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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Gavin Marwick's Journeyman Spectacular</strong> <span style="color: #ffffff;">was on the shortlist for Live Act of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards 2014, and Gavin was
on the shortlist as Composer of the Year. </span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffffff;">"astonishing creativity" Folk Radio UK (The Long Road and The Far Horizons)</span><span
style="font-size: small; color: #ffffff;"><em><strong> </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffffff;">“Any band that has Gavin Marwick has got to be good, and it is!” – Green Man Review (Cantrip’s <i>Silver</i>)</span><span style="color: #ffffff;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffffff;">“beautiful and exhilarating music” - Jim Gilchrist, The Scotsman (Journeyman at Celtic Connections)</span><span style="color: #ffffff;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffffff;">“Superbly expressive fiddler” – Debbie Koritsas, Songlines (Bellevue Rendezvous’ <i>Tangents</i>)</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">“at the peak of his talent and power; Gavin Marwick, fiddler extraordinaire. Jaw dropping…highly recommended.” - Scotsmusic.com </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">'HORIZONS', Gavin's tune book, is now available!</span></strong></span> ... 200 original tunes, plus photos, anecdotes and memorabilia from his 30 years as a professional
musician. 'Horizons' is available in card cover or limited edition hardback, and is really beautifully presented, sewn, on ivory coloured paper. If you would like a hardback, order it soon as there are not very many. Prices, card cover £20
and hardback £30, plus postage.</p>
<p>To order a book please email him: <span style="color: #3366ff;">g<span id="cloakadd6cf76eef835711e7439fe2404b32b"><a style="color: #3366ff;" href="mailto:av@gavinmarwick.co.uk">av@gavinmarwick.co.uk</a></span>
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<p>The website is being re-designed and will contain a shop when it is relaunched in Feb 2023.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Gavin's double album 'THE LONG ROAD AND THE FAR HORIZONS' is available on
bandcamp</span></span>. <a href="https://gavinmarwick.bandcamp.com/">https://gavinmarwick.bandcamp.com/</a><span style="color: #ffffff;"> Launched at Celtic Connections to a sold out crowd and a standing ovation</span></span><span
style="color: #ffffff;">, it contains over 2 hours of original tunes with a 13 piece band!</span></p>
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<p><strong>OTHER ALBUMS AVAILABLE ON THE INDEPENDENTLY RUN JOURNEYMAN LABEL:</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">'<b>WHILE ROME BURNS' </b>(Bellevue Rendezvous) JYM005: <b>"</b>the instrumentation, repertoire and gravitas of Bellevue Rendezvous invite inevitable comparisons with the Swedish group Vasen, and
fans of the Swedish maestros should certainly give this a listen..." fROOTS</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>"</b>The tracery of this music is spun through the interplay between fiddle, cittern, guitar and nyckelharpa to create something that is distinct, different, and completely absorbing in its reach and
compass..." FolkWords</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> '<b>MOONSHINE'</b> (Up In The Air) JYM003: Jonny Hardie, Gavin Marwick and Davy Cattanach’s first recording together since their much loved original Up In The Air album<b>.</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">'<b>SALAMANDER'</b> (Bellevue Rendezvous) JYM002: “Elemental, mesmeric, extraordinarily beautiful. The second CD from this string trio is an absolute triumph. Salamander is truly fabulous, cathartic and
invigorating: very highly recommended and already likely to be in my 2010 top ten.” Alex Monaghan</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“<b>TANGENTS</b>” (Bellevue Rendezvous) JYM001: Debut recording of Gavin Marwick (fiddle), Ruth Morris (nyckelharpa) and Cameron Robson (bouzouki) as European tunesters Bellevue Rendezvous. “An ocean of
lyricism” Songlines</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <a href="http://www.bvrz.co.uk/">Click on this link for the Bellevue Rendezvous website</a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #ff0000;"><strong>JOURNEYMAN are hoping to be performing some live dates in 2023, news coming soon. </strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><strong>IMPRESSIONS OF GALLOWAY:</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Gavin was commissioned by Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival to write for a collaboration between
