Shepheard, Spiers & Watson
purveyors of scottish traditional song

Shepheard, Spiers & Watson are at the following events (marked SSW).
The listings also include solo bookings (marked with names Pete, Tom or Arthur).
Additional information by phone from Peter Shepheard 01337 830773
Other bookings for 2011 will be added in as they are confirmed.
Invitations always welcome.

Saturday 1 January 2011	New Year's Day Session at The Village Inn, Pitlessie, Cupar, Fife 1.00pm
Friday 7 January 2011	Pete: Auld New Year Ceilidh at the Atholl Arms Hotel, Blair Atholl with Jimmy Hutchison, Chris Miles and Maureen Jelks.
Friday 28 January 2011	Pete & Arthur: Lodge Lindores Burns Supper at the Masonic Hall, High Street, Newburgh 7.00pm
Saturday 19 February 2011	Pete & Arthur: Newburgh Bowling Club Burns Supper at the Bowling Club, Newburgh 7.00pm
Friday 1 April to Sunday 3 April 2011	Pete: The Spring Sing, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Saturday 9 April 2011	SSW: Folk at the Salmon Bothy with Elizabeth Stewart. The Salmon Bothy, Portsoy, Banffshire 7.00pm (£7 at the door)
Friday 13 May to Sunday 15 May 2011	SSW as hosts of: The Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at the Fife Animal Park, Collessie, Cupar, Fife.
Friday 1 July 2011	SSW: Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival Portsoy, Banffshire. Marquee: Late Night Session 11.00pm --
Saturday 1 July 2011	SSW: Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival Portsoy, Banffshire. Harbour Stage: 1.45pm - 2.15pm Salmon Bothy: Songs of Love and Separation - "Kissin's Nae Sin" 3.00pm - 4.15pm
Sunday 2 July 2011	SSW: Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival Portsoy, Banffshire. Harbour Stage: 11.30am - 12.00midday Salmon Bothy: Songs of the Sea. 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Friday 8 July 2011	SSW: Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society: Ceilidh, University of Aberdeen.
Saturday 20 August to Friday 26 August 2011	SSW: Whitby Folk Week - Numerous concerts and workshops in the wonderful town of Whitby. Most events are with other guests - see Whitby Guest List. Day and full week tickets available online. Our events are listed below:
Saturday 20 August 2011	SSW: Festival Folk Club (37) Conservative Club 8.00pm - 11.00pm
Sunday 21 August 2011	SSW: Workshop: Sympathy For the Devil: Diablerie in Scots Song and Story (53) Middle Earth 10.00am - 11.20am
Sunday 21 August 2011	Tom Spiers: Ballad Session (94) Conservative Club 10.00am - 11.20am
Sunday 21 August 2011	SSW: Concert: North of the Border (112) Metropole Ballroom 3.00pm - 6.00pm
Monday 22 August 2011	Pete Shepheard: Workshop: Take the Fresh Air: Traveller Repertoire. Songs and Ballads from Gloucestershire Gypsy Travellers (164) Whitby Rugby Club 11.30am - 12.50pm
Monday 22 August 2011	Tom Spiers & Arthur Watson: Concert (233) Whitby Rugby Club 11.30am - 12.50pm
Monday 22 August 2011	Pete Shepheard: Concert (238) Rifle Club 8.00pm - 11.30pm
Tuesday 23 August 2011	SSW and our old friends Will Duke, Dan Quinn & Matt Quinn: In Concert Together (308) Rifle Club 3.00pm - 5.30pm
Wednesday 24 August 2011	Arthur Watson: Ballad Session (389) Conservative Club 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Wednesday 24 August 2011	Tom Spiers: Taffy's Tunes & Tales (426) Brunswick Rooms 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Wednesday 24 August 2011	Pete Shepheard & Arthur Watson: Traditional Night Out (435) Whitby Football Club 8.00pm - 11.30pm
Thursday 25 August 2011	SSW: Half a Day at the Bay (501) Dolphin Hotel, Robin Hood's Bay 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Thursday 25 August 2011	Pete Shepheard & Tom Spiers: Concert (527) Metropole Ballroom 7.30pm - 11.00pm
Thursday 25 August 2011	Arthur Watson: Concert (532) Rifle Club 8.00pm - 11.30pm
Friday 26 August 2011	Pete Shepheard: Ballad Session (588) Conservative Club 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Friday 26 August 2011	SSW: Concert (617) Rifle Club 8.00pm - 11.00pm

