We just got back from ten days at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, where we performed at the opening concert in front of 5,000 people, then did some fantastic shows at the Southgate Inn, Wests Diggers and the Regent Theatre.
We also won best CD by a group featuring the fiddle at the Golden Fiddle Awards for our latest album Frenzee. Other finalists included Fourplay, the Davidson Brothers and CODA! Check out www.goldenfiddleawards.org.au for all the details of the awards including the No Holds Barred Fiddle Competitions.

Scotland the Brave!
Don't miss it. SYDNEY: Saturday, March 17 at 2pm and 8pm. Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. For bookings: http://www.amckinnon.com.au/

In other news: Early December 2006 saw us in the studio with the multi-Golden Guitar Award winning Graeme Connors . What might at first seem an unlikely pairing, this project was the brainchild of producer Andrew Richardson. The recordings were a first-time musical meeting between Graeme and the Band, though separately, we've all worked Graeme, Andrew and legendary studio engineer Keith Walker before. The new project was recorded over 5 days at The Whitehouse Studios in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales - a fabulous live-in retreat in the hills overlooking Bowral. The spectacular surroundings and the low pressure environment proved perfect to bring out the best in Graeme and the Band, and with the emphasis firmly on having fun and capturing the moment, the songs reportedly have a sense of spontaneity, good humor and 'joie de vivre' that will be sure to satisfy fans of Graeme and Fiddler's Feast alike. The plan apparently is to see final mixing and mastering completed in February for a May release. Watch this space.

HOT STUFF!
The Fiddlers Feast has just received a glowing four-star (described as HOT STUFF) review of their new CD FRENZEE from critic John Shand in The Metro section of the Sydney Morning Herald on Friday (13/10/06). You can read the review at http://search.smh.com.au.
John says "I defy anyone not to like this CD. This beats the socks off the Sydney band's previous releases on all levels."

The Fiddlers Feast is also featured in this month's (October) CAPITAL NEWS. In a glowing article by Sue Jarvis, the group's recent CD release and tours to Japan and Brittany are hightlighted. Sue says "Frenzee is a superbly crafted, brilliantly performed and energy-packed album that captures everything that makes the Fiddlers Feast a special group".

We just returned from a week in Japan. Our first performance was at the inaugural Japan/Australia Fiddle Festival in Osaka. You can read the article from The Australian on the press link. Our other concerts at O'Carolan's and the JT Hall in Tokyo were also well received. Photos from the trip are now on the photos link and blogs on the blog link (where else?).

The Fiddlers Feast is pleased to announce the release of their new CD Frenzee! It's in the shops and you can click on our Shop link above or http://www.undercovermusic.com.au/fiddlers_feast.htm to order a copy online! We now have a PayPal secure shopping system installed on the site so you can buy online right here!

For all those who'd like to know what it's like on the road with us, I have blogged our recent trip to Lorient and other tours around Southern OZ, Queensland and Expo in Japan are there as well. Check out this page for the links.

Fiddlers Feast is now on MySpace: www.myspace.com/fiddlersfeast. Our content is still being added to that site, and will include pix and music.