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Bodega are; Gillian Chalmers (Fraserburgh), Ross Couper (Shetland), Tia Files (Oban), Norrie MacIver (Isle of Lewis) and June Naylor (Isle of Skye). The band have been together from March 2005, and met whilst all members were attending The National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music. They later went on to win of BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2005/06. Since then, the band have played at Cambridge Festival, Heb Celt Festival and the Fairport Convention. The band have also played in France, Italy and America and are looking forward to touring America and Italy. real editor best profile tools real editor best profile tools

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Member Since: 30/04/2006
Band Website: www.bodegaband.com
Band Members: Gillian Chalmers is a piper, fiddler and whistle player from Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire.Gillian has gigged all over Scotland, Ireland (with NYPB), France and Canada (Celtic Colours) with various bands. Ross Couper is a highly successful fiddler from Shetland. He has attended Alasdair Frasers Valley of the Moon music school in summer 2004 and has previously won the Young Shetland traditional Fiddler of the Year. He has played all over Scotland, Scandinavia and mainland Europe. Tia Files is a multi instrumentalist from Oban. In Bodega, Tia focuses on rhythm with acoustic guitar and bass guitar. Tia was part of Donald Shaws Harvest at Celtic Connections 2004. Norrie MacIver from Carloway, Lewis is widely known for his prize winning Gaelic singing. Norrie is another keen multi-instrumentalist who plays accordion, guitar and djembe. Norrie has also toured in Canada in October 2003 as part of the Celtic Colours Festival. June Naylor plays the clarsach and piano player from Uig, Isle of Skye. June is a highly sought after soloist musician and is now attending first year at Strathclyde University, studying the BA Applied Music Course.
Sounds Like: Contact Europe : [email protected] North America : [email protected]
Record Label: Greentrax

My Blog

Bodega have been nominated for 'Scottish Folk Band of the Year'

Bodega have been nominated for 'Scottish Folk Band of the Year' at the Scots Trad Music Awards! If you fancy voting you can do it here. Cheers  http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/tradmusi..cawards/no mina...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:26:00 GMT

US Fan Club

Hello everyone, just to let you all know that we now have a US fan club website. www.bodegafans.com Our own web site is down right now so the new site along with myspace will keep you all up to date w...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:33:00 GMT

New Mailing List!!

Hello and welcome to Bodega! If you would like to keep up to date with Bodega`s new`s and tour dates send us an email at [email protected] (please include your full name) Enjoy Bodega
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:58:00 GMT

American Tour

Hello there! We are just back from playing at the Old Songs Festival near Albany which was our first gig of the tour. This place is amazing!!!!! Apart from burning to a crisp with the weather, everyth...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:00:00 GMT

Shetland Folk Festival

Hey everyone, The band are of to Shetland to play for the first time and for most of us its our first time on the Island. We are all looking forward to it and please come and say hello if you see us u...
Posted by on Wed, 02 May 2007 03:42:00 GMT

Coming soon

Pictures of Bodega`s trip to Memphis and Italy!
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:50:00 GMT