Back of the Moon

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Back of the Moon was a Scottish musical group featuring Findlay Napier which played both new and Scottish traditional tunes and songs. In 2005 the band was awarded 'Best Folk Band' at the Scots Trad Music Awards, having received "Best Up and Coming Act" at the awards in 2003 and "Best Celtic Group" at Festival Interceltique de Lorient 2003. Having completed their final US tour, the band played their last ever gig in the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C. on November 21, 2007. Back of the Moon created an acoustic sound through a front line of Scottish border pipes and fiddle, a pairing of low whistle and flute, and their guitar/piano rhythm combo. They were at times augmented by bodhran and Cape Breton Stepdancing, and three-part vocal harmonies in their Scottish songs in which each singer took the lead. The band had a reputation for their dynamic live performances. At the Scots Trad Music Awards 2003, the band won the 'Best Up and Coming Band' award. At a live concert in Slovenia they were filmed by the BBC for Burn's night 2005, and their live set at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall during Celtic Connections 2003 was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland. Multi-instrumentalist Ali Hutton joined the band for their third album 'Luminosity', released in August 2005. The album was nominated for 'Best Album' at the Scots Trad Awards and reviewed with four stars in the Herald and Scotsman. The awards in 2005 also saw a nomination for Hamish Napier as 'Best up and Coming Artist', but mo

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Fortune's Road

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Celtic Woman 4

Luminosity

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Bar Edinburgh

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Let Scotland Flourish: The Bright Young Stars of Scottish Traditional Music

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Glorious Scotland: Celebrating Scotland's Wonderful Traditional Music

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Experience Scotland

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FestivaLink presents Back Of The Moon at Philadelphia Folk Festival 8/17/07

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Back of the Moon

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Let Scotland Flourish

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Thistle Radio: An exploration of music from Celtic roots [SomaFM]

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Beginner's Guide to Scotland

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