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Louise Bichan
Приєднався 23 тра 2006
Louise Bichan is a USA-based Scottish musician and photographer who uses both mediums to tell stories old and new.
Growing up in the remote but culturally rich Orkney islands, a place where creativity abounds and playing music has been a part of the social fabric for centuries, gave Louise a solid grounding in music. She started playing fiddle at the age of 7 after witnessing the magic of live music: “I remember the butterflies in the tummy feeling when watching concerts at the Orkney Folk Fest as a kid, wanting to be a part of it all.” The sense of community and belonging it gave her was infectious; she pestered her parents to let her learn.
Masterfully blending traditional and classical arrangements, her music is thoughtful, and complex, curious and playful. She composes in response to her roots and the world around her; weaving through stories of connection, to people, nature, the past and the possibility of the future.
Growing up in the remote but culturally rich Orkney islands, a place where creativity abounds and playing music has been a part of the social fabric for centuries, gave Louise a solid grounding in music. She started playing fiddle at the age of 7 after witnessing the magic of live music: “I remember the butterflies in the tummy feeling when watching concerts at the Orkney Folk Fest as a kid, wanting to be a part of it all.” The sense of community and belonging it gave her was infectious; she pestered her parents to let her learn.
Masterfully blending traditional and classical arrangements, her music is thoughtful, and complex, curious and playful. She composes in response to her roots and the world around her; weaving through stories of connection, to people, nature, the past and the possibility of the future.
The Spooky Night Cat live at the Burren
My brand new tune The Spooky Night Cat, live from the Backroom at the Burren, in Somerville Massachusetts, as part of the Brian O'Donovan Legacy Series. Thanks to Tom Bianchi for hosting!
Live sound: Joyce In
Mixing: Ethan Setiawan
Video: Brandon Johnson
Video edit: Louise Bichan
Louise Bichan: fiddle
Conor Hearn: guitar
Ethan Setiawan: mandolin
Brendan Hearn: cello
Live sound: Joyce In
Mixing: Ethan Setiawan
Video: Brandon Johnson
Video edit: Louise Bichan
Louise Bichan: fiddle
Conor Hearn: guitar
Ethan Setiawan: mandolin
Brendan Hearn: cello
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Centennial March - vote for me at the Scots Trad Music Awards!
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Here's a snippet of a tune I wrote a couple years ago, as a commission, which I released this year: Centennial March (Glen Burnie Lodge). It is nominated for Original Work of the Year at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards and you can vote for me! Go here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/TradVoting24
Arnie's 80th among the flowers
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Another tune among my flowers! This one I wrote with my cousin Alice, for her Gramps/my Great Uncle Arnie. It's also on my record The Lost Summer and it was a joy to have Alice play it with me. Vote (until the 13th Oct) here for The Lost Summer as 2024 Album of the Year at the Scottish Trad Music Awards: www.surveymonkey.com/r/STMANoms2024
Coldstream among the flowers
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I've been enjoying the last of the beautiful flowers I grew this summer, before frost comes along and takes them all away. The tune I am playing among them is Coldstream, one I wrote for my album The Lost Summer, which has made it to the long list for 2024 Album of the Year at the Scottish Trad Music Awards. You can vote for it up until the 13th of October, here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/STMANoms...
Fiddle tunes for the numerations
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I shot this video before a house concert in beautiful Ashland, Oregon, recently. As I was playing, so many birds swooped past over head, I caught a really magical moment! The tune is one I wrote in 2018 or 2019 and recorded with Corner House, called Snow on the Rooftop.
