Event Category: Music

Festive Sunday Brunch -The North Coast Jazz BandIn Concert What better way to start the holidays early than with a lively Sunday afternoon of Trad Jazz / Dixieland from our very own Caithness and Sutherland based North Coast Jazz Band? This seven piece line up are Peter Dyson (piano), Mark Edwards (clarinet and saxophone), Donald… Continue reading Festive Sunday Brunch -The North Coast Jazz Band

La Boum! Drawing inspiration from all over the world the music is essentially song driven, at once highly danceable and delicate. The sound of La Boum! is a big one. The ten piece is distinguished by the guitar and voice of Tom Salter, which bring echoes of the music and musicians he has worked with… Continue reading La Boum!

Todd Gordon sings Irving Berlin Todd Gordon has established himself as one of the country’s most popular singers and performers. His encyclopaedic knowledge of the Great American Songbook (featuring composers: Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, George & Ira Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart and so forth), dates back to his early teens. Indeed, in 1975… Continue reading Todd Gordon sings Irving Berlin

Brass Jaw Saxophone Quartet Brass Jaw : The Saxophone Quartet, conceived in the late summer of 2003. This ensemble brings together the talents of some of the finest saxophonists in the Scottish Jazz circuit. While there are many examples of the saxophone quartet in jazz history, it’s relatively rare on the contemporary British scene. Watching… Continue reading Brass Jaw Saxophone Quartet

BLAS Festival – Julie Fowlis and the North Highland Fiddlers With Eamon Doorley & Ross Martin Performing at a professional level for several years now, Julie has worked with top musicians and singers both through solo work and with the dynamic band,

Sophie Bancroft (Jazz) After a musically rebellious teenage era, at the age of 17 Sophie expressed her desire to be a jazz singer to her father, who promptly sat her down and played her his favourite albums by Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Astrud Gilberto and started singing regularly with the family band. … Continue reading Sophie Bancroft (Jazz)

Mairi Macleod, harpist “Teudan Binn” (Musical Strings) Admission to this concert will be free of charge to celebrate Caithness Arts Week 2005. This was made possible by the Community Events Fund. Please book in advance as seating limited. Presenting multi-talented music student Mairi Macleod playing a range of traditional, classical and modern music on Clarsach, Concert… Continue reading Mairi Macleod, harpist

Eleanor McAvoy(Folk, Irish) It was obvious from an early age where Eleanor McEvoy’s interests lay. The career of one of Ireland’s most popular songwriters started at age four when she performed at an Irish music competition as the lead singer in her sister’s band. At eight, she took up the violin, and attended the College… Continue reading Eleanor McAvoy (Folk, Irish)

Tina May & Nikki Iles (Jazz) Tina has been a prominent part of the jazz scene since 1981 and won the BT British Jazz Award 1998 for Best Vocalist. A dusty soprano with a three octave range, she is a flexible, imaginative interpreter of both traditional and contemporary songs. …….Iles,who often performs in duet with… Continue reading Tina May & Nikki Iles (Jazz)

Janet Seidel (Jazz) Janet Seidel is described in the most recent ‘Penguin Guide to Jazz’ as: “Australia’s first lady of Jazz singing“. Janet, on vocals and piano, will be joined by her brother David Seidel on double Bass and Chuck Morgan on guitar.  This excellent trio from Down Under present much of the work of… Continue reading Janet Seidel (Jazz)