his Journeyman project and the Scottish Ensemble. Forty minutes of new music reflecting Galloway, aspects of its landscape, people and culture. Many thanks to all involved in making this concert happen, including the audience - you
were all well worthy of the standing ovation it received. It'd be great to take this show beyond this first performance and develop it further. This is a promotional montage of edits from that evening. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Copy from the Scottish Ensemble website: "Scottish Ensemble joined the celebrated musicians of Gavin
Marwick’s Journeyman Project for Impressions of Galloway, an evening fusing traditional and classical music and featuring new compositions by renowned fiddle player Gavin Marwick. Inspired by the Galloway landscape and culture,
these new works were specially written for this powerful premiere performance at the Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival."</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Here's a link to the promo video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9LikjemoD0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9LikjemoD0</a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;">Here's a picture from a lovely gig in Germany, collaborating with our friends from Malbrook (Neues Theatre Emden):</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;">We hope to be able to have more fun in Europe one day...</span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;">For upcoming live dates watch this space!</span></strong></p>
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style="font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;"><strong><a href="http://youtu.be/1ZXyRU6cBl0">In the meantime, you can click here for a YouTube clip of the Journeyman Spectacular live at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;"><strong><a href="http://youtu.be/DGyeeofZ1lg">Or here, see them performing 'Balkan Red'</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://youtu.be/aftaNh9kd2Y">Or here for a promo mix</a></p>
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height="437"></span></strong></span>Photograph of the Journeyman Spectacular © Steve Niblock</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffffff;"><em><strong>'It was very aptly named as "Spectacular", it most certainly was... you are guaranteed a phenomenal experience'. Celtic Music
Radio</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: small;"><em style="font-size: small;"><strong>'Saturday night down in Glasgow's old St Andrews Square, a magical musical journey delighted a sold out Celtic
Connections Festival audience. It was created by a band in full flight, orchestrated and conducted by a musician at the peak of his talent and power; Gavin Marwick, fiddler extraordinaire. Jaw dropping...highly recommended.'
scotsmusic.com</strong></em></span></p>
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Gavin Marwick Journeyman * Home * Biography * Concert Bands * Journeyman Project * Firelight Trio * Bellevue Rendezvous * Up in The Air * Other Projects * Ceilidh Bands * Ceilidh Minogue * Whirligig * Recordings * JYM001 - TANGENTS - Bellevue Rendezvous * JYM002 - SALAMANDER - Bellevue Rendezvous * JYM003 - MOONSHINE - Up In The Air * Music * Gallery * Get In Touch * Contacts * Bookings * * 1 * 2 * 3 You are here: Home Welcome to the site. Here you can find information, news and updates about GAVIN MARWICK and the various musical projects he’s involved in; a gig diary for shows and events; some of the tunes he’s written; information about recordings; a shop for music and CDs - there’ll be something here to catch your attention or answer a query. For more information/bookings etc please get in touch, and we’ll see you somewhere there’s a tune happening. Gavin Marwick is a fiddle player and composer. He has performed at concerts, theatres, festivals and dances all around the world in numerous bands including Firelight Trio, Bellevue Rendezvous, Journeyman (a project to perform his own tunes), Iron Horse, the Unusual Suspects and Ceilidh Minogue. Commissions include works for the BBC, SkyArts, the Traverse Theatre and Dogstar (The Tailor of Inverness). There is some exciting news - a new recording project. Gav is a prolific tune writer. CANDLEMAS is the first in his QUARTERDAYS series of duo EPs, which feature new music by him in celebration of the old Scots Quarter Days. There will be four releases over 2023, each with a different musical partner. Next to appear is WHITSUN with Wendy Stewart in May. Also look out for LAMMAS in August, and MARTINMAS in November. CANDLEMAS is out now! Have a listen on bandcamp here: