Performance of the Alistair McCulloch Trio, Friday 10 July 2020, 7pm

Featuring renowned Ayrshire fiddler Alistair McCulloch, with past Scottish folk instrumentalist of the year, Aaron Jones of Old Blind Dogs, and Marc Duff, founder member of Capercaillie.

The ‘Alistair McCulloch Trio’ annual Scottish tour has become a firm fixture on the traditional music calendar.  Aaron Jones treats us to the bouzouki, guitar and vocals, whilst Marc Duff  plays the whistle.  Alistair is one of Scotland’s most established fiddle performers, teachers and composers and one of the fiddle instructors at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. To date he has performed in over 20 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, China, the Middle East and throughout Europe and North America.  The trio have gained a formidable reputation for their dynamic concert performances.

Alistair is the only fiddler allowed to play the ‘Gregg’ violin which is owned by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and a museum piece at the Burns Museum in Alloway. The instrument was owned and played by William Gregg who was dance teacher to Robert Burns at the Bachelors Club in Tarbolton in the 1770s. The instrument was the main focal point celebrating 20 years of the NTS’s US foundation and Alistair performed at a whole series of Burns events in New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago and Los Angeles.

This is a unique opportunity to see this trio in Dumfriesshire at the home of Robert Burns.  Tickets £15, available from Ellisland, Midsteeple Box Office and dgboxoffice.co.uk.