Release Date: 01 September 2017
Label: Greentrax
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5018081039524
Genres: Folk  English Folk  
Release Date: 01 September 2017
Label: Greentrax
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5018081039524
Genres: Folk  English Folk  
Description
Matt Tighe is a very talented fiddle player born in London. His love of traditional music came from listening to his parents' record collection, including The Chieftains and Tom McConville and Pauline Kato.
After attending the Cambridhe Folk Festival in 2009 and listening to and watching Traditionalo music performers first hand, Matt decided to start learning the fiddle in earnest. Eight years on he is an acrive member of the UK folk scene, playing at festivals, clubs and sessions on a regular basis. He has been a finalist twice in the Danny Kyle Open Stage at Celtic Connections, an All Britain Fiddle Champion and a semi-finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards. HIs style of fiddle playing is greatly influenced by the music of County Clare in Ireland, where his teachers, Dermot Crehan and Brendan Mulcaire, are linked to. Matt has also been heavily involved in Scottish music at Cambridge Folk Festivalo and on his many trips to Glasgow.
He is currently studying Classical Violin at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with John Crawford. Scotland's Brian McNeill, an outstanding fiddler himself of course, spotted Matt and very quickly set up a deal with Greentrax Recordngs to record Matt's debut album. The album was produced by Brian.
Tracklisting
Brian McNeill
Eric Bogle
Dick Gaughan
Ian Bruce And The Tartan Spiders
Alan Bell
Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller
Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan
Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
Jon Doran & The Northern Assembly
The Home Service
Nick Harper
Banter
Mat Green & Andy Turner
Leon Rosselson
Various Artists