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About Ford Collier

Professional folk and ceilidh musician with a decade of experience performing at events including Glastonbury festival and UK wide tours.

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Tin whistle

Sheffield

Public liability insurance of £10 million

My bands Mishra The Drystones I specialise in instrumental Irish and folk/world fusion on low whistle, guitar, and percussion. Nominated for a BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. As well as playing original music with my bands, I can draw on my network of folk musicians to put together a bespoke ceilidh-dance band to liven up your party, playing infectious folk tunes that get you on your feet

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Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant. He was fabulous, won hearts of many with his amazing performance.

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Ford Collier's Song list

UK Folk/Contemporary:

Parting Glass

Wild Mountain Thyme

Tam Lyn

The Graf Spey

The Humours of Ballyloughlin

Elizabeth Kelly’s

Black Pats

Banish Misfortune

Whistling Banshee

The Kesh

Rathlin Island

General Taylor

South Australia

Drummond Castle

Road to Errogie

London Lasses

The glass of beer

Tatterjack Walsh

Lark in the Morning

Drowsy Maggie

High Reel

Ramnee Ceilidh

Pressed For Time

Tell me Ma

Wild Rover

American Traditional/Bluegrass:

Angeline the Baker

I’ll Fly Away

Blackest Crow

Salt Creek

Old Joe Clark

John Brown’s Dream

Washington’s March

Arkansas Traveller

Whiskey Before Breakfast

Single Girl

Shady Grove

Ain’t No Grave

Shenandoah

Bury Me Beneath the Willow

Train on the Island

Covers:

Landslide

Don't stop believing

Galway Girl

Fairytale of New York

Classical:

Prelude in G major from Bach's Cello Suite

Pachelbel's Canon

Jesu joy of man's desiring

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Musicianship

Genres:

Folk, Ceilidh, Bluegrass, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional English folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Folk rock, World music, Indian music

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Instruments:

Tin whistle, Guitar, Indian percussion, Percussion

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Event types:

Concert, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Birthday party, Burns night, Cruise, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Church service, Virtual event

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Other skills:

Arranger, Composer, Ableton Live, Live looping, Instrumental teaching, Composition teaching, Theory teaching, Fluent improviser

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