Orchestra Macaroon is a new phenomenon.

Based on Easdale Island which is little more than a lump of slate at the edge of the Atlantic, they
have developed a new band and produced a new CD international in influence and global in outlook!

Orchestra Macaroon is an eight-piece international, multi-talented band. The instrumental line-up
includes piano, double bass, jazz horns, berimbao, clay pot, bongos and several species of bagpipes.
Expect infectious loping grooves, great tunes and joyful improvisations.

Led by Edinburgh Mela Musical Director and former Waterboy Colin Blakey, partner Phil Bull and fellow
Easdale Islander Steve "Wee" Brown, the band includes a pool of musicians from Ireland, Scotland and
China, playing in different combinations to keep things fresh.

Their first CD, Breakfast in Balquhidder, has been extremely well received, resulting in a BBC Radio
Scotland session for Celtic Connections programme.

Summer 2005 sees them out and about, playing selected live dates. So far confirmed are the Edinbane
Community Music Festival, as one of the main Saturday evening concerts and 3 nights at the Spiegel
Garden - the hippest venue at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Catch them if you can.

 

…formidable live show,,, a stunning marriage of musical styles… Edinburgh Evening News

Listings
The Spiegel Garden (venue 87), George Square Gardens, Edinburgh
25, 26, 27 Aug (6pm) Tickets £8
Box Office 0131 226 0000

 

For more press information, to arrange interviews, review tickets, photos, CDs etc
please call Morag Neil on 0131 557 5918 or 0771 288 0965
www.moragneil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk