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Here's a wee experiment. This tune is featured in my latest vlog which you can watch here. https://youtu.be/G2iyeKsYeRA

This tune took me 7 years to write and I recorded it with fiddler Adam Sutherland and guitarist Michael Carr! Watch my vlog on how it came about https://youtu.be/MX1dDzJRqfs If you enjoy this content please support my Patreon http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire

This tune is taken from my vlog - On Being Curious - where I look into tunes with 'Devil' in the title. I found De'il Tak the War in The Caledonian Muse (1790) and then found out about it's history - it was written by Thomas D'Urfey in circa 1696. Thanks to the fabulous David McGuinness for 1. suggesting we perform it on harpsichord and 2. playing the harpsichord! If you like the content please consider supporting my Patreon http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire https://youtu.be/nEpaCRpVy88

This is St Mungo's Welcome to Scott Skinner played by me and great guitarist Michael Bryan. It's James Scott Skinner tune and was written for the Celtic Tournament at Glasgow 4th Nov 1889. It appears in his Harp and Claymore Collection of music. If you like this material and would like to help support my music making please check out my Patreon http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire

This tune - Yes Sir I Can Boogie - was written by Ian Carr and we recorded it in Sundsvall in Sweden! It's a funny tune! If you like this content please consider supporting my Patreon account http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire. Every little bit helps! Find out more about our music at http://www.thoumirecarr.com

I've started a new podcast on the Anchor.fm platform which means it is time to write a new theme tune! I'm very lucky to know some very talented musicians and piano player Ryan Corbett contributed some fabulous piano to this track. It's the best thing about it! You can listen to the podcast at https://anchor.fm/simon-thoumire

David and I got together to make a few vlogs and one of the outputs was the tune Coilsfield House by Nathaniel Gow. There are two version here - the first take and the second take - both subtly different. If you would like to find out more about the history behind the tune Coilsfield House watch this vlog https://youtu.be/Dv7n3KpplgM To watch my interview with David McGuinness click here https://youtu.be/gr-cOKI4Vi8 If you like this content please consider supporting my Patreon http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire You can get more information about me ➡️ http://www.simonthoumire.com ➡️ http://www.soundcloud.com/simonthoumire Twitter @simonthoumire Facebook @simonthoumiremusic Instagram @simonthoumire

Me and Mark went out to film a vlog on filmmaking in the Milngavie hills. We eventually found this log to sit on and record a couple of tunes. The jig is The Waterworks jig and the reel is Music in the Glen. If you like this content please consider supporting my Patreon account http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire Watch the whole vlog https://youtu.be/gKWZ_9CZek4 You can get more information about me ➡️ http://www.simonthoumire.com ➡️ http://www.soundcloud.com/simonthoumire Twitter @simonthoumire Facebook @simonthoumiremusic Instagram @simonthoumire

This tune is from my latest vlog 'Ask Me A Question'. Thanks for the idea @JosieDuncanSong! In this vlog I'm answering questions sent to me on Twitter and Instagram using #stquestions. Watch the whole video on YouTube here http://bit.ly/2EDcRDQ

I’ve been delving into the tune book The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and The Isles this week. It’s full of tunes chiefly acquired during the period 1715 to 1745 and it was edited by Captain Simon Fraser. We play two airs from the book - Lady to Her Husband Who Was Killed at the Battle of Culloden and Hard is my fate with the fabulous David McGuinness on harmonium and dulcitone. Support me on Patreon ➡️ http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire You can download the tunes here ➡️ https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rbFmDUSyXQBPWoQFUYspkwWe_YG-luY7 Listen to Flora McNeil singing the first song - Mo Rùn Geal Òg (also known as Cumha Uilleam Siosalach) on Spotify ➡️ https://open.spotify.com/track/7C1upbfQ32hfpi6UB8q4XN?si=kTutXbkHSES1R5t43Dfi4g You can get more information about me ➡️ http://www.simonthoumire.com ➡️ http://www.soundcloud.com/simonthoumire Twitter @simonthoumire Facebook @simonthoumiremusic Instagram @simonthoumire

