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Ian Holmes LP ‘Sounds Scottish’ now on CD, Scotland – UKby Rob Howard |
‘Sounds Scottish’, a 1963 LP by the Ian Holmes Scottish Dance Band, has just been released on CD, also available as a download. Ian Holmes led one of Scotland’s leading dance bands, and has since composed, performed and recorded much dance music in Scandinavian and Swiss styles. Originally a piano accordion player, the still very active Ian Holmes nowadays plays Continental chromatic and various diatonic button systems. Tracks: Jean’s Reel/High Level Hornpipe/Tony Reid of Balnakilly; Beauty of the North/ Marchioness of Huntly/Pat Cushnie's Strathspey/Caerlaverock Castle; Maiden Of Morven / In Praise of Islay/Farewell to Fuinary; Duchess Of Edinburgh/Eilean Donan Castle; The Mason's Apron; The Atholl Highlanders/Wade's Welcome to Inverness/There Cam' A Young Man; Teetotaler's Reel/Peter Davidson/The Moving Cloud; Madge Wildfire’s Strathspey/Mrs Garden of Troupe/Lady Charlotte Campbell/The Lass of Corrie Mill; The Devorgilla Reel/The Earl Of Dalhousie/David Findlay; The Firelight Waltz/Doreen/The South West Wind; The 78th Highlanders/Flett From Flotta/Hills of Alva; The Honeymoon/The Newhaven Jig/Ian Holmes' Compliments to Jimmy Shand For further information email: support@allcelticmusic.com |