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Alyth Voice 98th Edition, January/February 2006 Tel/Fax: 01828 633045 Minimum Circulation 1525 Email address: [email protected] Website: www.alythvoice.co.uk TOP GUITARISTS COME TO ALYTH CHRISTMAS WINDOW COMPETITION 2005 Three of the world’s top guitarists who between them have worked with Jamie THE CHRISTMAS Window Competition, which is sponsored by Alyth & Cullum, Bill Wyman, Bryn Terfel and June Tabor will be performing at Alyth District Business Association, was a fantastic display for Christmas 2005 with Town Hall on Sunday 26th February as part of a special Scottish tour. Martin 3 windows in, it would seem, every business in Alyth. Taylor, Neil Stacey and Martin Simpson as Guitars will present a show fusing The displays were in so many forms, from snow scenes with skiers skiing up jazz, folk and blues which has impressed audiences and critics alike from New and down hills, skaters on a lake, Santas doing various things, snowmen, an- York to Paris, Sydney to Tokyo. The tour which is part of a series of dates gels, Christmas puppy displays, Christmas teddy bears display, snowbound covering the length and breadth of Scotland is supported by The Scottish Arts villages, Nativity scene, Christmas decorated family room with children, Council’s Tune Up fund and Alyth Community Council. Christmas trees of so many kinds, heights and colours and so many other fan- The organisers of the concert are new Alyth residents James & Alison Tay- tastic displays impossible to describe here. It is hoped that many photographs lor whose company P3 Music also looks after the careers of Deacon Blue as were taken of all the windows. well as running Europe’s biggest guitar festival in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire. The judges Mrs. Dorothy Lothian, Alyth’s Citizen of the Year and Mr. John James Taylor told the Voice: “By putting on this concert we want to find out Wheatley, Alyth’s Young Citizen of the Year had the seemingly impossible what the level of support is for music events in the Strathmore area. The guitar task of deciding the winners. They stated “it was one of the hardest and most festival we run in Ayrshire generates over £300,000 for the local economy and difficult jobs they had ever undertaken” and were up and down the streets in has high profile supporters including Brian May, Bill Wyman and Dolly Par- Alyth on numerous occasions, but after much looking and soul searching they ton. If the concert in February goes well and there is the support of the local decreed that the winners were: - community then we might consider holding a festival in Alyth later in the year. When we started the festival in Ayrshire seven years ago it attracted 250 peo- ple to the first event and it now attracts 5,000 visitors who come from as far afield as Australia and Canada.” MARTIN TAYLOR is described as "THE acoustic guitarist of his generation" by Amer- ica's Acoustic Guitar Magazine and has estab- lished a unique career as an internationally acclaimed guitarist, his inimitable style seeing him recognised as the world's foremost expo- nent of solo jazz guitar playing. In a musical career spanning 30 years he has dazzled audi- ences with his solo shows, which combine virtuosity, emotion and humour, with a strong stage presence. As well as his solo concerts and recordings, he has also collaborated with musi- cians from many different musical genres in- 1st - Athole Bakery, 27 Airlie Street, Alyth cluding Chet Atkins, Bill Wyman, Dionne Christmas Window Competition Shield Warwick, Sacha Distel, and Chris Rea. In 2002, 2nd - Alyth Library, 23 Airlie Street, Alyth (see page 4) he was appointed MBE "For Services to Mu- 3rd - Hobbies, 19 Airlie Street, Alyth sic", in The Queen's Birthday Honours List and all the above received framed certificates in March 2005 his autobiography was released Thanks must be expressed to all businesses for their fantastic window displays, on paperback by Sanctuary Publishing. which must be the best in Perthshire if not Scotland, and brought such festive MARTIN SIMPSON is one of the finest cheer to Alyth and to all. Thanks also to Dorothy and John for their time and acoustic finger-style and slide guitar players in effort spent on judging this event. the world. Winner of BBC Radio 2 Folk Thanks must also be included to the Alyth Christmas Lights Committee and Awards Musician of The Year 2002 and 2004 all their helpers for the fantastic Christmas light display in Alyth. Well done to and also winning Best Album in 2002 for The all who were involved. Michael Kay, Chairman ADBA Bramble Briar, he is a superb interpreter of traditional music and song from Europe and from the American South. Growing up in Lincolnshire he was inspired by the likes of Martin Carthy, Davey Graham and Richard 3 Thompson during the folk revival of the 60s. GUITARS He was also hugely influenced by the re- featuring cordings of Big Joe Williams, the Reverend Gary Davies, Blind Willie Johnson and Doc Watson, which has led to an eclec- tic style of playing and repertoire that is all his own. He has worked with the Martin Taylor likes of Jackson Browne, David Lindley, June Tabor, Martin Carthy and Eric Neil Stacey Bibb and is a popular and much loved solo performer. Both spell-binding, and highly entertaining, he is a master of his craft. Martin Simpson NEIL STACEY formed the Django Reinhardt th inspired group, the Kimbara Brothers, who have Sunday 26 February 2006 since recorded six albums and toured festivals extensively in the UK and Europe. In 1992 Neil Alyth Town Hall formed Acoustic Mania with Antonio Forcione and they made their live and recording debut at Doors: 7pm the Edinburgh festival in 1993. In 2002 Neil and Dominic Miller released their first album, and Tickets: £12 which includes complimentary drink now perform with Sting’s percussionist Rhani Tickets available from Lunan’s Newsagent, Alyth Pet Kriji and Mike Lindup (Level 42). Neil’s first & Flowers and www.simbioticstore.com/guitars3/ purely solo album “And?” on the German Acous- tic Music label met with rave reviews from critics. 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