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06 May, 2009

roscoe’s gone

Posted by: Stephen In: stephen's blog

Here is my approximation of an old-time fiddle tune I heard yesterday on an album by American group The Stairwell Sisters. I couldn’t find it online so I just transcribed it myself. Apparently it was written by someone called Hank Bradley on the passing of an old fiddle player called Roscoe Parish. More…

17 Apr, 2009

Kames Hotel, Kames, Argyll

Posted by: Stephen In: gigs

Pigtown Fling will be playing at The Kames Hotel, Kames, Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland on the Saturday 5th September 2009. We will also be hanging around on the following Sunday afternoon for an open music session, please come and join us.
The Kames Hotel is an excellent place with good food and beer and lovely rooms, all set amongst lovely West Cowal scenery.

17 Apr, 2009

pigtown fling’s return to slovenia

Posted by: rab In: rab's blog

A day is a long time in carnival. Blink and you’ll miss it. That was certainly not the case for Pigtown Fling, as we didn’t miss a moment on their trip to Kurentovanje Carnival, Ptuj, Slovenia. More…

16 Apr, 2009

carnival 09 promo video

Posted by: Stephen In: news

Hotel Mitra created this short video to promote our visit to carnival in Ptuj.

16 Apr, 2009

Kames Hotel, Kames, Argyll

Posted by: Stephen In: gigs

Pigtown Fling will be playing at The Kames Hotel, Kames, Tighnabruaich, Argyll on the Saturday 4th July 2009. We will also be hanging around on the following Sunday afternoon for an open music session, please come and join us.
The Kames Hotel is an excellent place with good food and beer and lovely rooms, all set amongst lovely West Cowal scenery.
http://kames-hotel.com/

15 Apr, 2009

Kames Hotel, Kames, Argyll

Posted by: Stephen In: gigs

Pigtown Fling will be playing at The Kames Hotel, Kames, Tighnabruaich, Argyll on the 6th June 2009. We will also be hanging around on the following Sunday afternoon for an open music session, please come and join us.
The Kames Hotel is an excellent place with good food and beer and lovely rooms, all set amongst lovely West Cowal scenery.

19 Nov, 2008

new recordings soon

Posted by: Stephen In: stephen's blog

I ordered my new audio interface today, an Apogee Duet, which means we can start recording some new tracks soon. More…

09 Jun, 2008

jean langlais festival

Posted by: rab In: rab's blog

Les Amis de Jean Langlais Festival, La Fontenelle, Brittany, France

It’s not too long now before our main gig of the year; to play in the local chuch of Saint Samson. The festival is to be held in a small village in Brittany called La Fontenelle, a village of just over 500 inhabitants. It’s basically in the countryside, around 30 miles away from the nearest large town, Rennes. More…

09 Jun, 2008

first gig as trio

Posted by: rab In: rab's blog

Kames Hotel (our first official gig as a trio)

The Invite

We were invited to play at Kames Hotel on the Kyles of Bute on the 31st of May. We were also asked to initiate a session for any local players on the Sunday. More…

03 Dec, 2007

chris joins the band

Posted by: rab In: rab's blog

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE! Chris joins Pigtown Fling!

Pigtown Fling now has a new member!

We are delighted to welcome Christine Beveridge to join us on our travels into music and beyond. More…


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  • Stephen: Yeah, it is a great tune. It's tunes like this that make me want to get a banjo!
  • David Brooks: This is a great tune. Evie Ladin, the banjo player for the Stairwell Sisters, plays a driving, syncopated version that is the engine for the tune. I

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web server change

I am in the process of moving all our sites to a new hosting company. The sites have been hosted with GoDaddy for the last year and I can’t say I have been very impressed with the service. More…

posted by Stephen in news on 23 Sep, 2009