Carr & Tweed

When tradition-rooted acoustic guitarist Ian Carr met accordion participant Karen Tweed in the Shetland Folk Festival in 1990, it had been a gathering of kindred spirits. In the 10 years since, both instrumentalists possess reinterpreted the music of Britain, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales like a duo and in two folk rings — Swåp, offering Ola Bäckström and Carina Normansson of Sweden, and both Duos Quartet, that they tell Andy Slicing and Chris Real wood. Ahead of their cooperation, Carr & Tweed have been producing their tag as musicians for quite some time. Carr, who started playing harmonica at age five and experienced advanced towards the mouth area organ as well as the accordion before buying the guitar, experienced played acoustic guitar for numerous rock and roll rings, and accordion inside a ceilidh music group, the Harvesters, in his hometown of Penrith. Shifting to Newcastle-on-Tyne, he caused a folk ensemble, the Aged Rope String Music group. At that time that he fulfilled Tweed, he was an associate of Kathryn Trickell’s music group. Tweed’s first musical experiences had been the Irish dance lessons she required as a young child. After attempting her hand in the melodica, she was influenced by a mature sister to try out accordion. Furthermore to using a marching music group, she studied traditional music with Lawry Eady. Tweed’s like of Celtic music was inherited from her parents who motivated her to be energetic with Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eirann also to research accordion with switch accordionist John Whelan. When Whelan emigrated to america, Tweed started to play at casual pub classes and trained herself to adapt the flute and fiddle custom of Celtic music to her accordion. When she fulfilled Carr, she was associated Roger Wilson. Although they jammed collectively in the Shetland Folk Event before wee hours from the morning hours, Carr & Tweed’s 1st opportunity to interact arrived when accordionist Lyn Tucker remaining Kathryn Trickell’s music group and Carr recommended Tweed as her alternative in Sept 1991. Both Carr & Tweed well balanced their use Trickell with a number of outside tasks. While Carr performed with Simon Thoumire, Tweed helped to create the all-woman Celtic group, the Poozies, with Patsy Seddon, Mary MacMaster, and Sally Barker, and later on used Sally Barker & the Tempo. Carr & Tweed released their duo when Trickell elected to have a year-long hiatus from music. Their debut duo recording, Shhh, released in 1995, was accompanied by Fyace 2 yrs later. Tweed continues to be active like a visible artist, aswell. Her paintings have already been exhibited through the entire United Kingdom and also have been utilized for the addresses of many albums. Carr has turned into a much-in-demand session participant and continues to be presented on albums by Roy Bailey, John McCusker, and Kate Rusby. He produced his debut like a maker when he oversaw the documenting of Eilidh Shaw’s recording, Heepirumbo.