Award-winning duo on tour
Top traditional musicians Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham are coming on tour.
The BBC Folk Awardwinning duo have dates in Argyll, Lochaber and the islands as part of their extensive 35-gig tour round Scotland.
Their magical music and quick-witted performances win audiences all over – earlier this summer they took to the stage at Killin Music Festival.
Phil, Artistic Director of Scottish Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and widely regarded as the most exciting and innovative accordion player of the times, has also worked with Hollywood film orchestrator and composer John Ashton Thomas on orchestration and arrangements and, between gigs this year, is busy on a new BBC series on piping.
Aly now holds five honorary Doctor of Music degrees and was honoured in 2013’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards with a lifetime achievement award. His now world-acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions went network in the USA in 2014 and he is working on more.
The pair will be at Mokfest at Campbeltown Heritage Centre on Saturday, August 11, Aros Hall in Tobermory on Tuesday August 21 then the next night at Bunessan Village Hall on Mull and at Ballachulish Village Hall on Thursday August 23. They will also be playing at Sabhal Mor Ostaig in Sleat on Skye on Wednesday September 19 and at Iochdar Hall on Uist on Saturday September 22.
To get tickets go to philandaly.com