Track Listing

1. Naked and Bare
2. White Wife
3. Troila Knowe
4. Waltz From Orsa
5. Fezeka's
6. Jim Craig's Set
7. Christchurch Cathedral
8. Seven Step Polka
9. Da Kirk Stack
10. Faroe Tune

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76023 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-06
• Number of discs: 1

From the Label
Fiddlers' Bid are leading exponents of the Shetland Islands' rich fiddle tradition. Since their formation in 1991, the flying fiddles and furious talent of the group have astounded audiences all over the world, with their undeniably unique approach to music and performance.

With their four-fiddle front line, backed by a powerhouse of piano, bass, guitar and Scottish harp, they create a display of stunning virtuosity. Their exhilarating sound is developed from Shetland's rich tradition of fiddle music, but given a fresh approach by the fiddlers and backed by the driving rhythm section.

This is the band's third album on Greentrax, following their 2001 recording Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer - the label's best selling album of 2002.

Customer Reviews

Much to reveal indeed...
With numerous good reviews to their name, Fiddlers Bid are becoming one of the better known folk bands in the UK: even if their fame has yet to go beyond folk circles.
Naked and Bare, as the title of their latest album suggests, has much to reveal to those unfamiliar with the band, with even Fiddlers Bid connoisseurs having reason to be pleasantly surprised by what is on offer.

Most of the tracks can be described loosely as traditional Celtic folk, with tunes from their native Shetlands dominating the album. However, Fiddlers Bid show themselves to be more adventurous than many of their contemporaries, in that they are not afraid to use self-penned material and music from other cultures, and that they have managed to add guitars and piano to their sound. For this, they deserve praise, simply for daring to do something different with their folk music. After all, who could make three Shetland reels and a Spanish salsa tune intertwine beautifully as they do in "Trøila Knowe"?

Overall, whilst the Emperor in the fairytale had his essential nakedness exposed to the world, Naked and Bare shows that if Fiddlers Bid keep on producing music as good as this, there is no danger of that happening.

classic exposure
This is Da Bid's most accomplished recording so far. Stunning from beginning to end, the only thing that improves on this is to see them live.
This band has the full range of sound from the most delicate and exquisite clarsach playing of Catriona Mckay to the full on power of the fiddling foursome added to great piano, guitar and bass rhythm.
The neverending high quality of the Shetland material is added to with their own self penned tracks and some from further afield. The closer is the stunning and haunting Foroyars from the Faeroes, Amazing. Can't see or hear enough of this class outfit.