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Siobhan Miller and Jeana Leslie feat. Aaron Jones
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Barbados Celtic Festival, Atlantis Hotel, Tent Bay St Joseph -
St Joseph -
Barbados
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 Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg once said that it takes three ingredients to maintain a long-running folk band: a ready source of material, dedication and a revolving door personnel policy. Coming from musically-fertile Aberdeenshire, Old Blind Dogs were never going to have a problem with songs and tunes. Dedication? Their near 15-year history covers that one. And while they have some way to go to equal Fairport's thirtysomething sometime members, the Dogs can hold their heads up when it comes to offering job opportunities. Only fiddler, guitarist and mandolinist Johnny Hardie remains from the original group.
But the Dogs continue to thrive, regularly touring the US and across Europe, and the current line-up is, arguably, the strongest yet. New Dog Aaron Jones added his superbly accomplished bouzouki accompaniments last year and, although piper Rory Campbell's rich Barra connections and Jim Malcolm's Perthshire lore may have loosened the North East's grip on the repertoire, the Dogs' credo of playing Scottish traditional music with a contemporary edge remains very much intact.
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