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Stewart Hardy is one of the most exciting fiddle players in the North
East of England. Love for traditional music shines through his repertoire and
influences his own compositions. He was Folkworks’ Artist in residence for the
national Year of the Artist millennium project and lead the SNAP05 project with
Eiwor Kjellberg from Sweden and Yann Dour from Brittany. He is a core tutor on
Newcastle University’s Folk degree course.
Stewart
spent six years as an influential member
of the very popular John Wright Band, performing throughout Europe. He
has also
performed throughout the world playing traditional folk, pop, rock,
jazz,
country and western swing music. He has partnered many other
musicians (Jed Grimes, George Welch, Frank McLaughlin) in
Folk
Clubs and festivals the length and breadth of Europe. Stewart is much
in demand
as a session player and fiddle tutor, teaching at Folkworks summer
schools,
Strings at Whitney, Celtic Connections and other projects throughout
the country including his own
workshops organised through JSARTS. Try Googling the name, you’ll be
surprised
at how many CDs he has guested on |
