Going from strength to strength.....

Tam Lin brings you high powered traditional music, drawing on Irish, Scottish, English, Australian, Canadian and American influences. The instrumental line up includes; Bodhran, Flute, Whistles, Guitar, Fiddle & Vocals. 

Praise for Tam Lin:

'Brilliant CD! Loved it' - Kim Headley, Festival Consultant, Broadstairs
'Very competent debut album' - Unicorn Folk magazine (of Farewell to Reason)
'Fantastic! A brilliant evening' - James Willis, Letchworth Arts Centre
'Great CD with shades of Swarbrick' - Brendan Curren, Aviemore Festival Organiser
'Alan Hewson's vocals reflect confidence & experience' - Unicorn Magazine
'A real folk band' - Dave Swarbrick
'Terrific, a really nice sound' - Ann-Marie Middleton, The Scottish Connection, BBC Scotland
 'Really enjoyed it' - Bruce MacGregor, Blazin' Fiddles, Cliar, BBC Scotland '
High powered music, strong confident vocals' - The Northern Times
‘Goes a long way to improve on established versions’ -  Unicorn Folk magazine (of Back on the Road Again)  
‘Beautiful vocals, fantastic sound! Made me tingle!’ - Sue Garner, Brigg Fiddle Festival
'Absolutely wonderful evening, come again!' - Lyn Towe, Raasay Outdoor Centre, Isle of Raasay
'Superb set, Tam Lin are really very good indeed' - Alistair Hulett
‘Fresh & entertaining’  -  Hazlitt Folk Club
'Superb; beautiful fiddle playing right down to the dusty bit!’ - Bruce MacGregor, Blazin' Fiddles
‘McGee's nimble fingers, Malbaski's skilful flute & Hewson’s  warm, deep voice, which is perfect for traditional music; a solid entry into the field of traditional music’' - Laurie Thayer – Rambles On-line USA (of Back on the Road Again) 
 ‘Brilliant! Beautiful, beautiful music’  -  Cath Mundy, Mundy-Turner
‘Great performance, absolutely exquisite fiddle playing’  -  Jay Turner, Mundy-Turner
'amply demonstrates the band's musicianship & skill in arranging their melodies' - Unicorn Magazine

Some sound clips from Tam Lin's first two CDs, Farewell To Reason & Back on the Road Again, for you to sample:

(in .wav format** or MP3)

Sally Gardens reel (.wav) (.MP3)Witch of the Glen (.wav) (.MP3)

Follow Me Up To Carlow (.wav) (.MP3)Horses' Branle (.wav) (.MP3)

Farewell to Reason* (.wav) (.MP3) Cold Blow & The Rainy Night (.wav) (.MP3)

* Farewell to Reason was written by Jeri Corlew

and some clips from our new CD, 'Back On The Road Again'

Calum's Road (.wav) (.MP3)All Hallows Eve (.wav) (.MP3)

Spancil Hill (.wav) (.MP3)   Jean's Reel (.wav) (.MP3)  Brian Boru's March (.wav) (.MP3)

Calum's Road was written by Donald Shaw of Capercaillie. All Hallows Eve was written by Sava Malbaski.
** wav files are saved with MP3 extensions and can be played by Microsoft Media Player or WinAmp

Alan Hewson; Lead Vocals, Bodhran, Bongos

Alan spent his childhood in the north east of England, in an environment dominated by fishing, shipyards and coalmines. With Scots, Irish and Northumbrian ancestry, the echo of those traditions run in his veins, & from an early age he loved the traditional music of the northeast. A rock drummer as a teenager, at 15 he played honky-tonk in a local pub, whilst also playing snare drum in the Boys Brigade. On leaving school, he discovered and flirted with rock 'n' roll and country music before taking to the folk clubs in the late 1970s as an unaccompanied singer. Since then he has performed with several bands, & plays for Ceilidh band Millrace. Alan has sung in clubs and festivals throughout England and Scotland, & has often been heard on local & national radio since singing his prize winning song entry ‘The Children’ on Pete Castle’s radio program in 1981; the song appears on the first Tam Lin album, Farewell to Reason. Alan is the founder of Tam Lin & the principal lead vocalist.

Sava Malbaski; Guitar, Flute, whistles, lead vocals

Sav was born in 1970, growing up in a musical household in St Albans. He started studying properly at 11. Classically trained, he took 3 years to get Grade 8 distinction on both flute and clarinet, including a special award from the RSM for passing the highest three grades in succession and short order. He attended the London College of Music, and got his Associate Diploma (ALCM), before being expelled in his second year!

Sav started playing folk with a local musician about five years ago, and has played with two local bands, Windward, and more recently, Drake's Drum. Sav says his weirdest job ever was miming to Phillipa Davies playing the flute so that his hands could be filmed as part of the opening credits to the 1988 season of Young Musician of the Year competition. One of his hobbies is writing, & he is also an enthusiastic composer, two of his compositions appearing on the CD Back on The Road Again. If you think his face looks familiar, you watch too much telly - Sav has appeared as a an extra on a variety of programmes, including Eastenders & Casualty.
                                                                                                                                        

       Aidan Broadbridge: fiddle, vocals

Aidan began playing for dancing at the age of 12, and has played for the annual Assembly Ball in Scotland every year since. He won a scholarship to Sweden, where he continued Violin & Piano studies for 2 years, returning to take a degree at Trinity College of Music. Despite his classical training, he is noted for his driving Scots Fiddle style of playing and an exceptional ability to extemporize.

For the last 12 years he has performed with Scottish band ‘The Assembly Players’ and is Leader of Carnage Ceilidh Band (Scottish/American) and of Hands Three (English/Scottish Country Dance Band).  He has appeared as a musician in the film ‘Shakespeare in Love’; as a session musician on BBC’s Top of the Pops and Ch4 TFI Friday; and was Lead Violinist in the West End London productions of  ‘Uncle Ebenezer, a Christmas Carol’, ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’. He has recorded twelve albums. Aiden  has toured widely and is a regular at several festivals in the US & Europe.