Tattie Jam (Ruaridh Pringle & Seylan Baxter)
Tattie Jam ingredients:
Spicy instrumentals, song content not less than 50%, recipe for modern tastes using original and traditional Scottish ingredients. Traditional and folk with a twist!
Ruaridh's distinctive and versatile guitar picking and clear voice compliment Seylan's expressive vocals and fluid cello in exciting arrangements of humorous and pithy new songs, funky dance tunes, keening slow airs and haunting old ballads. Seylan's 5-string electric bass gives their music a wonderful rich sound yet has the range to play surprising jigs and reels. Their music expresses the heart and soul of traditional and folk music in exciting and unusual ways.
These wildly different personalities and musical tastes combine to give a very full sound for a duo. Both Ruaridh and Seylan sing and play lead instruments at the same time effectively doubling the sound to fill the room as if it were a 4 piece band. Twice the bang for your buck!
instruments:
vocals, guitar, electric 5-string cello, acoustic cello, didgeridoo, mandolin, octave mandolin
guide to fees:
from £350
based:
Glasgow / North Uist
will travel:
worldwide
options:
Can team up with harpist Cheyenne Brown
Quick Guide:
- a big sound for a duo, these two can sound like a dynamic four piece band
- full vocal harmonies plus guitar and cello
- rich texture with didgeridoo, mandolin and octave mandolin
- traditional and folk music spiced up and reinvented with passion, humour and diversity
- unique 5-string electric cello playing from Seylan, giving a richer range of sound
- unique jigs and reels on cello
- original songs from Ruaridh and his distinct interpretation of traditional music from love songs, humorous observations to thoughtful protest songs
- bluegrass, jazz and funk influences
Options: addition of harper Cheyenne Brown
Who's in tattiejam?:
Ruaridh Pringle & Seylan Baxter
What instruments do they play?:
Ruaridh - vocals, guitar, didgeridoo, octave mandolin
Seylan - vocals, acoustic cello, electric 5-string cello
What style of music does tattiejam play?:
Traditional and folk songs and music with bluegrass, jazz and funk influences. Trad. and folk with a twist!
How long do they play?
up to 2 hours
Tattie Jam expresses the heart and soul of traditional and folk songs and tunes in exciting and unusual ways. A recipe of traditional themes (and sometimes new ones, seen through folk eyes) and not just add a spicy garnish, but reinvent them from the ground upwards - like a nouvelle cuisine reinterpretation of an old, classic dish.
A particularly big sound for a duo: two musicians that sound like a dynamic four piece band, with full vocal harmonies plus guitar and cello both played in styles which combine melodic, chordal and percussion elements.
Seylan is a unique Celtic musician playing complex cello arrangements on a 5-string electric cello whilst singing lead vocals. A low F string gives a deep bass sound yet enables her to play fast tunes as though it were a fiddle, probably the only cellist in Scotland to do so. This isn't the background 'accompaniment' style cello most listeners might expect, but something much more dynamic and exciting.
Half their material is written by Ruaridh, from driving reels and haunting airs, to songs: sad love songs and quirkily humourous observations through to thoughtful protest songs, all deeply influenced by the Scottish tradition but varying in style from traditional to bluegrass and even funk. Ruaridh has a strong, warm and clear voice likened to Dougie MacLean and Archie Fisher. Plus, he adds didgeridoo, mandolin, whistles and banjo for sheer diversity.
There can be few traditional bands with such an engagingly diverse mix of material and expression. Ruaridh and Seylan have very different musical tastes, and the result when these collide and merge is electric.
For more information or to discuss your booking for Tattie Jam please contact The Musicians Network on 0845 337 0588 (local rates) or 01631 730469 or email: info@musenexus.co.uk
