New Celeste

This lively folk rock outfit from Scotland was formed by Iain Fergus (vocals/guitar), who originally wanted the machine to be always a ‘Caledonian big band’. They been employed by extensively over the continent, and utilized some significant Scottish music artists, including future associates of Hue And Cry and Runrig. The music group’s initial three albums had been all recorded beyond your UK. 1979’s respectable AT RISK contained a great deal of Fergus’ witty materials and a batch of atmospheric electrical folk numbers. Through the 80s New Celeste just worked sometimes, but, by 1990, Fergus acquired totally reorganized the workers. He was became a member of by multi-instrumentalist Ian Aitken, guitarist Steve Reid, bass participant Jerry Soffe and violinist Fishing rod Dorothy for The Celtic Connection, a assortment of previous and new music. The music group also made an extremely impressive appearance on the Cambridge Festival in 1991. On 1996’s It’s A FRESH Time, Fergus, Reid, Soffe and Dorothy had been joined up with by Iain Copeland (drums) and Willie Logan (electric guitar/keyboards).