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Label: Acoustic Music Records

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Ian Melrose
Berlin, DE        Folk / World / Acoustic

Bio

Early influences were, as well as Scottish traditional music, the famous figures from the “British school” of guitar-playing i.e. Davey Graham, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and John Martyn.
Moving to Berlin in 1981, he has made a name for himself on the German acoustic scene initially with the trio Twilight. He then continued to make a name for himself as a solo fingerstylist and as a founder member of the folk-pop bands Be Mine or Run and Talking Water, as half of the duo Kelpie (with Kerstin ...

Songs

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Waceera (excerpt)
Ian Melrose
Waceera (excerpt)
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L'ultima lacrima di vino (excerpt)
Ian Melrose
L'ultima lacrima di vino (excerpt)
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Kal na he (excerpt)
Ian Melrose
Kal na he (excerpt)
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Scottish Medley (excerpt)
Ian Melrose
Scottish Medley (excerpt)
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Vis á Vis preview medley
Ian Melrose
Vis á Vis preview medley
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Fingerpickers have more fun
Ian Melrose
Fingerpickers have more fun
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The Auld Brig o Don
Ian Melrose
The Auld Brig o Don

Comments

Aqualash
Aqualash: A pleasure to listen in. Greetings from Sydney. Sarah  Jan 30
Roland Kalus
Roland Kalus: Hallo Ian, schon wieder über Dich gestolpert. "Around the Corner..." ist wundervoll und läuft bei mir täglich. Hoffe mal einen Workshop oder wieder ein Konzert von Dir erleben zu können. Lausch doch mal bei mir vorbei.. ...  Jan 06
Adam Wakely
Adam Wakely: Very tasteful playing!! Awesome songs.... Adam....  Jun 21
Trevor Grigg
Trevor Grigg: Absolutely hot, Ian! Love the touch, oh so clean. Thanks very much for sharing your stuff! T  Apr 03
Arcadian Skies
Arcadian Skies: Hallo Ian! Wir haben dich gerade erst hier entdeckt ... Wie schön!!! Herzliche Grüße Petra & Bernd  Mar 08

Press

"top class guitarist... brilliant fingerpicker "
—  The Times (UK)

Chart Position

Folk charts
for Berlin, DE.

Status

Status: Ian Melrose has a show coming up on 2010-02-06 at 20:00 @ Folk am Fluss Fes... in Frankfurt/Oder http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/8399162

Blog

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"Around the Corner in 80 Minutes"
Feb 03, 2010 at 01:58 AM
My new CD is going strong - a multi-culti melange of music inspired by many great musicians in Berlin. Excerpts can be heard on my various sites. check it out!