Wed 17 Mar 2027Doors 19:30
The Red Lion Kings Heath · Birmingham
Birmingham's own Ruth Lindsay and friends will be putting on a special show celebrating traditional Irish music for St Patrick's Day! Ruth is a fiddle player with specialisms in traditional Irish and Scottish music as well as having a degree in Classical music from Birmingham Conservatoire. She performs extensively as a folk fiddler and theatre musician and is also in demand as a session player and writer/arranger, featuring on many folk recordings and albums. Having first picked up a violin aged 6 whilst growing up in Scotland, Ruth was introduced to traditional music through her father’s Scottish Dance band. She began playing for dancing herself at the age of 14, and made many appearances on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Take The Floor’, as well as featuring on her father’s albums and performing extensively for RSCDS events. Ruth went on to complete a degree at Birmingham Conservatoire with violin tutors Alexandra Wood and Simon Smith. Whilst gaining considerable experience as a classical solo, orchestral and chamber musician throughout her degree, Ruth continued to explore her passion for traditional folk music, playing and collaborating with many musicians on the folk scene a...
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