https://gavinmarwick.bandcamp.com/ Gavin Marwick on fiddle (Firelight Trio/ Bellevue Rendezvous/ Iron Horse) and Aaron Jones on cittern (Old Blind Dogs/ Litha/ Claire Mann) have worked together in many different line ups over the years. This is the first recording focussing just on these two fabulous musicians, both well-known and widely respected across (and beyond) the Scottish traditional music scene. CANDLEMAS is an EP length collection of new contemporary tunes by Gavin in a traditional style, yet with the occasional twist. Aspects of Candlemas - including the starkness of late winter; the warm shimmer of candles; the charm of snowdrops; lore regarding the weather, farming, and St Bride; matters historical, magical, and more - are illustrated through jigs and reels amongst airs and other, sometimes less definable, tune types. Gavin leads on the melodies, confident that these new tunes are lyrically strong and letting them sing out. Aaron accompanies intuitively and expertly throughout, skillfully adding variation, depth, and flashes of supportive counterpoint. Gently vibed, honest, and high on sparkling acoustic interplay. Recorded live by Angus Lyon. Sleeve notes, including some of the fascinating research behind this recording, will be online here soon. Huge thanks to CREATIVE SCOTLAND for funding this project. “Superbly expressive fiddler”- SONGLINES Sign up to the mailing list to find out what's happening: Subscribe to our mailing list Gavin Marwick's Journeyman Spectacular was on the shortlist for Live Act of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards 2014, and Gavin was on the shortlist as Composer of the Year. "astonishing creativity" Folk Radio UK (The Long Road and The Far Horizons) “Any band that has Gavin Marwick has got to be good, and it is!” – Green Man Review (Cantrip’s Silver) “beautiful and exhilarating music” - Jim Gilchrist, The Scotsman (Journeyman at Celtic Connections) “Superbly expressive fiddler” – Debbie Koritsas, Songlines (Bellevue Rendezvous’ Tangents) “at the peak of his talent and power; Gavin Marwick, fiddler extraordinaire. Jaw dropping…highly recommended.” - Scotsmusic.com 'HORIZONS', Gavin's tune book, is now available! ... 200 original tunes, plus photos, anecdotes and memorabilia from his 30 years as a professional musician. 'Horizons' is available in card cover or limited edition hardback, and is really beautifully presented, sewn, on ivory coloured paper. If you would like a hardback, order it soon as there are not very many. Prices, card cover £20 and hardback £30, plus postage. To order a book please email him: gav@gavinmarwick.co.uk The website is being re-designed and will contain a shop when it is relaunched in Feb 2023. Gavin's double album 'THE LONG ROAD AND THE FAR HORIZONS' is available on bandcamp. https://gavinmarwick.bandcamp.com/ Launched at Celtic Connections to a sold out crowd and a standing ovation, it contains over 2 hours of original tunes with a 13 piece band! To receive occasional newsletters and information about concerts, new releases etc: Subscribe to our mailing list OTHER ALBUMS AVAILABLE ON THE INDEPENDENTLY RUN JOURNEYMAN LABEL: 'WHILE ROME BURNS' (Bellevue Rendezvous) JYM005: "the instrumentation, repertoire and gravitas of Bellevue Rendezvous invite inevitable comparisons with the Swedish group Vasen, and fans of the Swedish maestros should certainly give this a listen..." fROOTS "The tracery of this music is spun through the interplay between fiddle, cittern, guitar and nyckelharpa to create something that is distinct, different, and completely absorbing in its reach and compass..." FolkWords 'MOONSHINE' (Up In The Air) JYM003: Jonny Hardie, Gavin Marwick and Davy Cattanach’s first recording together since their much loved original Up In The Air album. 'SALAMANDER' (Bellevue Rendezvous) JYM002: “Elemental, mesmeric, extraordinarily beautiful. The second CD from this string trio is an absolute triumph. Salamander is truly fabulous, cathartic and invigorating: very highly recommended and already likely to be in my 2010 top ten.” Alex Monaghan “TANGENTS” (Bellevue Rendezvous) JYM001: Debut recording of Gavin Marwick (fiddle), Ruth Morris (nyckelharpa) and Cameron Robson (bouzouki) as European tunesters Bellevue Rendezvous. “An ocean of lyricism” Songlines Click on this link for the Bellevue Rendezvous website JOURNEYMAN are hoping to be performing some live dates in 2023, news coming soon. IMPRESSIONS OF GALLOWAY: Gavin was commissioned by Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival to write for a collaboration between his Journeyman project and the Scottish Ensemble. Forty minutes of new music reflecting Galloway, aspects of its landscape, people and culture. Many thanks to all involved in