Our Tune of the Day is The Green Light Set, performed by Ross Ainslie, Brìghde Chaimbeul and Steven Byrnes which was filmed back in 2017. It opens to three tunes by Ross: Green Light of the Lonely Souls, Bob the Banter and Peel Pier Fear and ends on a tune ‘Castlerock Road’ by Damien O’Kane that he recorded with David Kosky for his 2011 Irish instrumental album ‘The Mystery Inch’.
The set featured on a Celtic Colours Live (Vol. 6) released in 2018 which is available to stream. This is one to get any room into a party mood.
In 2020, Ross Ainslie released his album Vana (reviewed here) for which he was also our Artist of the Month – you can also read our in-depth interview with Ross here.
Vana sees Ainslie at his most musically vigorous, experimental, and confident. Billy Rough
Ross has upcoming tour dates with Tim Edey and is touring Germany with Ali Hutton and Jenn Butterworth in December before returning home to Scotland for more dates including The Treacherous Orchestra at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms in January. More details here: http://www.rossainslie.com/about/
The previous year saw the release of Brìghde Chaimbeul‘s debut album The Reeling which was recorded live without overdubs in the historic East Church in Cromarty on the Black Isle, we reviewed it here.
Brìghde will be performing at the upcoming Other Voices Twenty ~ Fiche Bliain Ag Fás concert online on Sunday 28 November (details here).
Steve Byrne, who resides in Glasgow, performs in a number of bands including ‘Kate Rusby’ ‘Damien O Kane’ ‘Ross Ainslie’ ‘Ross and Ali’ and ‘The Treacherous Orchestra’. He pops up everywhere!