Get the album “Under the Cover of Lightness” here: http://hyperurl.co/FraserAnderson
"In Scotland, if you want to know about Americana music or house concerts, you listen to Rob Ellen" No Depression
http://nodepression.com/article/scotlands-medicine-show-master
Publicist Promoter Presenter Rob Ellen has been involved in music development in Scotland for over 30 years. He keeps a trail open around the Highlands in particular for touring roots musicians, small combos and bands. He helped found and continues to help organise Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival. He also organises the Tartan Heart Fringe and Potting Shed Stage with the help of Square Wheels Cycles of Strathpeffer, he founded the European House Concert Hub and edits Flyinshoes Review as well as presents the widely syndicated Medicine Show Radio Health & Happiness Hour.
Rob will tour many of The Medicine Show favourites around Europe through "The Medicine Show Radio Revue" Recently he and Hamish Roberts travel 6,500 miles play 23 shows, 10 Radio Stations and 7 countries, to get to WOMEX in Greece where he was invited to talk on DIY Music. The Highland tour has become a pilgrimage with American Musicians in particular, wishing to trace the roots of "The Great American Song Book" back to its home in the Highlands. Rob says, "I am fascinated by the song lines and tracing the roots of music, but equally fascinated with the contemporary shoots that keep it all alive and well".
Rob's particular interest, is supporting and setting up House Concerts. This is a chance to experience music in a warm and intimate environment, i.e. a private house or your home. Rob maintains the Euro House Concert Hub. This is a place for artists, guests and hosts to social network. www.houseconcert.eu for more info.
Medicine in the modern sense is perceived to be a treatment for ailment, but in the ancient sense, particularly in the minds of Native Americans, medicine is "all that is good in nature connecting the spiritual world with the physical. The Medicine of music can be a direct connection with all it is to be human and also our best prescription for the disconnecting-ailments of our modern culture".
Get the album “Under the Cover of Lightness” here: http://hyperurl.co/FraserAnderson
Published on Feb 18, 2016 “A menacing slice of surf noir from the rising stars of the European Roots music scene”
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