»

[Andy Mulhern]

Monday 15th May
Aberdeen Arts Centre
Free from 7:30pm

As part of the Aberdeen Word Fringe 2006 a Shetland night featuring talks and music from Donald Anderson (my old english teacher!) and Jillian Isbister.

--

Jillian Isbister is a well established musician in Shetland and is fast making waves on the mainland. At only 17 years of age she has already played over 100 gigs in Shetland, and festivals on the mainland including Celtic Connections in Glasgow where she won a Danny award in 2005, one of only 6 awarded each year to newcomers from all over the world. As a result of this she was invited back to perform in 2006, and ended up with 9 performances over the 3 weeks! One of these performances gave her the opportunity to perform alongside Eddi Reader and her band. Jillian also provided musical interludes for Iain Anderson in Conversation.

Jillian has just released a 4 track EP entitled My Smaa Temple, with a title track for which she wrote the music and Marie Williamson wrote the lyrics. Marie, from Shetland, is a very talented songwriter and pens most of the original material that Jillian performs. Tracks from this EP have received radio play, both locally and on Radio Scotland.

Donald Anderson released his debut CD, Waterhead Sky in May 2005. He lives in a small village on the west coast of Shetland and has been playing guitar, singing and writing songs for at least twenty years.

Currently, Donald is preparing to play at the Shetland Blues Festival with his band, The Donald Anderson Band. He has made numerous appearances at the Shetland Folk Festival over the last decade, both as a solo performer and as a member of the Shining Pool. He received excellent reviews in the press and Iain Anderson has played tracks from the album on his show on BBC Radio Scotland.