Gigs 2010

Friday 1 January 2010	New Year's Day Session at The Village Inn, Pitlessie, Cupar, Fife 1.00pm
Friday 29 January 2010	Pete & Arthur: Burns Supper at the Masonic Hall, High Street, Newburgh 7.00pm
Wednesday 10 March & Thursday 11 March 2010	Pete & Arthur: Falkland SpringFest in the ancient Chapel Royal in Falkland Palace. Guests include Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller (fiddle, keyboards and songs) The Early Learning Ceilidh Band Simon Chadwick (medieval harp) Pete Shepheard & Arthur Watson (Scots songs) Alan Small (accordion) Neil Paterson (small pipes) Iain Anderson and Gemma Donald (fiddles) Chris Miles (songs).
Friday 26 April to Sunday 28 April 2010	Pete & Arthur: The Spring Sing, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Friday 14 May to Sunday 16 May 2010	SSW as hosts of: The Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at the Fife Animal Park, Collessie, Cupar, Fife.
Friday 28 May 2010	SSW: Portsoy Folk Festival The Jimmy McBeath Memorial Concert.
Saturday 26 June 2010	SSW: Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy, Banffshire The Salmon Bothy: 1.30 Harbour Stage: 4.30pm - 5.00pm
Sunday 27 June 2010	SSW: Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy, Banffshire Harbour Stage: 4.30pm - 5.00pm
Friday 2 July 2010	Pete: Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival
Friday 13 August to Sunday 15 August 2010	SSW: Auchtermuchty Festival: Various concerts, ceilidhs and workshops.
Wednesday 18 August 2010	Pete & Hamish Moore: Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn: 8.30pm.
Saturday 21 August to Friday 27 August 2010	SSW: Whitby Folk Week - Numerous concerts and workshops in the wonderful town of Whitby.
Friday 29 October 2010	Pete & Arthur: Concert in Bankfoot, Perthshire withn Sara Grey.

Gigs 2009

Thursday 1 January 2009	New Year's Day Session at The Village Inn, Pitlessie, Cupar, Fife 1.00pm
Friday 30 January 2009	Pete & Arthur: Burns Supper at the Masonic Hall, High Street, Newburgh 7.00pm
Friday 13 March 2009	Pete & Arthur: Cabaret Night in Giffortown Village Hall, Fife
Friday 1 February 2009	Pete, Arthur and Sara Grey: Session - Taybank Hotel, Dunkeld.
Saturday 1 March 2009	Pete: Concert in Giffortown Village Hall, Fife
Friday 3 April to Sunday 5 April 2009	Tom: The Spring Sing, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Friday 15 May to Sunday 17 May 2009	SSW as hosts of: The Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at the Fife Animal Park, Collessie, Cupar, Fife.
Saturday 4 July 2009	SSW: Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy, Banffshire Harbour Stage: 1.45 - 2.10pm
Sunday 5 July 2009	SSW: Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy, Banffshire Upstairs at the Bothy: 3.15pm - 4.15pm Harbour Stage: 4.30pm - 5.00pm
Sunday 12 July 2009	Tom with Norman Kennedy, Aileen Carr etc: Tradition Bearers Concert, Stonehaven Folk Festival
Sunday 12 July to to Friday 17 July 2009	Pete: Living Tradition Summer Schools: Tutor at the Traditional Music Week, West Park Mansion, Dundee.
Thursday 16 July 2009	SSW: Concert during the Traditional Music Week, West Park Mansion, Dundee at 7.30pm and Late Night Extra (free).
Saturday 18 July 2009	SSW: There Was A Soldier Concert at The Spectrum Centre, Inverness at 7.30pm
Sunday 2 August to to Friday 7 August 2009	Pete: Living Tradition Summer Schools: Tutor at the Common Ground Week, West Park Mansion, Dundee.
Sunday 16 August 2009	Pete: Auchtermuchty Festival: Singing Workshop: Singing Songs from the Living Tradition.
Wednesday 19 August 2009	SSW: Concerts in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe & SSW Listing Scots Songs and Ballads: Programme 1 at 8.00pm Scots Songs and Ballads: Programme 2 at 9.30pm at the Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride's
Thursday 20 August 2009	SSW: Concerts in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe & SSW Listing Scots Songs and Ballads: Programme 1 at 9.30pm Scots Songs and Ballads: Programme 2 at 11.00pm at the Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride's
Saturday 22 August to Friday 28 August 2009	SSW: Whitby Folk Week - Numerous concerts and workshops in the wonderful town of Whitby.
Thursday 17 September 2009	SSW: Royal Oak Folk Club - Vic Smith's club in Lewes, Sussex.
Friday 18 September 2009	SSW: The Swindon Folksingers Club, Milton Road Working Mens Club, Milton Road, Swindon SN1 5JA Eric Stott: 01793 521301
Saturday 19 September 2009	SSW: The Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street, London NW1 2HR
Sunday 20 September 2009	SSW: The Tiger Folk Club, Traditions at the Tiger, The Tiger Inn, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Derbyshire.
Friday 20 November 2009	SSW: The Salmon Bothy, Portsoy, Banffshire