making this concert happen, including the audience - you were all well worthy of the standing ovation it received. It'd be great to take this show beyond this first performance and develop it further. This is a promotional montage of edits from that evening. Copy from the Scottish Ensemble website: "Scottish Ensemble joined the celebrated musicians of Gavin Marwick’s Journeyman Project for Impressions of Galloway, an evening fusing traditional and classical music and featuring new compositions by renowned fiddle player Gavin Marwick. Inspired by the Galloway landscape and culture, these new works were specially written for this powerful premiere performance at the Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival." Here's a link to the promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9LikjemoD0 Here's a picture from a lovely gig in Germany, collaborating with our friends from Malbrook (Neues Theatre Emden): We hope to be able to have more fun in Europe one day... For upcoming live dates watch this space! In the meantime, you can click here for a YouTube clip of the Journeyman Spectacular live at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Or here, see them performing 'Balkan Red' Or here for a promo mix Photograph of the Journeyman Spectacular © Steve Niblock 'It was very aptly named as "Spectacular", it most certainly was... you are guaranteed a phenomenal experience'. Celtic Music Radio 'Saturday night down in Glasgow's old St Andrews Square, a magical musical journey delighted a sold out Celtic Connections Festival audience. It was created by a band in full flight, orchestrated and conducted by a musician at the peak of his talent and power; Gavin Marwick, fiddler extraordinaire. Jaw dropping...highly recommended.' scotsmusic.com Gavin Marwick's Journeyman Spectacular The 10 piece band (described as a "folk festival on stage") is led by fiddler Gavin Marwick (Ceilidh Minogue/Iron Horse/Unusual Suspects) and features music he has written interspersed with songs and other contributions from the multi-talented array of performers on stage. This includes sets from Bellevue Rendezvous, Old Blind Dogs Allstars, Up In The Air and Aaron Jones and Claire Mann. The concerts tend to mix short sets from each band within a constantly changing musical line-up, ranging from intimate duos and trios to the massive sound allowed by the Journeyman show with all 10 musicians, spectacular both by name and by nature. The full line up is: Gavin Marwick (fiddle), Ruth Morris (nyckelharpa/fiddle), Jonny Hardie (fiddle/guitar/vocals), Gregor Lowrey (accordion), Claire Mann (flute/fiddle), Fraser Fifield (sax/whistle/pipes/cajon), Bob Turner (piano), Cameron Robson (cittern), Aaron Jones (bass/bouzouki/vocals) and Davy Cattanach (percussion/guitar/vocals). Thanks to a grant from Creative Scotland, Marwick, a prolific composer, earlier this year released through his Journeyman label, both a double album ‘The Long Road and The Far Horizons’ (which features all the musicians involved in the live show as well as a few more) and ‘Horizons’, a tune book containing some 200 of his compositions. The music reflects both his Scottish roots and the influences and inspirations of a lifetime as a professional musician. The CD was launched at Celtic Connections with the debut of the Journeyman Spectacular, ten of the thirteen musicians who played on the album, to a sold out audience and a standing ovation. Subsequently the band has played other concerts round Scotland including being booked to do a whole night at Stonehaven Folk Festival. “you are guaranteed a phenomenal experience.” - Danny Matheson, Celtic Music Radio “at the peak of his talent and power; Gavin Marwick, fiddler extraordinaire. Jaw dropping…highly recommended.” - Scotsmusic.com “This is after all music that will make you think, dream a little and conjure images from deep within the subconscious. It’s music that will offer surprises in it’s constantly shifting moods, delight in its vivacity, but above all will make you feel. There is an abundance of joy, but also misty eyed melancholy to be found within. It is like an internal journey with a constantly emotional landscape. Let your mind wander its course, because when measured against the journey of The Long Road And The Far Horizons, two hours is but a sliver of time to give. After all, they do say that travel broadens the mind and herein lies the proof of that.” – Simon Holland, Folk Radio UK A short description of the tunes project: Gavin has 30 years experience working with an enormous number of musicians, concert bands, ceilidh bands, orchestras, theatre and TV companies in many different settings across vast swathes of the globe. Years in rehearsal rooms and recording