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We use the following bands for ceilidh collective events, and we give them all major thumbs up! Experienced, alternative, and fun - top musicians on top form...
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Hud Yer Wheesht
www.myspace.com/hudyerwheesht
andyjrbrewster@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: Andy on 0131 455 8480
Hud Yer Wheesht are a 5-piece ceilidh band with a modern style, funky for the fast dances and laid back/jazzy for the slower ones. We are not accordion-led, and you can expect good tunes and interesting arrangements, with the occasional rhythm break but we don’t lose sight of your basic need to dance. The line-up is drum kit, guitar, bass, and 2 lead instruments: flute and fiddle, or fiddle x 2, or fiddle & mandolin.
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Cosmic Ceilidh Band
http://www.cosmicceilidhband.com/
Tel: Mo on 07878 829 685
Lets get the cliches out of the way first, the Cosmic Ceilidh Band are out of this world, off their planet and just what any wedding, function or event needs. They formed from a gaseous cloud earlier this millenium and are well on their way to stardom.
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The Belle Star Band
http://www.musicscotland.com/bellestars/
gica@loening.com
Tel: Gica on 0781 465 7209
One of Scotland's top all-women dance bands, The Belle Star Band have got to be unique in spanning three cultures - Scottish Urban Ceilidh, Jewish Klezmer and Canadian/American Contradance. Their great sense of swing, strong fiddle-driven sound and love of playing for dancing make them the glue in any social gathering. Now available for weddings, bar mitzvahs, festivals, parties, conferences... meet the band - Jenny Gardner, Alison Cowie & Gica Loening (fiddles), Cathy Wood (acoustic guitar & caller) and Lynn Sampsell (electric & double bass).
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The Robert Fish Band
http://www.therobertfishband.co.uk/
sarah@therobertfishband.co.uk
The Robert Fish Band have been getting folk on their feet in Edinburgh and beyond for well over a decade. They spend many a Saturday night "walking the line between tradition and innovation with sparkling flair - and a highly contagious sense of fun" (Sue Wilson) and have played venues from Blackpool to Brittany, from Leipzig to Lochaber, from Glasgow Green to Gilmerton Miners' Welfare Club. The band play and call the steps to all the well-known Scottish ceilidh dances and a few of the more unusual ones besides, with a line-up of fiddle, accordion/whistle, guitar, bass and percussion.
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Also to mention our very first band Wild Geese, and another wonderful and regular band over the past five years, Threesome Reel. Although band members have moved on to other things, rest assured that the music still runs strong through their veins. Thanks for all your hard work over the years.
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