Gig List 2008

Tuesday 1 January 2008	New Year's Day Session at The Village Inn, Pitlessie, Cupar, Fife 1.00pm
Friday 25 January 2008	Pete & Arthur: Burns Supper at the Masonic Hall, High Street, Newburgh 7.00pm
Tuesday 29 January 2008	Pete: Workshop: Singing the Scots Ballads for The Angus Folk, The Airlie Arms, Kirriemuir
Friday 1 February 2008	Pete, Arthur and Sara Grey: Session - Taybank Hotel, Dunkeld.
Saturday 1 March 2008	Pete: Concert in Giffortown Village Hall, Fife
Monday 3 March 2008	Pete & Arthur: Glenfarg Folk Club, Glenfarg Hotel, Glenfarg, Perthshire
Friday 28 March to Sunday 30 March 2008	Pete & Arthur: The Spring Sing, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Friday 16 May to Sunday 18 May 2008	SSW as hosts of: The Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at the Fife Animal Park, Collessie, Cupar, Fife.
Sunday 22 June 2008	SSW: Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy, Banffshire
Saturday 8 August to Sunday 10 August	SSW: Auchtermuchty Festival: Concerts, ceilidhs and sessions with many artistes. Auchtermuchty, Fife.
Saturday 18 August to Friday 24 August 2007	Pete & Arthur: Whitby Folk Week - Numerous concerts and workshops in the wonderful town of Whitby.
Thursday 18 September 2008	Pete & Arthur: Concert at the Royal Hotel, Dunkeld.
Thursday 25 September 2008	SSW: Acoustic Music Club, The Polish Club, Kirkcaldy.
Saturday 18 October 2008	Pete: Concert as part of the Centenery Celebrations at the St Andrews Biological Station, Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.
Saturday 15 November 2008	SSW: Concert in the Town Hall, Blairgowrie, Perthshire with Sheila Stewart.

