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Label: Acoustic Music Records
Members: Manfred Leuchter, Ian Melrose

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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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sneak preview "Kein schöner Land"
Ian Melrose
sneak preview "Kein schöner Land"
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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

Comments

Wolfgang Leng - Art, Music & More
Wolfgang Leng - Art, Music & More: Hi Ian... A beautiful day to visit good friends! Let us again this year to spread joy with great music! Many Greetings - Wolfgang  Jan 12
Sills & Smith
Sills & Smith: Brilliant guitar playing, with marvelous song arrangements. Frank Smith  Dec 28
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde: Dropping back in for another listen, and to wish you as fun and exciting of a new year, as one of our getaways!!  Dec 26
Wolfgang Leng - Art, Music & More
Wolfgang Leng - Art, Music & More: Music brings people together! ... Nice to know you! Have a nice weekend ... Blessings - Wolfgang  Dec 17
Dave W. Mac
Dave W. Mac: Hi Ian, Enjoying your music great listening.the who  Oct 21
Jutta Roos
Jutta Roos: Hey Ian, danke für Deine Nachricht auf Myspace,- Seine Musik gefällt mir sehr! Noch ein schönes Wochenende und LG Jutta  Oct 02
JP Taylor
JP Taylor: Just bought the "Around the Corner..." album, Ian. It's fantastic. Great playing!  Aug 21
LOST CITY BAND
LOST CITY BAND: Fabulous music Ian !!!!  Aug 15
mustafa UnityFlow
mustafa UnityFlow: Peace to you my brother  Jul 07
Tracy Rigby
Tracy Rigby: Brilliant!! What a wonderful, unique sound. Best wishes~Tracy  May 11

Press

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

Chart Position

Folk charts
for Berlin, DE.

Status

Status: Ian Melrose has a show on 2012-02-10 at 12:30 @ Zero Degrees in St... in Edinburgh, UK http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/87315236 #concert

Blog

"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!

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