You are here: Home arrow Prominent Artists arrow Current Artists arrow Bryan Gear
Bryan Gear

Bryan is arguably the finest fiddler in Shetland today, certainly in clinical and technical terms at least.

Brian Gear and Violet TullochBryan Gear and Violet Tulloch

A student of the late great Willie Hunter, Bryan has grown to embody much of the great man himself and it's probably the greatest accolade that many prominent Shetland musicians now recognise him as Willie's worthy successor in the field of Shetland traditional fiddle music.

Bryan still retains his job as a joiner in Shetland but has travelled extensively throughout the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Europe and the Far-East plying his 'second trade' and most recently returned from performing aboard a cruise ship travelling along the west coast of Scotland.

Perhaps given all this it is appropriate that he is regularly accompanied on piano by Violet Tulloch, a wonderful musician in her own right, who commands her own biography in this section.

An amazing solo fiddle player, wonderfully upgraded to a duo alongside another legend from the Shetland music scene. Two amazing musicians - or one incredible duo.

 
Prominent Artists
feed image

Latest News

Fiddle Frenzy, Shetland's week long musical summer school which features showcase concerts by many of Shetland's finest musicians, starts today.
BBC ALBA will be broadcasting an hour-long programme from the 30th Shetland Folk Festival, featuring Fiddlers Bid, on Saturday 31 July at 21:00
The late Shetland musician Peerie Willie Johnson has been entered into the Oxford Dictionary of National Biographies (ODNB).

 

Hom Bru
Cooper's Reels
Listen
Shetland Fiddlers
The Delting Set
Listen
Shoormal
Camera Obscura
Listen
Cullivoe Fiddlers
Da Ferry Reel Set
Listen
Fiddler's Bid
Da Shaalds
Listen
Jenna Reid
Summer Island March
Listen
Fridaray
Unst Boat Song
Listen
Chris Stout
Hillswick
Listen
Jillian Isbister
Desperado
Listen
Jordan Ogg
The Prettiest Birds
Listen

Jukebox tracks are in MP3 format. Click to listen, or right-click to save to your computer.

Feed provided by ZetCast, an online broadcasting network serving the Shetland Islands and beyond.

Subscribe to this RSS feed

Logo for Shetland Arts Development Agency Logo for Scottish Arts Council