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Nick Keir |
what's not to like?....skillfully wrought songcraft. appealing melodies,intelligent lyrics and flavoursome delivery. (Sunday Herald) |
he has an amazing voice which makes you feel comfortable and warm, yet demands that you listen to the lyrics (Living Tradition) |
Nick Keir is a musician and songwriter from Edinburgh with a career spanning 4 decades. beginning with Finn mac Cuill in 1973 . He was a member of 7:84 Theatre Group from 1979 to 1981 before joining The McCalmans, Scotland's leading Folk Song group in 1982, and has been with them ever since. As well as working with the Macs Nick has produced 3 well-received solo CDs and toured extensively with The Tolkien Ensemble, recently featuring as soloist alongside Sir Christopher Lee and The Danish Radio Sinfonietta. With The McCalmans drawing to a close in December 2010 Nick will continue both as a soloist and with fellow-Mac Stephen Quigg. |
"one of Scotland's finest contemporary musicians (BBC Radio Ulster) |
Within the first few bars of each song he establishes a powerful emotional texture, and the finely-crafted lyrics dive straight into the dramatic heart of the song. Nick brings an undiminished honesty and emotional intensity to his singing. Like Vin Garbutt Nick is a classic ballad singer who draws every ounce of feeling from a melody (FROOTS) |