Shepheard, Spiers & Watson
purveyors of scottish traditional song

Gigs 2007
Peter Shepheard, Tom Spiers & Arthur Watson are enthusiasts for the Scottish folk tradition.

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Shepheard, Spiers & Watson
were nominated as Scots Folk Band of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards 2006

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They have performed at various festivals, clubs etc in Scotland (Stonehaven, Celtic Connections, Auchtermuchty, Montrose, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Girvan etc). In November 2006 they were guests at the Eisteddfod - New York: Festival of Traditional Music, New York City and at concerts on Boston and Washington.

They have been guests at Vic Smith's club at the Royal Oak in Lewes, Sussex and Peta Webb's, Ken Hall and Dan Quinn's Musical Traditions Folk Club in London amongst others. They have also been running the Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at nearby Collessie, Fife in May for the last four years.

Gigs 2007

Shepheard, Spiers & Watson are at the following events (marked SSW).
The listings also include solo bookings (marked with names Pete, Tom or Arthur).
Additional information by phone from Peter Shepheard 01337 830773
Other bookings will be added in as they are confirmed.

Monday 1 January SSW: New Year's Day Session at The Village Inn, Pitlessie, Cupar, Fife 1.00pm
Friday 26 January Pete & Arthur: Burns Supper at the Masonic Hall, High Street, Newburgh 7.00pm
Saturday 17 February Tom: Workshop: The Fighting Scot - Songs of War and Peace at The Wighton Centre, Dundee
Saturday 24 February & Sunday 25 February 2007 Pete: The Singers' Gathering the TMSA 40th Celebrations, Bathgate, Midlothian - including:
Workshop: Songs from the Living Tradition - Recordings of traditional singers from the Springthyme Archive.
Workshop: Singing the Ballads - Getting to grips with ballad structure and singing style with archive recordings and transcriptions of traditional ballad singers.
Monday 12 March 2007 Tom: Devizes Folk Club, The Lamb Inn, 20 St John Street, Devizes.
Thursday 15 March 2007 Tom: The Royal Oak Folk Club, The Royal Oak, Station Street, Lewes
Friday 16 March 2007 Tom: Stony Stratford Folk Club, The Cock Hotel
Saturday 17 March 2007 Tom: The Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street, London NW1
Sunday 18 March 2007 Tom: Grimsby Folk Club, The Spider's Web, Cran Lane, Old Lee, Grimsby
Thursday 22 March 2007 Tom: Workshop at the School of Arts and Cultures, University of Newcastle on Tyne
Friday 23 March 2007 Tom: The Grove Folk Club, The Grove Inn, Leeds
Saturday 24 March 2007 Tom: Ripponden Folk Club, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax
tel: 01422 822569
Friday 30 March 2007 to Sunday 1 April 2007 Pete & Arthur: Musical Traditions Singing Weekend, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Wednesday 11 April 2007 SSW: Concert as part of an Exhibition of Historic Photography in the University of St Andrews Archives at the Gateway Conference Centre 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Friday 11 May to
Sunday 13 May 2007		 SSW as hosts of: The Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at the Fife Animal Park, Collessie, Cupar, Fife.
Monday 14 March 2007 Pete & Arthur as host of: Old Songs and Bothy Ballads at the Ship Hotel, Newburgh 7.30pm - 10.30pm
Friday 22 June 2007 Tom: Private Workshop: Source Singers of North-East Scotland in Dunkeld.
Tuesday 24 July 2007 SSW: Glenelg overllooking the Sea to Skye: Session at the Glenelg Inn.
Wednesday 25 July 2007 Arthur Watson: Talk on his bronze installation of the structural frame of a highland boat or curragh - An Crannghal - a collaborative installation with Will Maclean at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye at 1.30pm as part of Fèis an Eilein ~ The Skye Festival.
Wednesday 25 July 2007 SSW: Talk with Songs: Fèis an Eilein ~ The Skye Festival. Talk with Songs: The wealth of songs and ballads maintained as a living tradition by the Scottish traveller community at 3.00pm at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland's Gaelic College in south Skye.
Wednesday 25 July 2007 SSW: Concert: Fèis an Eilein ~ The Skye Festival from 8.00pm - 10.00pm at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.
Saturday 10 August
to Sunday 12 August		 SSW: Auchtermuchty Festival: Concerts, ceilidhs and sessions with many artistes. Auchtermuchty, Fife.
Sunday 11.00am: Singing the Ballads: A Workshop on the Scots Ballads with Pete Shepheard & Arthur Watson.
Tuesday 14 August 2007


