Peerie Willie Johnson Guitar Festival
The 2012 Peerie Willie Johnson Guitar Festival will be held 26th-28th October 2012.
Shetland is, more often than not, musically associated with the fiddle for very obvious reasons. However one of our best-loved musicians was the internationally acclaimed guitarist 'Peerie' Willie Johnson, who sadly passed away in summer 2007 ('peerie' is the Shetland word for small).
In honour of his already assured place in Shetland music history and in recognition of what he has done for guitar music in general this festival focuses on guitar music in all its forms, including workshops on the accompaniment style Willie himself 'invented'.
View clips from the 2010 festival:
Ian Bairnson
Jim the Jazz Monster
Edited Highlights
For further information contact Shetland Arts on (01595) 743843
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- Find out more about Shetland music
- Take a look at the Thomas Fraser Memorial Festival
