The Lakeland Fiddlers formed in 2000, having grown from Adult Education classes held at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal and in Ulverston.
Lakeland Fiddlers have evolved from being a class, to a community band, appearing regularly at local festivals and fairs, playing for occasional parties and weddings. The Lakeland Fiddlers have appeared at the Sage Gateshead where they had the honour of playing for the “Fiddle Dance†at Fiddles on Fire in April 2007, recently appearing at Dent Folk Festival and the Furness Tradition Festival, and most recently appearing on the Drystone stage at Solfest.
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Latest CD by the Lakeland Fiddlers: We'll All Lye Together
This CD mixes accompanied solos by Carolyn and tracks by the community group The Lakeland Fiddlers, with an emphasis on tunes from old tunebooks from Cumbria. To me, there are elements of Scottish, English and Irish in Carolyn’s playing. If this is the Cumbrian style that seems hardly surprising geographically! She’s a strong punchy player, and an absolute master ‘roll-er’. The Lakeland Fiddlers are clearly well schooled: they’re not just a bunch of fiddlers playing the same tune; there’s unanimity of emphasis etc, but they never slip into sounding orchestral. Their arrangements include intros and pulsing drones but as far as I can tell, there’s no other accompaniment. All in all enjoyable evidence of a living tradition.Review written by Tom Bell-Richards and reproduced by kind permission of FiddleOn Magazine.
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Pics taken by various people at a gig at Yewfield House
