Inside Folk by Liza Mulholland

Inside Folk by Liza Mulholland

Ever wondered about the life of a musician? Liza Mulholland invites you Inside Folk to share an insight into her experience as a contemporary Scottish musician. Reflecting on elements of a typical year - performing, teaching, travelling, launching an album, juggling gigs and children, listening, composing - she offers a heartwarming illustration of the joys, delights and challenges of playing music for a living.

Packed with humour, anecdote and thoughtful observation, Notes from a Scottish musician's year, the first volume in the Inside Folk series, is an entertaining exploration of Scottish music. Whether enjoying a ceilidh in the hollow trunk of a giant Californian redwood or Stripping the Willow in Castlebay hall, Liza dances us through a year of her musical life, as well as many past adventures.

Learning piano from a young age and, later, accordion, playing and writing music have been life-long passions. With a background of a large Glasgow-Irish family of musicians and singers on her father's side and the Gaelic song tradition of her mother's Hebridean heritage, it was perhaps inevitable she would feel the strongest pull towards folk music. But all music is there to be enjoyed and her love of her subject sings off every page.

Liza writes from a place of deep knowledge and understanding, placing traditional music within a wider context of Scottish cultural life and using her own wide and varied experience to make the personal universal. Her enthusiasm is infectious, so don't be surprised if you find yourself dusting off that old fiddle you've been meaning to get back to for years

Mulholland, Liza: - Liza Mulholland is from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. She studied Scottish History and Sociology at Glasgow University, before going on to work as a musician and playing across Britain, Ireland and Europe. On returning to the Highlands, she set up her independent production company, Metagama Productions, and over a number of years, devised and produced quality award-winning TV and radio arts documentaries for BBC Scotland. Taking time out in 2004 to set up and run the family outdoor activities and events business at Bogbain Farm, Inverness, she returned to full-time music in 2011, playing with her band, Dorec-a-belle, composing music for projects including film and theatrical shows, and is a regular tutor within the Fü¾Ž†”¼is movement. Liza has written for a variety of publications, including feature articles for newspapers and journals. She is a columnist with Highland News & Media, with her folk music articles being published across the organisation's eighteen newspapers and corresponding online sites. She also writes fiction, children's stories and other non-fiction. She lives in her home town of Inverness with her son and two cats.

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ISBN 13	9780952666929
ISBN 10	0952666928
Title	Inside Folk
Author	Liza Mulholland
Series	Inside Folk Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Metagama Productions Ltd
Year published	2018-07-01
Number of pages	110
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