 SSW: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 276
Acoustic Music Centre, St Bride's Centre, 10 Orwell Street
Concert: 9.00pm - 10.15pm
Shepheard, Spiers & Watson with Special Guest Elizabeth Stewart doyenne of north-east traditional singers.
Tickets: Acoustic Music Centre 0131 346 1405
or Tickets: Fringe Box Office 0131 226 0000
or Online: www.edfringe.com

see Review 2006: Scotsman ****
Wednesday 15 August 2007


 SSW: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 276
Acoustic Music Centre, St Bride's Centre, 10 Orwell Street
Concert: 7.15pm - 8.30pm
Shepheard, Spiers & Watson with Special Guest Elizabeth Stewart doyenne of north-east traditional singers.
 Tickets: Fringe Box Office 0131 226 0000
or Online: www.edfringe.com

Saturday 18 August to Friday 24 August 2007 Pete Shepheard & Arthur Watson: Whitby Folk Week - Numerous concerts and workshops in the wonderful town of Whitby - some with Gordon Easton:
Saturday 18 August 2007 The Resolution: Concert 7.30pm - 11.30pm with Gordon Easton and other guests.
Sunday 19 August 2007 The Rifle Club: In the Scottish Tradition 3.00pm - 5.30pm with Gordon Easton and other guests.
Monday 20 August 2007 Workshop: Museum Lecture Theatre: Songs from Farm and Bothy. Life on the farm as seen through Scots song - with Gordon Easton, Arthur Watson and Peter Shepheard 10.00am - 11.20am
Monday 20 August 2007 The Rifle Club: Family Club 6.30pm - 8.30pm and other guests.
Tuesday 20 August 2007 Rugby Club: Concert 7.30pm - 11.30pm and other guests.
Thursday 20 August 2007 Workshop 2: Museum Lecture Theatre: Songs from the Brazil Family. Peter Shepheard presents archive recordings from an extended Gloucestershire traveller family and celebrates the launch of the new CD on Rod Stradling's Musical Traditions Records - The Brazil Family: Down by the Old Riverside (MTCD345-7) 10.00am - 11.20am
Thursday 20 August 2007 Metropole Ballroom: Concert 2.45pm - 4.45pm and other guests.
Thursday 20 August 2007 Football Club: Traditional Night Out 7.30pm - 11.30pm and other guests.
Friday 20 August 2007 Conservative Club: Ballad Session 1.00pm - 3.00pm and other guests.
Friday 20 August 2007 Conservative Club: Folk Club 8.00pm - 11.00pm and other guests.

