John Somerville

Forward thinking musician and composer fusing elements of accordion with new, traditional and original sounds. Bands and musicians I've had the pleasure of playing and recording with include Croft No. Five, Salsa Celtica, Session A9, Franz Ferdinand, David Byrne, John Rae's Celtic feet, Fire in the Bog, the Vital signs and the infamous Walkabout Ceilidh band . Written music for the Arches theater companies darkly comic version of 'Tam o Shanter' and the magical Eastern European fairytale production of 'Hansel and Gretel'. Currently performing with accordion supergroup Box Club, thirteen piece band of chaos the treacherous Orchestra, spoken word folk/jazz collective Babelfish, new-classical ensemble Symposia, tune groove outfit the Maverick Angels, folks singer songwriter Iain Thomson and his band, the Banjo led Damian Helliwell quartet and turbo ceilidh outfit the grouse beaters. Short commission to be written for the Gordon Duncan tribute concert in September. Plenty of new sounds to listen out for. More downloadable music to follow. ............