This is a version of Irish Polka The Rakes of Mallow. it comes from my vlog where I look at how to put together a solo performance that will stand out from the crowd. ➡️ Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/6gYJwGxMHA8 ➡️ Support my Patreon account: http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire ➡️ Play the tune: https://thesession.org/tunes/85 ➡️ Website: http://www.simonthoumire.com Twitter @simonthoumire Facebook @simonthoumiremusic Instagram @simonthoumire

This is my ensemble Class on the 10th February 2019 as part of the IMBOLC festival in Derry. The tunes are The Raft Race (Hamish Napier) and Stinger Pinger. It was a lovely time with lots of very talented young people. Our trad future is in safe hands! Read more about IMBOLC festival here http://www.imbolcfestival.com If you like this content please support my Patreon account on http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire

I got together with fab cellist Su-a Lee to record this version of Nathaniel Gow's Largo's Fairy Dance that was written in 1802 for the Fife Hunt. The 2nd tune - The Fairy Dance - has turned into a classic of Scottish traditional music and is played across the world. The first section is not so well known and we wanted to play it for you as it is beautiful! If you like this content please consider supporting my Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire

This track is the music part of my latest vlog with Mhairi Hall. If you would like to watch the whole thing where Mhairi talks about accompaniment you can watch it here https://youtu.be/TnMggTOddPE If you like this content please consider supporting my Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire. Every little bit helps!

Here is the hornpipe The Poppy Leaf from my YouTube vlog Easy Concertina Repair - Fix that note! I've played the Poppy Leaf for years now and I still love it! If you live my content please consider supporting my Patreon http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire

I wrote this set of music based on Jim Sutherland's classic reel The Easy Club for the participants of Meitheal Summer School. The brief was to write a piece of music that could be memorised and be fun to play. Needless to say the young people were fabulous and did an amazing job. Check out Meitheal Summer School at https://tradweek.com. If you like this content please consider supporting my Patreon http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire

Here's a great reel I learn from the playing of virtuoso fiddle Liz Caroll! If you like this content please consider supporting my Patreon http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire This tune was played on my video about New Years Resolutions watch it here https://youtu.be/6G2R6UzD094

This tune was written in October 2018 in Braemar at a Live Music Now Scotland and St Margaret's Braemar teaching week. I worked with the young people to come up with ideas and we put this tune together. It's great! The musicians performing this recording are myself, Ellie McLaren (fiddle) and Brian McAlpine (piano). We used the tune as the theme tune for the 2018 FRADS Awards. If you like my content and would like to help me create more please consider supporting my Patreon account http://www.patreon.com/simonthumire

I was revisiting some old tunes the other day and I happened across Margaret's Waltz by Pat Shuldham-Shaw. It's never been one of my favourites (stupid I know) however I read up on the tune and its amazing journey to reach Scotland and it is now one of my favourite tunes! I visited fab pianist Mhairi Hall in Dunblane and we played it with the Pat's companion tune Farewell to Devon. If you enjoy my videos and music please consider supporting my Patreon on http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire This set is a video where I talk about the tunes. You can watch it here https://youtu.be/-W4xynBWkWA If you want to try the two tunes - you can find them here https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rYiCGq26KCrs5DIE2CzWBbTjI6AGQagC You can get more information about me http://www.simonthoumire.com http://www.youtube.com/simonthoumire1 http://www.twitter.com/simonthoumire http://www.facebook.com/simonthoumiremusic http://www.soundcloud.com/simonthoumire http://www.instagram.com/simonthoumire

Hands Up for Trad have a new TV programme on Facebook and YouTube and it needed an intro theme! I wrote this wee tune and recorded it with my son Charlie on bodhran and asked the fabulous Ryan Corbett to contribute a piano part. Here is 11s of music!