tom mcconville & michael biggins

Tom McConville and Michael Biggins combine their considerable talents in this remarkable duo. Their music includes Irish, Scottish, Bluegrass and Jazz and songs all performed with a great sense of style, verve and humour!  Tom McConville is a singer and fiddle player brought up in Tyneside in a pub on the famous Scotswood Road with clientele drawn from the Irish and Scottish communities. This is where he first experienced traditional singing and fiddle music; the Hornpipes of James Hill amongst his first influences. Tom has performed, toured and collaborated extensively since the 1970’s, winning BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician Of The Year and sharing the stage with the likes of Sean McGuire and The Chieftains, and played on hundreds of albums including Barbara Dickson and Richard Thompson. Michael Biggins (piano and accordion) is a multi-instrumentalist from Newcastle, now based in Glasgow. A winner of  BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year, Michael also plays and tours with TRIP, The Canny Band, Northern Company and more.