Robbie Sherratt
The Living Tradition – “Robbie Sherratt’s debut album is a tour de force in all aspects." Get the album here:
https://robbiesherratt.com/shop
Hailing from North Staffordshire, Robbie Sherratt is an innovative freelance fiddler, known for his ability to genre-hop at the blink of eye. Whilst being of the open minded sort, his roots in traditional Folk music remain the basis of his pursuit for new music.
“Not only a naturally brilliant musician; Robbie is a great performer whose light shines like a beacon amongst the many talented players
14/02/2024
The first review of Skylark is out! 😀
"This is a distinguished and innovative collection, filled with delicate surprises and rhythmic delights. Although released in late December 2023, it sets the bar high for the new year, and thus becomes my first musical favourite of 2024."
- David Auckland (Fatea Magazine)
🐦📝 The first review of Skylark is out! Thanks David for your insight, we're thrilled to be your 1st musical favourite of this year!
https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/reviews/EvaRobbie/
04/02/2024
Our duo Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt was invited on Folgialbum on Klassikaraadio where the whole of our new album Skylark is played and in between every 3 tracks we tell about the background to the music and how we came to write it. It was really fun and such a nice concept for a show! It's in a mixture of Estonian and English so tune in at 20:00 (18:00 in the UK) if you'd like to hear about the behind the scenes of our album! 📻🎵
Folgialbum. Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt. Skylark (2023) | Klassikaraadio | ERR Kõlab eesti-inglise pärimusmuusikaduo Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt debüütalbum "Skylark".
02/02/2024
If you've been thinking about getting mine and Eva's album Skylark, today's the perfect day! It's Bandcamp Friday which means they wave their commission fees.
As well as CDs and digital downloads Eva's made some beautiful prints, each featuring etching of a kannel, fiddle, and hiiu kannel.
https://valjaots-sherratt.bandcamp.com/merch
So proud to finally release the debut album of Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt! 😁🎉
You can find it on all streaming services and CDs are available from our Bandcamp:
https://valjaots-sherratt.bandcamp.com/album/skylark
Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt's album is out this Saturday!! We'll be celebrating the release at Philly Joe's Tallinn and the album will be available on all streaming platforms!
If you feel like pre-ordering the album, you can do so on Bandcamp where the CDs are available too 🎧🥳
https://valjaots-sherratt.bandcamp.com/album/skylark
I'm really proud of Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt's new music video, and can't wait for it to be released tomorrow! 😄
We filmed it in August in various locations on a path which runs alongside the Emajõgi in Tartu, Estonia. It was really fun to do and one of my favourite parts was making the bird puppets! 🐥
If you like learning dances in a fun environment with live music, come along to the course International Folk Dancing at Esbo Arbis. No prior experience needed! It starts again on Wednesday 06.09.2023 17:30 at Mattlidens skola. We need a few more people to sign up for the course to happen and look forward to seeing you there!
Sign up now via Ilmonet:
https://ilmonet.fi/course/EA230324
21/08/2023
I’m running some new courses this academic year! Please register if you’d like to come along, all the courses but one still need more participants in order to take place.
Esbo Arbis
International Folk Dancing (with Eva Väljaots Music)
https://ilmonet.fi/course/EA230324
Helsingfors arbis
Folk Music of the British Isles (only 2 places left)
https://ilmonet.fi/course/A230553
Fiddle Singing (spring semester)
https://ilmonet.fi/course/A240104
Turun suomenkielinen työväenopisto
Music from the British Isles
https://uusi.opistopalvelut.fi/turku/fi/course/13906
📷: Ruudu Rahumaru
Here's the last Helstringy video for now. It features Kalle Tuovinen singing about a rabbit 🐇
See you for some dancing at Rootsinpyhtää Bluegrass Festival! 🤠
24/05/2023
I'm teaching fiddle this August at Kandlekoja Pärimusa camp in Estonia! 😄🎻
Registration's now open😵💫
Kandlekoja XXII PÄRIMUSA, 6.-12. augustil 2023 Pärimusa kohtumispaigaks on meie armas Vana-Vigala mõis, kuhu ootame uusi ja vanu tulijaid, et Pärimusa kogukond jälle kohtuda saaks! Kui oled 10-25 aastane ja soovid õppida või süvendada teadmisi mõnest rahvapillist, mängida ansamblis, tantsida vanu ja uuemaid tantse, tunnetada regilaulude...
