Tim Edey is an English

multi-instrumentalist A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments, often but not exclusively at a professional level of proficiency. Also known as woodwind doubler, doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and mor ...

and composer who grew up in Broadstairs,

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

and is now based in

Perthshire Perthshire (Scottish English, locally: ; ), officially the County of Perth, is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross, Strathmore ...

, Scotland. In 2012 he was Musician of the Year at the

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British rad ...

and, with Brendan Power, Best Duo. He was awarded "Musician of the Year" in the 2020 MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards. Edey has been described as an "instrumental genius". As well as singing, he plays guitars, melodeon, piano and

tin whistle The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, a class of instrument which also includes the recorder and Native American flute. A tin whistle player is called a whistl ...

. ''Wriggle and Writhe'', his collaboration with New Zealand harmonica player Brendan Power, was, according to Colin Irwin, who reviewed it for the

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, "one of the more colourful folk albums of 2011, from a pair of true virtuosos". Edey toured with

The Chieftains The Chieftains were a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous w ...

on their 2014 tour of the United States, their 2017 tour of Japan and was also a member of

Lúnasa Lughnasadh, Lughnasa or Lúnasa ( , ) is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Traditionally, it is held on 1 August, or about hal ...

Discography

Albums

* 2006 ''Irish Music From The Dingle Peninsula And Beyond'' * 2010 ''Disgrace Notes'' (with Séamus Begley) * 2010 ''The Collective'' * 2011 ''Wriggle and Writhe'' (with Brendan Power) * 2012 ''Sailing Over The 7th String'' * 2016 ''How Do You Know?'' * 2017 ''The Sleeping Tunes'' * 2018 ''The Sleeping Tunes, Vol. 2'' * 2018 ''Once'' (with J.P. Cormier} * 2019 ''Being Myself'' * 2020 ''The Sleeping Tunes, Vol. 3 : Lockdown Edition'' * 2023 ''A Celtic Christmas''

Singles

* 1999 "A Suite for Celts in Kent"

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edey, Tim Living people English folk guitarists English male guitarists English multi-instrumentalists Lúnasa (band) members People from Broadstairs Year of birth missing (living people)