"The Lost Summer" (spring 2023) live showreel
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Louise Bichan: fiddle Brendan Hearn: cello Ethan Setiawan: mandolins Conor Hearn: guitar
Deltingside/Squirrel Hunters, live at Club Passim
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Two traditional tunes, live at Club Passim, Cambridge MA Louise Bichan: fiddle Ethan Setiawan: mandolin Conor Hearn: guitar Brendan Hearn: cello Thanks to Club Passim for the footate
The Lost Summer | Soundcheck at Groton Hill Music Center
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I had the honour of performing in this beautiful space, with these fantastic musicians recently. We played the second single from my upcoming record of the same name, The Lost Summer. Pre-save the record: soulspazm.ffm.to/thelostsummer Tour dates: www.louisebichan.co.uk/dates
The Lost Summer | Backstage at Groton Hill Music Center
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The Lost Summer, backstage at the Groton Hill Music Center. Sadly only the top of Brendan's head! And a cameo from Keith Murphy.. Louise Bichan - fiddle Ethan Setiawan - octave mandolin Conor Hearn - guitar Brendan Hearn - cello The Lost Summer release tour dates: www.louisebichan.co.uk/dates
Louise Bichan | The Lost Summer (Adhyâropa Records) (official video)
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Adhyâropa Records "The Lost Summer" written by Louise Bichan (PRS/MCPS) Louise Bichan: fiddle with Ethan Setiawan: octave mandolin Brendan Hearn: cello Conor Hearn: guitar featuring Ali Levack: whistle Engineered and mixed by Ethan Setiawan Mastered by Peter Atkinson Video by Louise Bichan & Ethan Setiawan, Sassafrashill Productions Thank you to Nine Athens Music louisebichan.co.uk sassafrashil...
"Coldstream" live at Club Passim
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The first single from my upcoming record The Lost Summer is out now! Here it is live with Conor Hearn on guitar, Brendan Hearn on cello, Ethan Setiawan on mandolin at Club Passim, in Cambridge MA. Thank you to Abby and Max at Club Passim for the video and audio. Pre-order The Lost Summer: louisebichan.bandcamp.com/album/the-lost-summer Listen to Coldstream: soulspazm.ffm.to/coldstream
Coldstream | Louise Bichan (Adhyâropa Records)
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Coldstream is out now on Adhyâropa Records. The first single from The Lost Summer, which comes out on the 5th April 2024. Tour dates: www.louisebichan.co.uk/dates Louise Bichan: fiddle Conor Hearn: acoustic guitar, electric guitar Ethan Setiawan: mandolin Brendan Hearn: cello Recorded and mixed by Ethan Setiawan Mastered by Peter Atkinson Animation by Louise Bichan www.sassafrashillproductions....
Three days left!
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Another wee teaser video for my upcoming record "The Lost Summer." Pre-order it before the 5th of November, on Kickstarter: kck.st/45nbORN Thank you for your support!
Jig set, live at Club Passim
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Kickstart the new record "The Lost Summer" here: kck.st/45nbORN The Auch Jig (Siobhan Anderson), Skipping O'er the Bogs (John McSherry), The Holm Band Tune (trad) Louise Bichan: fiddle Ethan Setiawan: mandolin Conor Hearn: guitar Brendan Hearn: cello Thanks to Club Passim (Cambridge, MA) for the footage.
The Lost Summer Kickstarter preview!
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I'm bringing out a new record next year and you can pre-order the record right now, to help me finish it up, here: kck.st/45nbORN It will feature Conor Hearn on guitar, Ethan Setiawan on mandolins, and also as recording engineer and producer, Brendan Hearn on cello, with Brad Kolodner on claw-hammer banjo, Dan Klingsberg on double bass, Simon Chrisman on hammered dulcimer, Ali Levack on whistle...
Louise Bichan: Music and Stories from Scotland at The Word Barn, promo video.
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Louise Bichan: Music and Stories from Scotland at The Word Barn, promo video.
Louise Bichan: Music and Stories from Scotland, live at Arts at the Armory, promo video
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Louise Bichan: Music and Stories from Scotland, live at Arts at the Armory, promo video
Songbird (Nicky Murray, Louise Bichan, Ethan Setiawan)
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Songbird (Nicky Murray, Louise Bichan, Ethan Setiawan)
'Out of My Own Light' live at Celtic Connections
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'Out of My Own Light' live at Celtic Connections
Absolutely love this tune! I'm tempted to see if I can make a solo piano arrangement! :)
Thanks! Ooh, I'd love to hear that!
Already sounds like a classic, love it when you four show just what you can do. Well written and well played.👏👏👏
Thanks so much! I do love playing with these fine fellas!
As it’s you.😊
🙏 🙏 🙏
From Russia with love?вы прекрасны
Adding those double stops to the tune book, keep’ em coming🎻🎻
Did they want you to stop, or carry on?🙂
Hard to say!! :) I hope they were enjoying it!
Hi Louise, I thoroughly enjoyed you and your bands performance at the Glad Cafe in Glasgow. I wish lots of success and happiness with your music in the future. Ps came home and learned Midnight on the Water. Thanks for the heads up.
Aw thanks so much, what a lovely weekend of concerts we had! And delighted to hear you went home and learned that lovely tune too!! All the best!
