Shetland's Heritage Fiddlers
Never were a group of musicians so aptly named. The Heritage Fiddlers, as they are now known, were brought together under the watchful, and greatly revered, eye of Dr. Tom Anderson MBE; perhaps Shetland’s most prolific fiddler to date. Originally Shetland’s Young Heritage, the group felt they “couldna git awa wi da young bit onymare, so wir noo kent as Shetland’s Heritage Fiddlers”.
Together for almost 30 years, Shetland’s Heritage Fiddlers have performed at almost every Shetland Folk Festival. Album releases together with national and international tours inevitably followed, with the group also making visits abroad, as far afield as
The group revel in recording, preserving and promoting the unique traditional Shetland style of fiddling – a style regarded, by many, as being single-handedly resurrected by the late Tom Anderson. Following his death, in 1991, the group has endured to keep his substantial legacy alive.
Photo © Craig Chapman