Gig List 2006

Thursday 26 January Celtic Connections, Glasgow
Monday 30 January Glenfarg Folk Club, Glenfarg Hotel
Wednesday 5 April Aberdeen Folk Club at the Blue Lamp
Tuesday 11 April Penicuik Folk Club at the Craigiebield House Hotel
Saturday 15 April Wildcat Traditional Music Association: A concert at the Pentland Hotel, Princes Street, Thurso at 8.15pm. Info: 01847 892607
Sunday 16 April TMSA Inverness: SSW and Adam McNaughtan in concert at the Beaufort Hotel, Culduthel Road, Inverness.
Wednesday 3 May Heritage of Buchan: Bothy Ballads and North-east Songs at the Aberdeen Arts Centre, King Street, Aberdeen.
Thursday 11 May Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy: SSW with Anita Best, traditional singer from Newfoundland.
Friday 12, Saturday 13
and Sunday 14 May		 Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at Collessie, Fife with some of Scotland's finest traditional singers.
Monday 15 May Old Songs & Bothy Ballads: A concert in The Ship Hotel, Newburgh with Anita Best (Newfoundland), Ron Bissett (Falkland), Jimmy Hutchison (Newburgh) and Jim Aitken (Newburgh) and SSW.
Friday 16 June Stirling: International Conference Concert.
Friday 4 August Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 309
Folk at the Oak (The Wee Folk Club) The Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street
8.30pm - 11.00pm
Thursday 10 August Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 123
Acoustic Music Centre, St Bride's Centre, 10 Orwell Street
Concert 1: 9.30pm - 10.30pm
Concert 2: 11.00pm - 12.00 midnight
Tickets: Fringe Box Office 0131 226 0000
or Online: www.edfringe.com

Review: Scotsman ****
Friday 11 August Stonehaven Folk Club in the Heugh Hotel at 8.30pm
Saturday 12 August
to Sunday 13 August		 Auchtermuchty Festival: Concerts, ceilidhs and sessions with many artistes. Auchtermuchty, Fife.
Monday 14 August Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 123
Acoustic Music Centre, St Bride's Centre, 10 Orwell Street
Concert 1: 8.00pm - 9.00pm
Concert 2: 9.30pm - 10.30pm
Tickets: Fringe Box Office 0131 226 0000
or Online: www.edfringe.com

Review: Scotsman ****
Saturday 19 August
to Friday 25 August 		Whitby Folk Week - numerous concerts and workshops in the wonderful town of Whitby. Other Events. Details of SSW events below.
Sunday 20 August Concert: Whitby Rugby Club 7.30pm - 11.30pm
Monday 21 August Workshop: Songs from Scots Travellers. SSW sing songs they have garnered from the Scottish traveller community and play some recordings from the archives.
Conservative Club 10.00am - 11.20am
Monday 21 August Concert: Whitby Football Club 7.30pm - 11.00pm
Tuesday 22 August Workshop: Song Links. Sarah Grey, Jimmy Hutchison, Kieron Mearns & Tom Spiers Conservative Club 10.00am - 11.20am
Tuesday 22 August Concert: Rifle Club 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Wednesday 23 August Workshop: Ballads from Scots Travellers. SSW sing some of the big ballads they have gleaned from the Scottish traveller community and play some recordings from the archives.
Conservative Club 10.00am - 11.20am
Thursday 24 August Workshop: She Was A Rum One. SSW revisit their infamous (Whitby 2003) workshop on Scots bawdy songs. Not for the prudish or pre-watershed age!
Conservative Club 10.00am - 11.20am
Thursday 24 August Concert: Metropole Hotel 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Thursday 24 August Concert: Rifle Club 9.30pm - 12.00pm
Friday 25 August Final Scrum Concert: Whitby Rugby Club 7.30pm - 11.30pm
Thursday 31 August The Star Folk Club, Glasgow
Thursday 16 November USA: Folk Song Society of Greater Boston: Concert in Boston, Mass.
Friday 17 November
to Sunday 19 November		 USA: Eisteddfod - New York: Festival of Traditional Music, New York City.
Monday 20 November USA: Folklore Society of Greater Washington: Concert in Washington, DC.
Sunday 3 December Partick Folk Festival, Venue & Programme, Glasgow
Tuesday 5 December Leith Folk Club at The Village, South Forth Street, Edinburgh

Information & Bookings:
We are available for bookings with several booking options:
Shepheard, Spiers & Watson

Please contact us:
Pete Shepheard: Balmalcolm House, Balmalcolm, Cupar, Fife KY15 7TJ, Scotland
tel: 01337 830773 email:

For solo bookings see:
Tom Spiers (solo)
Peter Shepheard (solo)

Booking Agency
Stoneyport Agency (Edinburgh)