene today. When you see him action at this concert, you'll understand why.
2023 saw him release his Celtic Christmas album, featuring a variety of festive tunes ranging from traditional carols to arrangements of contemporary classics such as Fairytale Of New York and The Snowman. This concert is all about getting us in the Christmas spirit!
Originally from Broadstairs in Kent and of Irish descent, Tim honed his style learning from his father Richard, a fine guitarist himself, and listening to Ed Boyd, Steve Cooney and Django Reinhardt. He has lived in Ireland and now resides in Perthshire, Scotland where he is based with his family.
“My favourite guitarist in the whole world” Natalie MacMaster
"A ferocious passion and a beautiful tenderness, sensitivity, respect, understanding & love perpetually shines out through the music of virtuoso musician Tim Edey.” Sharon Shannon
"Stunning!" Aled Jones
“Tim Edey plays a host of different instruments to a standard us mere mortals can only dream of. Listen and weep”Jim Byrne, The Living Tradition
Website: timedey.com
ABOUT THE WANDERERS
The trio features the musical talents of Southport's Bothy Folk Club residents Pete Rimmer (guitar) and Chris Nelson (fiddle), along with Colin Maddocks (bass). They will be performing arrangements of songs we all know and love, and doubtlessly a festive song or two along the way...Ho, Ho, Ho!!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Dean Wood Golf Club, Lafford Lane, Upholland,Skelmersdale, United Kingdom
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