AndyVocoustic Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Monday 15th MayAberdeen Arts CentreFree from 7:30pm As part of the Aberdeen Word Festival Fringe 2006 a Shetland night featuring talks and music from Donald Anderson (my old english teacher!) and Jillian Isbister. ---from http://www.wordfringe.co.uk: Shetland invites all writers groups and writers alone-out-there (we even invite those who just like to listen and kick up their heels) to gather for a Shetland night of words and music. The ferry disgorges Shetland writers James Sinclair, Jennifer Perry, Christian S Tait and Matthew Wright for word 06, but they’ll be staying around to host this wordfringe event at Aberdeen Arts Centre. Come along and hear short sharp sets with each Shetlander teamed with a member of Aberdeens’ writerly groups – Helen Elizabeth Ramsey of Lemon Tree Writers, Douglas W Gray of Dead Good Poets, Mark Pithie of Spring Tides Poetry Group and Moira Brown of Aberdeen Writers' Circle. The Shetland music will be the original songs of Donald Anderson and Jillian Isbister, who’ll stick around to crank out the tunes for the hooley in the bar. Café/bar open till late. Jillian Isbister is a well established musician in Shetland and is fast making waves on the mainland. At only 17 years of age she has already played over 100 gigs in Shetland, and festivals on the mainland including Celtic Connections in Glasgow where she won a Danny award in 2005, one of only 6 awarded each year to newcomers from all over the world. As a result of this she was invited back to perform in 2006, and ended up with 9 performances over the 3 weeks! One of these performances gave her the opportunity to perform alongside Eddi Reader and her band. Jillian also provided musical interludes for Iain Anderson in Conversation. Jillian has just released a 4 track EP entitled My Smaa Temple, with a title track for which she wrote the music and Marie Williamson wrote the lyrics. Marie, from Shetland, is a very talented songwriter and pens most of the original material that Jillian performs. Tracks from this EP have received radio play, both locally and on Radio Scotland. Donald Anderson released his debut CD, Waterhead Sky in May 2005. He lives in a small village on the west coast of Shetland and has been playing guitar, singing and writing songs for at least twenty years. Currently, Donald is preparing to play at the Shetland Blues Festival with his band, The Donald Anderson Band. He has made numerous appearances at the Shetland Folk Festival over the last decade, both as a solo performer and as a member of the Shining Pool. He received excellent reviews in the press and Iain Anderson has played tracks from the album on his show on BBC Radio Scotland. Andy 8O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ichorus Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Monday 15th MayAberdeen Arts CentreFree from 7:30pm As part of the Aberdeen Wrod Festival Fringe 2006 a Shetland night featuring talks and music from Donald Anderson (my old english teacher!) and Jillian Isbister. ---from http://www.wordfringe.co.uk: Shetland invites all writers groups and writers alone-out-there (we even invite those who just like to listen and kick up their heels) to gather for a Shetland night of words and music. The ferry disgorges Shetland writers James Sinclair, Jennifer Perry, Christian S Tait and Matthew Wright for word 06, but they’ll be staying around to host this wordfringe event at Aberdeen Arts Centre. Come along and hear short sharp sets with each Shetlander teamed with a member of Aberdeens’ writerly groups – Helen Elizabeth Ramsey of Lemon Tree Writers, Douglas W Gray of Dead Good Poets, Mark Pithie of Spring Tides Poetry Group and Moira Brown of Aberdeen Writers' Circle. The Shetland music will be the original songs of Donald Anderson and Jillian Isbister, who’ll stick around to crank out the tunes for the hooley in the bar. Café/bar open till late. -- Jillian Isbister is a well established musician in Shetland and is fast making waves on the mainland. At only 17 years of age she has already played over 100 gigs in Shetland, and festivals on the mainland including Celtic Connections in Glasgow where she won a Danny award in 2005, one of only 6 awarded each year to newcomers from all over the world. As a result of this she was invited back to perform in 2006, and ended up with 9 performances over the 3 weeks! One of these performances gave her the opportunity to perform alongside Eddi Reader and her band. Jillian also provided musical interludes for Iain Anderson in Conversation. Jillian has just released a 4 track EP entitled My Smaa Temple, with a title track for which she wrote the music and Marie Williamson wrote the lyrics. Marie, from Shetland, is a very talented songwriter and pens most of the original material that Jillian performs. Tracks from this EP have received radio play, both locally and on Radio Scotland. Donald Anderson released his debut CD, Waterhead Sky in May 2005. He lives in a small village on the west coast of Shetland and has been playing guitar, singing and writing songs for at least twenty years. Currently, Donald is preparing to play at the Shetland Blues Festival with his band, The Donald Anderson Band. He has made numerous appearances at the Shetland Folk Festival over the last decade, both as a solo performer and as a member of the Shining Pool. He received excellent reviews in the press and Iain Anderson has played tracks from the album on his show on BBC Radio Scotland. Andy 8O interesting stuff man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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