Here's another vid from the Helstringy rehearsal. It's a tune I got from friend and fellow fiddler Niles Krieger, Nail that Catfish to the Tree. It’s written by banjo player Steve Rosen of the Volo Bogtrotters. 🪕🎵
If you’re in Finland and feel like dancing along, we’ll be teaching square and contra dances at Rootsinpyhtää Bluegrass Festival!
I've been missing playing bluegrass and old time music so it's been great to start this new project with Forrest Oliphant and Kalle Tuovinen. We met to rehearse and record a few tunes recently so I'll post them during the next few weeks.
If you feel like dancing along, we'll be at Rootsinpyhtää Bluegrass Festival, teaching and playing for contra and square dancing. 🎵🩰
29/03/2023
I'm playing at Rootsinpyhtää 2023 with Helstringy Square Dance! It's a new band we've put together with Forrest Oliphant on banjo, Kalle Tuovinen on guitar and myself on fiddle and teaching dances.
Join us at 19:00 on 10.6 for some old time music and dancing! 🎻🪕🎸👞
Festivaalien esiintyjät on nyt julkistettu!
Hieno kattaus kotimaista ja ulkomaista. Mules & Men Irlannista sekä Just as Blue Ruotsista!
There's still places available on the bluegrass fiddle course at Helsingfors arbis, sign up now to play some tunes like this!
14/02/2023
Another bluegrass workshop at Helsingfors Arbis is on it's way! 🎻
Find more info and enroll to the course via Ilmonet:
https://ilmonet.fi/course/A230269
It's traditional to start the year with wassailing, going from door to door singing songs, offering a drink from your wassail bowl and getting some food and drink in return. 🥣
If you'd like to play and sing traditional music from Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales then perhaps my course at Turun suomenkielinen työväenopisto is for you!
It starts this Wednesday (11.01) and you can sign up via the link below:
https://opistopalvelut.fi/turku/course.php?l=fi&t=12775
Hope to see you there!
07/12/2022
One of my favourite gigs this year was a cosy house concert last Sunday with Viljandin Ystävät ☃️
18/11/2022
Come along to Perinnearkkuklubi tomorrow for Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt and Hurja Halla plus a jam session to end the night!
I started making my hiiu kannel about 4 years ago, it took a couple of years to make and I figured I'd make a post about it when I'd finished the bow... two years later, I've finally finished making the bow just in time for my tour with Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt!
I'm running three courses this autumn, sign up and come along! 🎻🎉
The first covers folk music from the British Isles at Turun suomenkielinen työväenopisto - we've already had the first session but you're still more than welcome to attend!
https://opistopalvelut.fi/turku/course.php?l=fi&t=12766
The second is a bluegrass fiddle workshop at Helsingfors arbis starting in November.
https://ilmonet.fi/course/A220635
The third is International Folk Dancing which I'll be doing with Eva Väljaots Music at Esbo Arbis. It starts this week (08.09) at 19:30-20:30 every Thursday.
https://ilmonet.fi/course/EA220292
Check out who's in Finn-Brits magazine!