studios have given him an ear for arrangement and instrumentation. He is an innovative composer, crossing Scottish traditional-style with other influences, and experimenting with forms and modes. Gavin has been composing for many years, and has a collection of 40 manuscript books containing approximately 3000 self-penned tunes. This project is to start making these tunes publicly available, with an initial tune book, a CD of highlights from the book and publicity for the whole project. His tunes have been acclaimed by critics, requested by students, applauded by concert goers, danced to, played in sessions and on stages by other musicians and bands (in addition to his own) and in several cases recorded by them (including Old Blind Dogs, Marie Fielding, Unusual Suspects, Arz Nevez, Dochas). There are dance tunes, descriptive pieces; historic and contemporary influences; genre-specific and broad geographic influences; delight and sadness; moments of peculiar strangeness; airs, jigs, reels, marches, waltzes, strathspeys, elegies and pastorals; tunes in the style of polskas, horas, munieras, lang dances and mazurkas; tunes inspired by land, sea, weather, people, places or some small fancy; tunes inspired by and written for fiddle, pipes, harp, accordion, bouzouki, guitar, piano, nyckelharpa, whistle, the human voice; bespoke pieces for theatre, commissions and specific ensembles; finally a fair amount that are beyond pigeonholing and represent the development of a dedicated, hardworking and unique artist. Here's a clip from the previous 6 pc Journeyman: REVIEWS: Folk Radio UK: GAVIN MARWICK – THE LONG ROAD AND THE FAR HORIZONS 20 January 2014 by Simon Holland in Featured Albums With Gavin Marwick, there’s a sense of a man on a mission and as I type, this weekend will see the first of a series of concert spectaculars featuring at least 10 of the 13 musicians who play on the new CD. Naturally enough, Celtic Connections is the perfect launching pad for such ambition, but the story behind it and the accompanying The Long Road And The Far Horizons, brings a new focus to an extraordinary career and ties together the multiple strands of music that course through Gavin’s veins. His name may already be familiar to some of you, perhaps the regular festival attendees, ceilidh devotees and just the lovers of great music, but almost certainly amongst the fiddle players out there. He’s a master of his chosen instrument and much in demand as an active contributor to the likes of Burach, Iron Horse, Cantrip, Up In The Air and Bellevue Rendezvous, or The Unusual Suspects, Ceilidh Minogue, Old Blind Dogs and even Session A9 and Malinky. You start to get the picture of bands too numerous to list in full and that’s before we get to the teaching, theatre, film and TV work. He’s naturally a prolific composer too, having a number of manuscript books containing some 3,000 tunes, give or take, which is ultimately the driving force behind The Long Road And The Far Horizons, a release that marks the start of what is being billed the Journeyman Collection. There’s a nice line from Gavin himself in the CD notes. He’s thanking Creative Scotland for their backing but also his partner Ruth Morris and the other musicians involved and says, “I’ve been writing tunes since 1988, composing for bands, theatre, shows and for fun. The more I wrote, the more I had a pipe dream of making albums of self penned material and recording them with musician friends I’ve made over the years.” The Long Road And The Far Horizons is the start of realising that dream and with the accompanying tune book, also the start of making the fruits of Gavin’s astonishing creativity available in the public domain. Given all of this it won’t surprise you to learn that Gavin grew up in a musical environment, but he was also tutored by some of the greats of Scottish fiddle playing including Tom Anderson, Angus Grant, Davy Tulloch and Alastair Hardie. The latter was a founder of The Hardie Press and someone else who realised ambitions to develop resources to promote Scottish music, albeit with a more historical rather than compositional slant. Gavin also had lessons form Michael Rigg, who is part of RSNO, introducing some classical elements and disciplines. But his tuition didn’t end there and through touring internationally, Gavin has continued to pick up the music of other countries and cultures and absorb it into his own. That last element probably finds it’s most obvious expression through Gavin’s involvement in the Yiddish Song Project, but also through Bellevue Rendezvous. That name is of course an affectionate reference to the Sylvain Chomet Film and Gavin’s native Edinburgh in one hit, although the trio of Gavin, partner Ruth on