CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH FOLK DUE FROM THE HEART OF THE HIGHLANDS.
Church Street Shuffle is the Contemporary Fiddle and Guitar duo of Neil Ewart (Ardnamurchan) & Ali MacQuarrie (Inverness). Beyond the Standard reels and jigs Church Street Shuffle employ modern production techniques to create a multi facet live sound that them much bigger than their number. Bass pedals and looping and are used to create a fresh and up to date take on the classic highland folk duo.
DEBUT ALBUM ‘THE FIVE DAY WEEKEND ‘ PRE OREDER NOW.
We are excited to announce our debut album "‘FIVE DAY WEEKEND’.
We worked with producer and audio engineer Barry Reid to create a fresh and modern album which we think brings the classic Highland Folk Duo firmly into the 21st century. We have honed and polished techniques we developed playing gigs in and around Inverness, employing synthesisers’s, looping and effects pedals to create a expansive and lush sound that we are very proud of.
CD’s are available via our bandcamp page as well as digital downloads. Thanks for listening we hope you love what we have created.
NEIL EWART
Neil Ewart steps into his place as a brilliant virtuoso exponent of traditional Scottish music. His creative and adventurous sound is deeply rooted in his native west coast tradition. Just as pipers some 300 years ago would create their own variations on the Gaelic airs, Neil creates his own variations using contemporary harmonic and rhythmic language.
Neil honed his skills at the National Centre for Excellence at Plockton and received his bachelor’s degree in Applied Music at Strathclyde University. He was also a finalist in ‘The BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year ‘ competition in 2014.
ALI MACQUARRIE
Ali’s attentive guitar playing uplifts the tunes with a groove that will make your feet tap and the rest of you want to get up and dance. Modern counter point and use of effects takes Ali’s rhythmic and harmonic approach into new territory creating a driving backbone and ethereal landscapes upon which the fiddle dances. Ali is steeped in Highland culture and can flat pick a tune like nobodies business.
Ali also plays in the inverness based band CALA, he is currently studying at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow.