TO on the Beeb

Monday night saw us at the old fruitmarket in Glasgow performing a 20min set for the BBC’s “highlights of Celtic Connections” show. The programme will be shown on the 5th of February on BBC2.

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TO Members flying the musical flag at Celtic Connections 2012

This month sees the annual Celtic Connections festival take place in Glasgow and as ever many of the TO members are involved in shows.  Just in case you wanted to catch the guys out of their Treacherous guise here’s a wee guide as to what folk are up to over the festival weeks.  

Duncan Lyall New Voices@The Strathclyde Suite, Sunday 22nd Jan – TO bassist Duncan serves up a concoction of self-penned music, ably assisted by TO members Ali Hutton, Innes Watson and Martin O’Neill.

Ross Ainslie Trio@The National Piping Centre, Sat 28th Jan – Another premier for a new trio featuring Ross along with fellow TO prankster Ali Hutton and James Mackintosh on percussion.

Kris Drever Band@The Old Fruitmarket, Thurs 26th Jan – Lau frontman Kris unveils his new band featuring among others his usual duo partner, TO’s Banjoman, aka Éamonn Coyne.
 
Jarlaith Henderson Trio@The National Piping Centre (same gig as Ross Ainslie Trio), Sat 28th Jan – Red Hot piping whizz Jarlaith Henderson takes the lead role in a dynamic trio completed by TO wing-men Duncan Lyall and Innes Watson.

Alternative Burns Night with Babelfish@Oran Mor, Weds 25th Jan  - A first CC gig for this folk/jazz/phsychadellic/spoken word combo featuring Adam Sutherland on fiddle and John Somerville on accordion, a unique take on a Burns night.

Halcyon@Beat Bothy Club Night, The Arches Fri 3rd Feb – TO members Barry Reid, John Somerville and Adam Sutherland unveil their new electro/big-beat project .

The Long Notes@ABC1, Weds 25th Jan  TO guitarist Steve Byrnes lays down some guitar grooves in this energetic Irish quintet,  they recently released a new album album which was produced by TO’s Ali Hutton.

Session A9@the Glasgow Concert Hall, Thurs 26th Jan  - Fiddle supergroup featuring Adam Sutherland  return for a big show at the Royal Concert Hall.

Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie with the spirit of Scotland pipe band@Glasgow Concert Hall, Sat 28th Jan.

Ross Ainslie and Éamonn Coyne with Salsa Celtica@the Old Fruitmarket, Friday 27th Jan.

Adam Sutherland with Ailee Robertson’s Traditional Spirits@The Tron, Sat 21st Jan.

Ali Hutton and Fraser Stone with the Old Blind Dogs in “the singing Land” @ The Old Fruitmarket, Weds 1st Feb.

Ali Hutton in “The Music of Arran”@Glasgow Art Club, Tues 31st Jan.  

Martin O’Neill with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones@The Concert Hall, Thurs 19th Jan and Fred Morrison’s “Outlands”@The Concert Hall, Tues 31st Jan.

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Origins now available for order

We are extremely pleased to announce that our shiny new album is now available to order directly from our website. Check the shop page for more details on how to obtain your very own copy!

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Happy New Year

A big Happy New Year to all you Treacherous people. All of us at Treacherous HQ hope that 2012 is a big year for you!!

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ORIGINS FIRST 50 – SOLD OOT!

So that’s us. The first 50 albums are sold. Congratulations if you got one, it’ll be with you as soon as we get the Reindeers fired up.

Thanks for the rapid response, we ♥ you guys.

In the meantime you can still pre-order the album using the button to your right, or why not smother yourself in some of our other wondrous merchandise in the shop.

Merry Treachmas – HOHOHO and a’ the best in the New …

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Welcome to the new Treacherous Orchestra Website.

Finally we’ve got it together and we’d like to present our new site, regularly updated with all things Treacherous. The coming weeks sees the release of our new album “origins” which will be released on Navigator Records.

We launch in Scotland on the 4th of February in ABC1, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections festival. Throughout the year we will be bringing you the latest TO news, updates, tour dates, silly photos, latest videos and anything else ridiculous enough to grace this websites pages.

Using your utmost virtual powers you can now follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, YouTube and Vimeo. Feel free to have a look around. Enjoy.

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Official Showreel

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