Silly Wizard was a Scottish folk band known for their contributions to the revival and modernization of traditional Scottish music. Formed in Edinburgh in the early 1970s, the group became one of the ...
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John James Cunningham, fiddle player and composer: born Edinburgh 27 August 1957; died New York 15 December 2003. Someone once said that Johnny Cunningham lived his life like someone tipping backwards ...
Andy M Stewart grew to become one of the most accomplished musicians of his generation in Scotland's protean folk scene of the 1970s and '80s. Coming to the fore first with Silly Wizard, as a song ...
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