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As a touring soloist, with no less than 37 tours of the USA, 5 trips to Australia and countless European tours to his credit, Alistair Anderson is internationally acknowledged as a master of the English Concertina and a fine exponent of the Northumbrian Pipes. He delights audiences with the lyrical slow airs and lively dance tunes of Northumberland and with his own compositions, which have grown out of his love of traditional music.
Having long been inspired by the older generation of Northumbrian musicians, he now has to acknowledge that he must count himself amongst the older generation. However, he continues to perform both as a soloist and with various collaborators, many half his age.
“He remains one of this country’s most majestic and inclusive instrumentalists” – Colin Irwin fROOTS
“His appeal as a musician lies not only in his remarkable handling of the English Concertina and Northumbrian Pipes. It is also a result of his total involvement in his music, his absolute sincerity, which succeeds in reaching a far wider audience than his classification as a folk musician would suggest.” – The Stage
“The pleasure comes chiefly from the excellence of the playing; that particular delight which comes from anything superbly done. The concertina emerges as a flexible and sensitive instrument; in the hands of a player of Anderson’s quality it is amazing what it can achieve.” – The Guardian
Photo credit: D. Davis
