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This concert was first streamed online on 26th November 2021 as the opening event for the World's Music at Oxford 2021-2022 season.

Award-winning multi-instrumentalists​ Ross Ainslie and Tim Edey are two old friends and two of the best musicians of their generation. Tim is a former BBC Musician of the year (BBC FOLK AWARDS 2012) and also won the ​best duo with Brendan Power. He is The Chieftains guitarist+accordionist of choice and also has a long-standing​ solo career. He is considered one of the world's​ best guitarists and melodeon players in the Celtic​ folk scene. He has recorded & toured with everyone from Christy Moore to Altan & Natalie MacMaster. Ross has been nominated Musician of the year by the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (2013, 2016 and 2018). He won ​Composer of the Year in 2015 at the Scots Trad Music Awards and best duo with Ali Hutton in 2017. He performs with bands including Treacherous Orchestra, Salsa Celtica, Dougie Maclean and lots more. Ross has 4 solo albums to date Wide Open in 2013, Remembering in 2015, Sanctuary in 2017 and Vana in 2020.

We hope you enjoy this exciting concert of Celtic folk music all the way from beautiful Perthshire, Scotland.

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The World’s Music at Oxford is a project run and supported by St John's College at the University of Oxford, which blends research into global musics with live performance. Our concerts are open to all students of the University and members of the general public.

The project, created in 2016, is run by postgraduate students researching a wide range of global musics. It aims to provide a platform for voices and musical styles rarely heard in Oxford and to build new links between the University and the general public. Our events showcase renowned performers from the UK and abroad. During the performances, the musicians also explain the characteristics and contexts of the works they perform.

Since 2020, we've been streaming all of our events online so that you continue to enjoy some of the world's most dynamic artists while staying safe at home.

The World’s Music at Oxford is generously supported by St John’s College. We are also grateful to the AHRC-TORCH Graduate Fund, the St John’s College MCR, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Oxford University Music Faculty for previous support.