LOVE this lineup ❤
I love playing with these guys!! :)
Wow! I just was listening to this on Facebook. It was playing about a minute or so into it when I clicked on this UA-cam one. The overlapping was in perfect cynic. The harmonies were great. The flute sole getting a second shot of cool. I could listen to this live with a few more musicians and have another out of body experience. Great stuff.
Aw, thanks so much!!!
best cover I 've heard
Just saw this on 207, just amazing !
Aw, thanks so much!! I had forgotten it was to air today, thanks for the reminder!!
WOW! fresh and original - I attended a concert in Voorheesville NY at Old Songs April 5 - fantastic is an understatement of this experience.
Thank you thank you thank you! What a fun time at Old Songs, really enjoyed it, thank you for coming along!!
THIS IS AWESOME!!!
Thanks so much, Doc!!
We were all floored by this great performance .
Thank you!! 🤣
I love it!
🙏🏼
Quite impressive!
Thank you!
Great tune , one of many on the new album. Brilliant, Louise et al!
Thank you so much!!
What an excellent job 👌👍
So many hours spent listening to these pristine sounds, eclipsing all else ; I just lap up everything that Miss Aoife serves up. Thank you just once more.
Thanks! 😎
"Promo sm"
I'm here :) Not there though. xD
You have a beautiful voice but song comes with a certain of amount of experiences. Don't sing Blaze until you know what your saying Please
You don't have to be seventy to have a glimpse of life. You just need open eyes.
@@twobeards6714 it's no different than a parrot with open eyes. Ask why she would find that lady with 2-3 kids and set down by her side. Play some Patsy Cline or Black Sabbath. Blaze,Towns Van Zant need and deserve to be respected... If not it's just cute
@@jimmywest4757 So I suppose John Prine never should have written and sang Angel From Montgomery in his mid 20's going by your logic.
RIP John and Blaze... I hope that I am allowed in heaven so that I can hear you both sing this together.
thought this was a michael cera song lol
Must say they are all fine musicians
He diffenitly is on my list of favorite mandplinist
Holy crap Just beautiful Perfect cove I could hang a I th someone like you Thank you
Awesome as ever Louise !
Magnificent duo ! I love how well you complement each other, how well you listen to each other, and how finely you speak - it's really beautiful 🤩🤩🤩 - Thank you both 👏👏👏
Wow! 🤩 - This is gorgeous!!!
Thank you!
@@LouiseBichanOrkney 🙂
Your tone is superb as is your sense of rhythm and accents 🤩🤩🤩 - Well done and thank you 👏👏👏
Aw, thanks os much!
@@LouiseBichanOrkney 🙂
Love it
Thank you!
So good to hear you post! Missed it!
<3
Wonderful tune! I enjoyed listening to it.
Thank you!!
Such a wonderful tune, wow.
Aw, thank you!!
just brilliant
legend
Came across this from Corner House, beautiful work! Glad to have found your tunes!
Aw, thank you!!
I'm constantly astounded by the number of young people who cover songs written by Blaze Foley. It is a measure of the man's genius and enduring legacy. A tortured soul and perhaps, a flawed genius, but a genius, nonetheless. RIP Blaze. Gerry Farry.
There's a BLAZE movie. That's the only reason they know.
Bravo!
Beautiful performance. I would love to learn this. It's amazing to think how much a piece of music can keep a story, a memory or someone's legacy alive for so much longer than the story along. It's a beautiful tribute to those people.
Thank you! It's such a beautiful and sorrowful tune, a perfect tribute indeed. If you read music, it's written out here: thesession.org/tunes/15708 if you want to try to learn it!
Oops, I'm logged in to my other account here, this is Louise :)
Thanks for your replies! Well I play cello but it doesn't look like it goes particularly high. I have a copy of it in bass clef for cello but the arrangement is slightly different. I'm sure I can figure something out 😊
@@Dparrey Oh lovely, yea I bet you can, I'm sure this tune would be so beautiful on cello!!
Wow such ease and freedom in your neck... v interesting chin rest which I guess helps? Lovely lovely
Absolutely gorgeous. Beautifully played. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🥰
Thank you!
Beautiful!!
Thank you!
In my morning playlist, it's so nice to wake up with this mood. Thanks for sharing !
Mmm, remember when there were times like these? It was hard to believe that this sort of world existed before but it’s even more distant now.
;)