Innistor’s Scottish ceilidh dance music
Growing up in Orkney, band leader Sandy Flett had plenty of exposure to Scottish dance music. Innistor's authentic Scottish sound is based on his characteristic musette accordion lead, complemented and embellished by fiddle, with depth and drive from rhythm guitar and piano/bass (live by midi from the accordion left hand), altogether a very full sound.
Innistor’s material is drawn mainly from a mixture of familiar traditional tunes, pipe tunes, more recent compositions from some of Scotland’s finest players, and a smattering of Irish favourites; as showcased in the following sound sample:
However, the band also enjoys finding other music influences with which to gently evolve the sound, as showcased in the following MP3:
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