Band Bio: Early influences were, as well as Scottish traditional music, the famous figures from the “British school” of guitar-playing i.e. Davey Graham, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and John Martyn. Moving to...   Read More »

Band Bio: Early influences were, as well as Scottish traditional music, the famous figures from the “British school” of guitar-playing i.e. Davey Graham, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and John Martyn. Moving to Berlin in 1981, he has made a name for himself on the German acoustic scene initially with the trio Twilight. He then continued to make a name for himself as a solo fingerstylist and as a founder member of the folk-pop bands Be Mine or Run and Talking Water, as half of the duo Kelpie (with Kerstin Blodig) and of the Leuchter-Melrose Duo(with Manfred Leuchter) and as guitarist and arranger with the Celtic project Norland Wind. Ian was lead guitarist with Clannad for the May tour of Ireland, Great Britain and Holland. They immediately offered him the rest of the “World Tour ‘96”, which included Australia, New Zealand and Japan. You can hear Ian playing on the grammy-winning Clannad album “Landmarks” and on the “Clannad: Live in Concert” album, released in 2005. In January 2004 he was in Dublin playing on-, arranging and producing a CD for the Duggan brothers, “Rubicon”, which was released on MDM records. He has also produced CDs for - among others – Tina McLoughlin (“Just for Now” – Claddagh Records), Kelpie (“Kelpie” – Westpark Musik), his own latest solo CD (“Around the Corner in 80 Minutes” – Acoustic Music Records) and the CD “Up close and Personal” by the sensational Vicki Genfan. As well as the five solo CDs he has also written a book of guitar transcriptions of Scottish fiddle music. Apart from solo and ensemble concerts all over the world, including many major festivals (e.g. Montreal Jazz Festival (CAN), Celtic Connections (SCO), Open Strings (D), Dranouter Folk Festival (B), Kirkmichael & Ullapool Guitar Festivals (SCO), International Guitar Tour (Hungary), International Guitar Festival of Genua (It)) he does studio work for film and TV productions, and continues to produce and arrange for various artists.   Read Less »

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