Gigs List 2007

Monday 1 January	SSW: New Year's Day Session at The Village Inn, Pitlessie, Cupar, Fife 1.00pm
Friday 26 January	Pete & Arthur: Burns Supper at the Masonic Hall, High Street, Newburgh 7.00pm
Saturday 17 February	Tom: Workshop: The Fighting Scot - Songs of War and Peace at The Wighton Centre, Dundee
Saturday 24 February & Sunday 25 February 2007	Pete: The Singers' Gathering the TMSA 40th Celebrations, Bathgate, Midlothian - including: Workshop: Songs from the Living Tradition - Recordings of traditional singers from the Springthyme Archive. Workshop: Singing the Ballads - Getting to grips with ballad structure and singing style with archive recordings and transcriptions of traditional ballad singers.
Monday 12 March 2007	Tom: Devizes Folk Club, The Lamb Inn, 20 St John Street, Devizes.
Thursday 15 March 2007	Tom: The Royal Oak Folk Club, The Royal Oak, Station Street, Lewes
Friday 16 March 2007	Tom: Stony Stratford Folk Club, The Cock Hotel
Saturday 17 March 2007	Tom: The Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street, London NW1
Sunday 18 March 2007	Tom: Grimsby Folk Club, The Spider's Web, Cran Lane, Old Lee, Grimsby
Thursday 22 March 2007	Tom: Workshop at the School of Arts and Cultures, University of Newcastle on Tyne
Friday 23 March 2007	Tom: The Grove Folk Club, The Grove Inn, Leeds
Saturday 24 March 2007	Tom: Ripponden Folk Club, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax tel: 01422 822569
Friday 30 March 2007 to Sunday 1 April 2007	Pete & Arthur: Musical Traditions Singing Weekend, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Wednesday 11 April 2007	SSW: Concert as part of an Exhibition of Historic Photography in the University of St Andrews Archives at the Gateway Conference Centre 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Friday 11 May to Sunday 13 May 2007	SSW as hosts of: The Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at the Fife Animal Park, Collessie, Cupar, Fife.
Monday 14 March 2007	Pete & Arthur as host of: Old Songs and Bothy Ballads at the Ship Hotel, Newburgh 7.30pm - 10.30pm
Friday 22 June 2007	Tom: Private Workshop: Source Singers of North-East Scotland in Dunkeld.
Tuesday 24 July 2007	SSW: Glenelg overllooking the Sea to Skye: Session at the Glenelg Inn.
Wednesday 25 July 2007	Arthur Watson: Talk on his bronze installation of the structural frame of a highland boat or curragh - An Crannghal - a collaborative installation with Will Maclean at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye at 1.30pm as part of Fèis an Eilein ~ The Skye Festival.
Wednesday 25 July 2007	SSW: Talk with Songs: Fèis an Eilein ~ The Skye Festival. Talk with Songs: The wealth of songs and ballads maintained as a living tradition by the Scottish traveller community at 3.00pm at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland's Gaelic College in south Skye.
Wednesday 25 July 2007	SSW: Concert: Fèis an Eilein ~ The Skye Festival from 8.00pm - 10.00pm at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.
Saturday 10 August to Sunday 12 August	SSW: Auchtermuchty Festival: Concerts, ceilidhs and sessions with many artistes. Auchtermuchty, Fife. Sunday 11.00am: Singing the Ballads: A Workshop on the Scots Ballads with Pete Shepheard & Arthur Watson.
Tuesday 14 August 2007	SSW: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 276 Acoustic Music Centre, St Bride's Centre, 10 Orwell Street Concert: 9.00pm - 10.15pm Shepheard, Spiers & Watson with Special Guest Elizabeth Stewart doyenne of north-east traditional singers. Tickets: Acoustic Music Centre 0131 346 1405 or Tickets: Fringe Box Office 0131 226 0000 or Online: www.edfringe.com see Review 2006: Scotsman ****
Wednesday 15 August 2007	SSW: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 276 Acoustic Music Centre, St Bride's Centre, 10 Orwell Street Concert: 7.15pm - 8.30pm Shepheard, Spiers & Watson with Special Guest Elizabeth Stewart doyenne of north-east traditional singers. Tickets: Fringe Box Office 0131 226 0000 or Online: www.edfringe.com
Saturday 18 August to Friday 24 August 2007	Pete Shepheard & Arthur Watson: Whitby Folk Week - Numerous concerts and workshops in the wonderful town of Whitby - some with Gordon Easton:
Saturday 18 August 2007	The Resolution: Concert 7.30pm - 11.30pm with Gordon Easton and other guests.
Sunday 19 August 2007	The Rifle Club: In the Scottish Tradition 3.00pm - 5.30pm with Gordon Easton and other guests.
Monday 20 August 2007	Workshop: Museum Lecture Theatre: Songs from Farm and Bothy. Life on the farm as seen through Scots song - with Gordon Easton, Arthur Watson and Peter Shepheard 10.00am - 11.20am
Monday 20 August 2007	The Rifle Club: Family Club 6.30pm - 8.30pm and other guests.
Tuesday 20 August 2007	Rugby Club: Concert 7.30pm - 11.30pm and other guests.
Thursday 20 August 2007	Workshop 2: Museum Lecture Theatre: Songs from the Brazil Family. Peter Shepheard presents archive recordings from an extended Gloucestershire traveller family and celebrates the launch of the new CD on Rod Stradling's Musical Traditions Records - The Brazil Family: Down by the Old Riverside (MTCD345-7) 10.00am - 11.20am
Thursday 20 August 2007	Metropole Ballroom: Concert 2.45pm - 4.45pm and other guests.
Thursday 20 August 2007	Football Club: Traditional Night Out 7.30pm - 11.30pm and other guests.
Friday 20 August 2007	Conservative Club: Ballad Session 1.00pm - 3.00pm and other guests.
Friday 20 August 2007	Conservative Club: Folk Club 8.00pm - 11.00pm and other guests.

