MEET.... ERIKA SHEARER
FARA members, Jeana and Kristan, have been travelling around the islands the band are lucky enough to call home, meeting some of Orkney's most weel-kent artistes in their natural habitat!
In this film they travel out to Holm Village to hear some music and have a yarn to fiddler, Erika Shearer. Erika taught both Kristan and Jeana many years ago as part of the Orkney Traditional Musician Project - an invaluable organisation set up in 1998 to revive fiddle and accordion playing in the isles. Erika now runs the project, and explains a little more about it during the film, as well as giving us a blast of some brilliant Orkney tunes!
Enjoy!
Commission by: Orkney Folk Festival
Audio: Andrea Gobbi Music Production
FARA
www.faramusic.co.uk
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