Colin Macleod Roaming Free Celtic Violin

Colin Macleod - Celtic Fiddler with Scottish lilt.

Colin Macleod is a Celtic Fiddler based in Victoria.  His CD 'Roaming Free' with Rory Sinclair on guitar is available from his website Roaming Free and features traditional Celtic music.  Colin Macleod is well-known for his Celtic Violin Workshops, including work with the Launceston Youth and Community Orchestra Residential String Workshop and the Australian Celtic Festival Glen Innes.

The CD Roaming Free represents a collaboration between two masters of their instruments with complimentary styles who have created something bigger than the sum of the two obtained. From the fiery delight of a reel to the controlled abandonment of a slow air, Colin Macleod's fiddle sings as Rory Sinclair's guitar dances and whilst the fiddle lays solemnly silent, the guitar resurrects sombre compositions with a glittering quality.

Colin and Rory, first found musical lilt in their native homeland of Scotland. This experience was enhanced and further shaped by periods of life spent in Germany (Rory) and South Africa (Colin) before the chance encounter at the Australian National Folk Festival in Canberra 2004.

Their CD represents a degustation or sampling of some of the finest scottish music from Down Under.