Thanks Anthony Shaw for writing this cracking article 🤩
Finnbrit Language Centre
11/05/2022
Helsinki Cèilidh Band are playing main stage Friday evening at Haapavesi Folk Music Festival! 😁
Let's meet on the dance floor - 1st July! 🎻🪗🎹🥁
⭐ HELSINKI CÈILIDH BAND
Helsinki Cèilidh Band soittaa skottilaista, irlantilaista ja englantilasta tanssimusiikkia. Tarttuva, dynaaminen soitto tuo Brittein saarten tarttuvimmat sävelet kotiyleisön korviin – energiset jigit ja reelit pistävät jalan naputtamaan tahtia ja Folkkien päälavan tanssilattia saa pian käyttöä kun tämä ryhmä alkaa soittaa tosissaan! Yhtyeen muodostaa joukko Sibelius-Akatemiassa opintojen parissa toisiinsa tutustuneita muusikoita Britanniasta ja Suomesta.
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Helsinki Cèilidh Band are Finland’s finest cèilidh band catering for Scottish, Irish and English dance music. The band is a collective of musicians from the UK and Finland who met at the Sibelius Academy. Their infectious, dynamic sound has been in great demand throughout Finland ever since. From high-energy driving jigs and reels to groovy schottisches, the band will have everyone up on the dance floor!
PERJANTAI 1.7. // FRIDAY 1 July
19.30-20.30
Koko ohjelma: haapavesifolk.com/ohjelma
📸: Klaus Elfving
Today! 😃
Spring has come to Finland and soon so will my course at Maailman musiikin keskus / Global Music Centre! 🌞
Check out the event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/513198210264070
This Tuesday Christine De Luca is reciting poetry in her mother tongue Shetlandic as well as in English at an event organised by Keskustakirjasto Oodi, Finnish-British Society and Federation of Finnish-British Societies.
I'll be there playing Shetland's greatest hits - maybe see you there!
https://www.oodihelsinki.fi/event/helmet:232964/poetry-in-english-and-shetlandic-christine-de-luca/?lang=en
Ps how do you find my Shetland fiddle impression?
17/02/2022
This Saturday, Eva Väljaots and I are celebrating Estonian Independence Day with Eesti Kodu, Bradford, UK! We've already prepared for Storm Eunice, as you can see from this photo Mikko W. Malmivaara took. 💨💨🐟 📸
P.S. We've made a new page for our duo Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt ✨
Estonian Independence Day celebrations take place at the Eesti Kodu Club in Bradford on Saturday 19th February at 5 pm.
Come and meet the Estonian ambassador, Viljar Lubi and listen to Anglo-Estonian folk duo, Eva Väljaots and Robbie Sherratt.
Pea soup, a shot of vodka, coffee and cake for every guest!
The bar offers a great range of Estonian beers and ciders!
See you on Saturday!
Want to play the fiddle? 🎻 🎵
I'm looking for fiddle students and am happy to teach all ages and levels. I specialise in folk music from the British Isles and Finland as well as bluegrass. Here's an Irish jig for an example.
I'm based in Helsinki but I'll be in the UK for a bit in February. Online lessons are grand too!
I've recently graduated from Sibelius Academy with a master's in folk music along with a pedagogy qualification. You can find out more about me on my website:
https://robbiesherratt.com/
Get in touch on Facebook or via the contact form on my website if you're interested. Feel free to share this post with anyone you know who's looking a fiddle teacher!
The last video for now from Helsinki Cèilidh Band with some groovy marches, one of which from the playing of Irish fiddler Michael Coleman 🎻🎊
27/01/2022
Tonight Eva Väljaots and I are playing at the Danny Kyle Open Stage at Celtic Connections! It's from 5-7 pm GMT (7-9 pm EET) and we'll be on in the 2nd hour.
Our spot starts with an interview with the wonderful Liz Clark! 😃
Follow the link below to tune in! 📻
Celtic Music Radio – A Festival of Music Since 2006, Celtic Music Radio has brought you The Danny Kyle Open Stage to you live from Celtic Connections. Due to Covid, The Danny Kyle Open Stage will take place online this year, accessible via our webstream here, 95FM across Glasgow, mobile apps, Alexa and The Danny Kyle Open Stage website Dan...
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