nychelharpa and Cameron Robson on cittern cast their net wider than the film’s French setting, sweeping up influences from Serbia, Macedonia, Poland, Canada, France and Finland to create the quirky, good humoured world fusion. Their second CD release Salamander (read the FRUK review here), another more obscure Edinburgh reference, was particularly well received and critically acclaimed. Something else, given the above that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, is that The Long Road And The Far Horizons is a double disc set. Gavin after all has a wealth of material to call upon, but it is a brave decision and bold statement of intent none the less. There is an awful lot to get your head around here and some of the material surrounding the release suggest a litany of different musical style from airs, jigs, reels and marches, through waltzes and the more exotic polskas, munieras, horas, mazurkas and lång dances. Whilst of infinite fascination to musicologists and probably anyone with the musical chops to pick up on Gavin’s work and fiddle away for themselves, thankfully, however, this is not an exclusive club. In that respect Gavin’s sleeve notes are again helpful and he eschews a simple classification by style or chronology, grouping the tunes instead by the source of their inspiration, or in some cases according to the commission at their point of origin. Whilst there is plenty to serve the intellect, this is very much about feel and the playing form the 13 strong musical cast is sublime and sparky by turn. The different styles serve to ring the changes and keep things moving along, changing the emotional focus and making the Journeyman Collection title seem entirely apposite. With both CDs clocking over an hour of music this set may be on the long side for a single sitting, although patience as always will have its own special rewards. That title, however, could be written as The Long Road and The Far Horizons, as each of the CDs is separately labelled. Although it may be hard to pinpoint any specific difference between the two as they are entirely complementary, each disc also makes a satisfying listen in its own right. The Long Road then opens with Firedance Parts 1 & 2…let’s just say it’s jumped straight into the list of the most beautiful pieces of music to delight my ears… Ever! The Long Road then opens with Firedance Parts 1 & 2, originally composed for the score of a play by Nicola McCartney called Heritage. Straight away it has an unusual musical voice with Fraser Fifield’s sax in the mix. In searching for a way to describe this, let’s just say it’s jumped straight into the list of the most beautiful pieces of music to delight my ears… Ever! Roy Marchbank’s / Vodka by contrast is brisk and light headed, giddy with drink perhaps. Those unusual instrumental voices crop up here and there. The sax, the sudden focus of low whistle on Marsten / Longmuire, the surprising effective Jew’s harp on Samarkand / The Plate Smasher and some lovely and purposeful piano. But it’s the constantly changing mood that proves to be one of the disc’s highlights. It happens throughout the disc, track to track, but sometimes within the tune sets. It can be as simple as changing from minor to major key, a rhythmic shift, but more markedly between an eastern exoticism and more homely feel. The shifts between say, Dusk – almost like a chamber orchestra, elegiac and reflective, through The Minotaur / Scented Grove – tricky shifting rhythms, into The Pyranean Jig set – a memorable tune which breaks out into a musical cartoon-caper with a huge sense of fun, are simply breathtaking. Perhaps it’s appropriate The Far Horizons opens with a slightly weightier feel to it. Certainly through the first three tracks, which seem more outwardly orchestral, reflective, dramatic even and perhaps that’s the distinction. It’s almost like The Long Road has been our journey to the sea shore and we are now setting sail with the ocean’s expanse giving wide, featureless yet constantly shifting horizon. Even when the tempo quickens as it does on the Lowrey’s set or The Foot Of Ben Newe set, somehow the gravitas lingers. Perhaps rather than a journey in miles and leagues, its one of time and years, with The Far Horizon’s heading towards the end of life’s passage. The presence of the track Pallbearers at the end of the disc may support that notion, but you will doubtless form your own interpretation. This is after all music that will make you think, dream a little and conjure images from deep within the subconscious. It’s music that will offer surprises in it’s constantly shifting moods, delight in its vivacity, but above all will make you feel. There is an abundance of joy, but also misty eyed melancholy