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Archie McAllister's fiddling, steeped in west coast dance tradition, carries a frankness of tone that is extremely effective on slow airs and down right exhilarating at full tilt." (Living Tradition magazine). Archie started playing the fiddle when he was 13 years old in his home town of Campbeltown under the tutorage of Maurice Duncan. He is a well known face in the traditional music scene and his distinctive, driving and versatile style earned him a nomination for best instrumentalist in the Trad Music Awards 2004. "Archie is arguably the Scottish folk scene's most exciting live fiddler." (Living Tradition magazine). He has travelled and recorded with many groups, including the Jura Ceilidh Band (featuring the twin fiddles of Archie and Jerry Holland together on one album) and with Ross Kennedy as the duo Kennedy and McAllister. Together they made three albums. Their Gathering storms album received Q Magazines ' best folk album of the year'. More recently he has played with the Black Rose Ceilidh Band, Skipinnish, Ian 'Stretch' McFadyen to name but a few. He has also made appearances on TV and radio broadcasts such as An Tular Ur and Take the Floor. Archie was nominated for a Scots Trad Music Award 2004 in the category "Best Instrumentalist"
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