26th (or rather early hours of the 27th) January 2017 at Art School, Glasgow.

Festival Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Britain (Scotland)/Australia (Danish resident). Style: "Pan-Atlantic Mighty Folk".

Lineup: Hal Parfitt-Murray (violin/v), Andreas Tophøj (violin), Anders Ringgaard (chromatic accordion/trombone), Ale Carr ('cittern' a.k.a. låtmandola).

Basco was founded in 2003 by students at the Music Academy in Odense. They included Hal Parfitt-Murray born in Aberdeen to a Scots father and English mother and raised in Australia, before moving to Denmark. In recent years they have been joined by Ale Carr from Sweden who I saw at last year's Festival with Dreamer's Circus, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157664181899419/. The band play mostly original compositions (they did do a version of "Sir Patrick Spens"), though in their own words "stealing shamelessly and frivolously from Scandinavian, English, Celtic and American idioms to create a kind of organic, soupy stew".
More information: www.bascoband.com/, www.facebook.com/Bascoband/.

Tags:   Folk Music World Music Great Britain Scotland Australia Basco Hal Parfitt-Murray Violin Celtic Connections Festival Club Art School

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26th (or rather early hours of the 27th) January 2017 at Art School, Glasgow.

Festival Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Britain (Scotland)/Australia (Danish resident). Style: "Pan-Atlantic Mighty Folk".

Lineup: Hal Parfitt-Murray (violin/v), Andreas Tophøj (violin), Anders Ringgaard (chromatic accordion/trombone), Ale Carr ('cittern' a.k.a. låtmandola).

Basco was founded in 2003 by students at the Music Academy in Odense. They included Hal Parfitt-Murray born in Aberdeen to a Scots father and English mother and raised in Australia, before moving to Denmark. In recent years they have been joined by Ale Carr from Sweden who I saw at last year's Festival with Dreamer's Circus, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157664181899419/. The band play mostly original compositions (they did do a version of "Sir Patrick Spens"), though in their own words "stealing shamelessly and frivolously from Scandinavian, English, Celtic and American idioms to create a kind of organic, soupy stew".
More information: www.bascoband.com/, www.facebook.com/Bascoband/.

Tags:   Folk Music World Music Great Britain Scotland Australia Basco Hal Parfitt-Murray Celtic Connections Festival Club Art School

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26th (or rather early hours of the 27th) January 2017 at Art School, Glasgow.

Festival Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Denmark. Style: "Pan-Atlantic Mighty Folk".

Lineup: Hal Parfitt-Murray (violin/v), Andreas Tophøj (violin), Anders Ringgaard (chromatic accordion/trombone), Ale Carr ('cittern' a.k.a. låtmandola).

Basco was founded in 2003 by students at the Music Academy in Odense. They included Hal Parfitt-Murray born in Aberdeen to a Scots father and English mother and raised in Australia, before moving to Denmark. In recent years they have been joined by Ale Carr from Sweden who I saw at last year's Festival with Dreamer's Circus, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157664181899419/. The band play mostly original compositions (they did do a version of "Sir Patrick Spens"), though in their own words "stealing shamelessly and frivolously from Scandinavian, English, Celtic and American idioms to create a kind of organic, soupy stew".
More information: www.bascoband.com/, www.facebook.com/Bascoband/.

Tags:   Folk Music World Music Denmark Basco Andreas Tophøj Violin Celtic Connections Festival Club Art School

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26th (or rather early hours of the 27th) January 2017 at Art School, Glasgow.

Festival Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Denmark. Style: "Pan-Atlantic Mighty Folk".

Lineup: Hal Parfitt-Murray (violin/v), Andreas Tophøj (violin), Anders Ringgaard (chromatic accordion/trombone), Ale Carr ('cittern' a.k.a. låtmandola).

Basco was founded in 2003 by students at the Music Academy in Odense. They included Hal Parfitt-Murray born in Aberdeen to a Scots father and English mother and raised in Australia, before moving to Denmark. In recent years they have been joined by Ale Carr from Sweden who I saw at last year's Festival with Dreamer's Circus, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157664181899419/. The band play mostly original compositions (they did do a version of "Sir Patrick Spens"), though in their own words "stealing shamelessly and frivolously from Scandinavian, English, Celtic and American idioms to create a kind of organic, soupy stew".
In this photo: Ringgaard plays a Bugari Chromatic Accordion.
More information: www.bascoband.com/, www.facebook.com/Bascoband/.

Tags:   Folk Music World Music Denmark Basco Anders Ringgaard Chromatic Accordion Accordion Celtic Connections Festival Club Art School

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26th (or rather early hours of the 27th) January 2017 at Art School, Glasgow.

Festival Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Denmark. Style: "Pan-Atlantic Mighty Folk".

Lineup: Hal Parfitt-Murray (violin/v), Andreas Tophøj (violin), Anders Ringgaard (chromatic accordion/trombone), Ale Carr ('cittern' a.k.a. låtmandola).

Basco was founded in 2003 by students at the Music Academy in Odense. They included Hal Parfitt-Murray born in Aberdeen to a Scots father and English mother and raised in Australia, before moving to Denmark. In recent years they have been joined by Ale Carr from Sweden who I saw at last year's Festival with Dreamer's Circus, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157664181899419/. The band play mostly original compositions (they did do a version of "Sir Patrick Spens"), though in their own words "stealing shamelessly and frivolously from Scandinavian, English, Celtic and American idioms to create a kind of organic, soupy stew".
More information: www.bascoband.com/, www.facebook.com/Bascoband/.

Tags:   Folk Music World Music Denmark Basco Anders Ringgaard Trombone Celtic Connections Festival Club Art School

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