to be found within. It is like an internal journey with a constantly emotional landscape. Let your mind wander its course, because when measured against the journey of The Long Road And The Far Horizons, two hours is but a sliver of time to give. After all, they do say that travel broadens the mind and herein lies the proof of that. Review by: Simon Holland Reviews of album launch at Celtic Connections, St Andrew's in the Square, January 18th 2014: Celtic Music Radio: GAVIN MARWICK’S JOURNEYMAN SPECTACULAR, ST ANDREW’S IN THE SQUARE, 18 JANUARY 2014 The extremely talented fiddle player Gavin Marwick has finally launched his long awaited debut album, a double one at that too! This Celtic Connections 2014 concert titled Gavin Marwick’s Journeyman Spectacular also doubled as Gavin’s long awaited debut album launch. It was very aptly named as “Spectacular”, it most certainly was. For many years Gavin Marwick has featured in many bands as an outstanding fiddle player but has now come to the fore with a double album, ‘The Long Road and the Far Horizons’ which is all music written by himself. The concert showcased this fantastic album and was like Ceilidh Minogue meets Bellevue Rendezvous with many extras. Gavin featured in both these bands and his fellow band members have joined him in this venture, as indeed do many other very talented musicians. The line up was like a who’s who in Scottish music. On seeing this line up I knew the concert was going to be a musical extravaganza and I was not disappointed. Right from the very start the audience were totally gripped by the superb musicianship on show in front of them. From reels, to jigs, to slow airs, to traditional songs the audience were thoroughly entertained. There were even some who could not resist the temptation and were dancing away down the sides of the auditorium. The Journeyman Spectacular will be going on tour and this is one concert I would definitely make a point of seeing when it comes to a venue near you. Gavin’s fiddling ability has never been in doubt and now that this album is all self penned material and the music is played by up to 10 different musicians at the same time you are guaranteed a phenomenal experience. The star studded line up included: Gavin Marwick – fiddle Ruth Morris – nyckelharpa/fiddle/piano Cameron Robson – cittern/Jews harp/guitar Bob Turner – piano Gregor Lowrey – accordion Fraser Fifield – sax/low whistle/kaval/cajon Jonny Hardie – fiddle/guitar Davy Cattanach – percussion/ guitar Aaron Jones – bouzouki/bass Claire Mann – flute/fiddle Danny Matheson (Presenter at Celtic Music Radio) And from scotsmusic.com: 18th January 2014, Saturday night down in Glasgow’s old St Andrews Square a magical musical journey delighted a sold out Celtic Connections Festival audience. It was created by a band in full flight, orchestrated and conducted by a musician at the peak of his talent and power; Gavin Marwick, fiddler extraordinaire, composer and author. Together with his musician friends, members of the Old Blind Dogs, Ceilidh Minogue, Bellevue Rendezvous and Up in the Air, they delivered to an enchanted audience a jaw dropping treat of original reels, songs and jigs, sometimes gently played, at other times delivered with the skirl of a Highland storm. A sound that was full, perfect and honest. Here was music that soared in a torrent of ecstatic beauty in a no nonsense Scottish fashion. Music that took us to Old Europe where in a brief respite we could ponder the echoes of our musical past via the refrains of gypsy violins played under the stars beside the communal fire. Then we were whisked on a romantic flight of wailing sounds to wild rocky outcrops, barren windswept moors and moody glens and mountains of Scotland’s West Highlands before being transported home to a safe familiar cityscape of reflective childhood; the memory of sitting on the back steps of an Edinburgh tenement composing a new tune. Like a rainbow this performance was an odyssey in a spectrum of beautiful sounds descending on the audience’s ears like a mist. A tour of Scotland of the heart and mind guided by the safe and sensitive hands of Gavin Marwick and his merry band, celebrating the long awaited release of his solo album ‘The Long Road and The Far Horizons’. This is enlightened Scottish fiddle music, this is music highly recommended to both new comers and aficionados, and this is real music worth hearing and deserving of its place in the nation’s culture. Check him out To get in touch with Gavin, please email him : gavinmarwick@hotmail.com To receive occasional newsletters and information about concerts, new releases etc: Subscribe to our mailing list ©2023 Gavin Marwick | Journeyman | Designed by The Digital Forge, Edinburgh