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North Sea Gas at EFC / Edinburgh Folk Club

Over 37 years and going stronger than ever!

North Sea Gas is one of Scotland's most popular folk bands with great vocals and tremendous three part harmonies. Guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, moothie, whistles, bodhrans, banjo and vocals provide the music which is all leavened with good humour making a 'Gas show highly entertaining!

The trio - Dave Gilfillan, Ronnie MacDonald and Grant Simpson - have received Gold and Silver Disc awards from the Scottish Music Industry Association and regularly have sold out shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as well as Edinburgh Folk Club and around the world!

Their 19th and latest album is "When We Go Rolling Home" and the trio are constantly adding new material to their shows. A previous album, The Fire and the Passion of Scotland, was "Album of the Year" at Celtic Radio in the USA, winning first place in the "Jigs and Reels" category. Their previous albums continue to be very popular with fans all over the world as evidenced by the Scottish Music Industry Association gold and silver awards for: "Dark Island," "Lochanside," "Glencoe Massacre," "Edinburgh Toon," "Rosslyn," "Tak A Dram Afore Ye Go," and "The Fire and the Passion of Scotland."

A 'Gas show consists of traditional, contemporary and self-penned material put together in a style all their own along with humour which has proved popular during their regular tours of Scotland, America, Canada, Germany, Austria, Estonia, Turkey, and many other destinations both at home in Scotland and abroad. They appear annually on TV and radio on both sides of the Atlantic including "Late Night Saturday," "Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour," and "Song of the Mountains" shown on select PBS TV stations in the USA.

The band has recorded for Chinese television with an estimated audience of 800 million, played in Istanbul, Turkey for the British Consulate and recently had the honour of performing - a bit nearer home - at the famous Rosslyn Chapel.

In addition to regular tours at home and abroad, they have taken their show to theatres, arts centres, colleges, schools, libraries and community halls around the world.