Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Wednesday Night -- Who's in?
Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain
6 | wednesday
The Kuumbwa
When: 7:30 p.m. Where: 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. Cost: $17; $16 to Celtic Society members. Info: 464-2128.
The distinctly Scottish rhythms, accents and slurs of this duo’s music deliver the spirit of the Celtic isles straight to your gray matter. Fiddler Aly Bain is a founding member of the Scottish-Irish traditional group Boys of the Lough, and former Silly Wizard accordionist Phil Cunningham, long known as “Scotland’s musical director,” is the recipient of the Best Instrumentalist honor in the Scots Traditional Music Awards. Since forming after Cunningham appeared on Bain’s TV show, the duo has become one of the most formidable Scottish traditional outfits on the scene. Both musicians have received the MBE from the British crown, and in 2005, they were voted Best Duo at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.
6 | wednesday
The Kuumbwa
When: 7:30 p.m. Where: 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. Cost: $17; $16 to Celtic Society members. Info: 464-2128.
The distinctly Scottish rhythms, accents and slurs of this duo’s music deliver the spirit of the Celtic isles straight to your gray matter. Fiddler Aly Bain is a founding member of the Scottish-Irish traditional group Boys of the Lough, and former Silly Wizard accordionist Phil Cunningham, long known as “Scotland’s musical director,” is the recipient of the Best Instrumentalist honor in the Scots Traditional Music Awards. Since forming after Cunningham appeared on Bain’s TV show, the duo has become one of the most formidable Scottish traditional outfits on the scene. Both musicians have received the MBE from the British crown, and in 2005, they were voted Best Duo at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.
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OK...so I trudged on alone. Well, me and the barman. These guys just knocked us out. There were a couple of songs that the audience just sat there stunned before applauding. Phil Cunningham is using a fancy pants hybrid Borsini Custom that has a computer inside. He can turn the buttons into any dang instrument he wants. His right hand just flies over the keys. Aly Bain is a fantastic fiddler from The Shetlands. They were just so funny. They were drinking what appeared to be apple juice from coffee cups and they got funnier as the show wore on. After the "interval" whatever that was, they brought out the 2/3 of the Black Brothers (which are 2/5 of the Black Family) who played "West Scottish Music" or "Irish" as we call it here. Phil and Aly joined them onstage for a couple songs. They did play a song for All England Rugby Team called "Fairy Dance" For a taste of the banter, I offer this one from Phil Cunningham:
"A penguin walks into a bar. Asks the barman if he's seen the penguin's father. The barman says, "I dunno, what's he look like?" Dave would have felt right at home.
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"A penguin walks into a bar. Asks the barman if he's seen the penguin's father. The barman says, "I dunno, what's he look like?" Dave would have felt right at home.
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