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Welcome to my website. Here I will keep you up-to-date with performances, recordings and other projects.
My
aim has always been to make music that interests me and I am constantly
exploring new ideas and sounds that contribute to my projects. I enjoy
making music that is traditional or explorative or a little bit of both.
I am not a big fan of music labelling (although often unavoidable!) and
have always considered myself a musician rather than the more specific
- folk, fusion, contemporary or traditional musician.
The one theme that threads throughout all my projects is the Scottish identity, culture and all aspects of life associated with them. I am a big believer in our nation and its qualities (although not all positive) and I want my music to reflect this.
I hope you find this site useful and if you have any queries please contact me. Please check back regularly to see what is going on. For more information about my other activities please check out the following websites: Foot Stompin' Records (www.footstompin.com), Hands Up for Trad (www.handsupfortrad.co.uk), Distil (www.distil.org.uk).
NEWS
13/11/2007: Come and hear my Scots
Fiddle concerto at Fiddle 2007
27/08/2007: YouTube clip of me playing the concertina.
23/08/2007: MP3 download of Garvie Bagpipe Concerto uploaded.
06/08/2007: Herald article on Simon
31/07/2007: New promo photos uploaded.
31/07/2007: Garvie Bagpipe Concerto to be performed on 9th August.
11/06/2007: Great reviews for Third Flight Home.
08/06/2007: New Third Flight Home CD with David Milligan out at last!
25/04/2007: Download Simon's latest free improvised CD for free.
04/04/2007: Check out Simon's online blog
24/01/2007: Two great reviews for Simon and Dave's Celtic Connections gig .
12/01/2007: Simon is shortlisted in the Creative Scotland Awards
12/01/2007: Simon commissioned to write a Scots fiddle concerto
29/04/2006: Simon Thoumire web concertina course
17/04/2006: Live Webcast of Simon playing on Ayepod.net on Saturday 22nd April.
15/04/2006: New Scots song submitted to Liet - Lavlut, the alternative Eurovision Song Contest for minority languages.
14/03/2006: Photo's from German tour.
16/12/2005: New Christmas Carol.
25/11/2005: New album with David Milligan recorded.
05/08/2005: More music added.
25/07/2005: New Gloria music added.
16/07/2005: Scottish Requiem texts and audio samples added.
15/07/2005: Audio samples page added.
30/06/2005: Portsoy Boat Festival Ballads fae the Bairns.
28/06/2005: Extra photo added to the gallery including pictures of 2005 trips.
05/05/2005: Simon and Dave playing in Italy
03/05/2005: Teaching concertina at Limerick World Music Centre
01/05/2005: New Experiments in Culture CD.