Gig List 2006

Thursday 26 January	Celtic Connections, Glasgow
Monday 30 January	Glenfarg Folk Club, Glenfarg Hotel
Wednesday 5 April	Aberdeen Folk Club at the Blue Lamp
Tuesday 11 April	Penicuik Folk Club at the Craigiebield House Hotel
Saturday 15 April	Wildcat Traditional Music Association: A concert at the Pentland Hotel, Princes Street, Thurso at 8.15pm. Info: 01847 892607
Sunday 16 April	TMSA Inverness: SSW and Adam McNaughtan in concert at the Beaufort Hotel, Culduthel Road, Inverness.
Wednesday 3 May	Heritage of Buchan: Bothy Ballads and North-east Songs at the Aberdeen Arts Centre, King Street, Aberdeen.
Thursday 11 May	Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy: SSW with Anita Best, traditional singer from Newfoundland.
Friday 12, Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 May	Fife Traditional Singing Weekend at Collessie, Fife with some of Scotland's finest traditional singers.
Monday 15 May	Old Songs & Bothy Ballads: A concert in The Ship Hotel, Newburgh with Anita Best (Newfoundland), Ron Bissett (Falkland), Jimmy Hutchison (Newburgh) and Jim Aitken (Newburgh) and SSW.
Friday 16 June	Stirling: International Conference Concert.
Friday 4 August	Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 309 Folk at the Oak (The Wee Folk Club) The Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street 8.30pm - 11.00pm
Thursday 10 August	Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 123 Acoustic Music Centre, St Bride's Centre, 10 Orwell Street Concert 1: 9.30pm - 10.30pm Concert 2: 11.00pm - 12.00 midnight Tickets: Fringe Box Office 0131 226 0000 or Online: www.edfringe.com Review: Scotsman ****
Friday 11 August	Stonehaven Folk Club in the Heugh Hotel at 8.30pm
Saturday 12 August to Sunday 13 August	Auchtermuchty Festival: Concerts, ceilidhs and sessions with many artistes. Auchtermuchty, Fife.
Monday 14 August	Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Venue 123 Acoustic Music Centre, St Bride's Centre, 10 Orwell Street Concert 1: 8.00pm - 9.00pm Concert 2: 9.30pm - 10.30pm Tickets: Fringe Box Office 0131 226 0000 or Online: www.edfringe.com Review: Scotsman ****
Saturday 19 August to Friday 25 August	Whitby Folk Week - numerous concerts and workshops in the wonderful town of Whitby. Other Events. Details of SSW events below.
Sunday 20 August	Concert: Whitby Rugby Club 7.30pm - 11.30pm
Monday 21 August	Workshop: Songs from Scots Travellers. SSW sing songs they have garnered from the Scottish traveller community and play some recordings from the archives. Conservative Club 10.00am - 11.20am
Monday 21 August	Concert: Whitby Football Club 7.30pm - 11.00pm
Tuesday 22 August	Workshop: Song Links. Sarah Grey, Jimmy Hutchison, Kieron Mearns & Tom Spiers Conservative Club 10.00am - 11.20am
Tuesday 22 August	Concert: Rifle Club 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Wednesday 23 August	Workshop: Ballads from Scots Travellers. SSW sing some of the big ballads they have gleaned from the Scottish traveller community and play some recordings from the archives. Conservative Club 10.00am - 11.20am
Thursday 24 August	Workshop: She Was A Rum One. SSW revisit their infamous (Whitby 2003) workshop on Scots bawdy songs. Not for the prudish or pre-watershed age! Conservative Club 10.00am - 11.20am
Thursday 24 August	Concert: Metropole Hotel 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Thursday 24 August	Concert: Rifle Club 9.30pm - 12.00pm
Friday 25 August	Final Scrum Concert: Whitby Rugby Club 7.30pm - 11.30pm
Thursday 31 August	The Star Folk Club, Glasgow
Thursday 16 November	USA: Folk Song Society of Greater Boston: Concert in Boston, Mass.
Friday 17 November to Sunday 19 November	USA: Eisteddfod - New York: Festival of Traditional Music, New York City.
Monday 20 November	USA: Folklore Society of Greater Washington: Concert in Washington, DC.
Sunday 3 December	Partick Folk Festival, Venue & Programme, Glasgow
Tuesday 5 December	Leith Folk Club at The Village, South Forth Street, Edinburgh

Information & Bookings:

We are available for bookings with several booking options:
Shepheard, Spiers & Watson

Please contact us:
Pete Shepheard: Balmalcolm House, Balmalcolm, Cupar, Fife KY15 7TJ, Scotland
tel: 01337 830773 email:

For solo bookings see:

Tom Spiers (solo)
Peter Shepheard (solo)