I started playing the melodeon when I first heard about it at the beginning of secondary school. As part of a Folkworks project to revive the squeezebox around the country, several melodeons were given to my school and I decided to learn! I then went to the Folkworks Youth Summer school and was inspired :) In 2006 I was a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards.Since then I played in Kathryn Tickell's Folkestra for about 3 or 4 years where I met the 3 other chaps who I am currently in a band with, Dave, Matt and Kev. Together we make up Last Orders and in 2007 we won the Young Folk Awards :)I don't really play a lot on my own these days because I prefer playing in a band but I'm studying in Newcastle next year so hopefully there will be lots of sessions and things to get involved with! More than in Barrow anyway...
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Member Since: 6/3/2006 Influences: Sharon Shannon, Julian Sutton, Andy Cutting, Tim Van Eyken, 422, The Old Rope String Band, The Unusual Suspects, Blazin' Fiddles and Jools Holland Type of Label: None
