Ivan Drever

Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Ivan Drever provides played a significant function in the evolution of Scotland’s music for pretty much three decades. The principle songwriter for Celtic rock-band, Wolfstone, because the early-1990s, his music are also documented by traditional Irish folk music group, the Dubliners. One of is own music, created with Scottish fiddler Duncan Chisholm, was highlighted over the soundtrack of Robin Williams’s 1997 film, Great Can Hunting. Drever and Chilshold documented an record, Lewie Blue, being a duo, the next year. Hailing in the Scottish isle of Sanday in Orkney, Drever was raised playing nation music. A founding person in Krewe O’Deil, in 1974, he continued to be using the group before past due-80s, co-producing two of their albums — Orkney Anthem in 1986, Viking’s Bride-to-be in 1987 and Oct Bridge in 1988. Launching a duo record, Oct Bridge, with Dick Clarke in 1988, and his debut single record, Homeland, the next year, Drever transferred to Easter Ross, in 1990, and became a member of Wolfstone. Although his electric guitar, cittern, whistle, mandola and pipes playing and songwriting have grown to be necessary to Wolfstone’s audio, he’s continuing to pursue single and collaborative tasks. He recorded a set of recording, Every Breaking Center and BACK AGAIN TO Back again, with Struan Eaglesham, in the early-90s, and single albums, Isles Ne’er Neglected, in 1991, Four Wall space in 1996 and Dark, White colored And Blue, in 2000. He toured america, in 2001, with California-based dance business, Celtic Fusion. Drever is a semi-regular performer on Scottish radio, hosting a documentary about Scotland’s islands for Radio2 in 1996, and extra looks on Radio Scotland’s Celtic Horizons and BBC Radio Orkney. Paths documented by Drever, between 1986 and 1992, had been featured for the 1998 compilation, The Orkney Years .