Highland pipes

smallpipes

mandocello

whistle

flute

mouth organ

vocals

spitfire pilot

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.Photo: Gordon T Hotchkiss

Keith has played as a session musician on several high profile albums and projects and has toured for the last 5 years, as Piper, with The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra playing venues such as The Barbican and The Royal Albert Hall in London as well as with Calasaig.

He has also tutored for The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, The National Youth Pipe Band, Celtic Connections Education Programme and Feisan Nan Gaidheal (where he is musical director of Feis Dhun Bhretainn an Iar).

Keith has also found time to produce 4 albums, including Celine Donoghue's Something Else ( he is also touring with her in 2004) .

As a regular session musician, Keith has an impressive list of touring and recording credentials which includes William Jackson's Land Of Light and The Wellpark Suite at Celtic Connections Festival.

Keith is currently engaged in composing and producing the score for a new film May Day by Robin Hardy (known for The Wicker Man) which will star Christopher Lee, Sean Astin and Vanessa Redgrave.

Keith was featured in The Kirkintilloch Herald (Scotland) click here to read the article.

Keith also plays in a duo with Celine Donoghue and they recently played for the inaugural Robert Burns Memorial Lecture given by Kofi Annan at the United Nations in New York.

Celine & Keith with Kofi Annan

Photo: Alan Wylie

Celine Donoghue with Keith Easdale (Duo)

Tour dates

30/08/03 - Trad In The City, GLASGOW

29/09/03 - The Stand, GLASGOW

31/10/03 - Traditional Arts Partick, The Annexe, GLASGOW

14/12/03 - Taybank Folk Club, Taybank Hotel, DUNKELD

13/01/04 - The Robert Burns Memorial Lecture, The United Nations, NEW YORK, USA

30/01/04 - Celtic Connections Schools concert, Main Stage, Royal Concert Hall, GLASGOW

01/02/04 - Celtic Connections Young Tradition Concert, Piping Centre, GLASGOW

05/03/04 - Stonehaven Folk Club

12/03/04 - Stonehouse Folk Club

14/03/04 - The Wee Folk Club, EDINBURGH

21/03/04 - Neil Gow Festival, Birnam House Hotel, DUNKELD

26/03/04 - Feis Dhun Bhreatainn An Iar Ceilidh, DUMBARTON

13/04/04 - Chapleton Folk Club

14/04/04 - Dunfermline Folk Club

20-23/04/04 - 'Glasgow - Scotland With Style, Philadelphia, USA

17/05/04 - Eastwood Theatre, GLASGOW

14/06/04 - Stirling Folk Club

06/09/04 - Glenfarg Folk Club

16/10/04 - McCormack's Music Store, GLASGOW 2pm

Keith with Stuart Glasgow - Photo: Alan Wylie

Discography

In additon to playing on Calasaig recordings Until Then, Making For The Shore, Near & Far, Beginnings and Merchant City - Keith also appears on the following CDs and videos:

Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Serenity (REL 2003)

Celine Donoghue Something Else (REL 2003)

Donald Lindsay To the Drum of the Sea (REL 2003)

Kirsten Easdale Be Not Afraid (REL 2002)

Various Christmas Moods (REL 2001)

Maggie McInnes Spiorad Beatha (Marram 2001)

Paul Anderson The Singing Land (Moidart 2001)

Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Anniversary (REL 2001)

Alistair Hulett In Sleepy Scotland (Red Rattler 2001)

Abel Ganz Back From The Zone (F2 2001)

Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Fiddler's Dance (REL 2000)

Keith Johnston No Stranger to this Kind of Game (Lazy Mist (2000)

Echo Your Echo (Echo 1999)

William Jackson Land of Light (Mill 1999)

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Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Canada O Canada (cd/video) (REL 1998)

The Littles (video) (Border Heritage 1997)

The Moffats (video) (Border Heritage 1997)

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Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Live In Toronto (CD/video) (REL 1997)

Philabeg Philabeg (Croft 1987)