Vikki Nuttall - Folk singer, Songwriter and Strings player (6 and 12 string guitar, banjo and more)
About Me:
"I come from Canada & many of my
musical influences are from there, & many songs came
from here in Europe over the centuries...the fusion!
I started music at the age of 5, playing the fiddle, soon the
piano and singing, and the guitar at 12. I studied classical music
after leaving school at the Guildhall School of Music in London...but
only lasted a year!! My real love was my guitar and singing. I started
performing in clubs and coffee houses at 17...and have not looked
back!
I hope you enjoy my music and the practise sessions with good
friends, with out whom this would not be possible!"
My Music:
Vikki writes many of the songs that she performs, drawing on her experience of life, and the people she meets. They often have a slightly Canadian feel as her roots are firmly in Canadian soil.
She has recorded a solo CD, "One Foot on the Platform" that she sells to raise funds for the Dulverton Folk Festival and the Air Ambulance appeal.
Over the coming months she will be recording a CD with a little help from some of her friends that will include many of her more recent songs - some of which are included here with recordings of some of the practise sessions.
In 2009, a song inspired by friend and
fellow musician, Sally Maynard
was first sung for Rememberance Sunday:
Vikki
Nuttall Practise session
recorded live on March 10th 2010,
with Alec Smith on scottish smallpipes & Bex Smith on Flute, Sax, Fiddle and Voice
with Alec Smith on scottish smallpipes & Bex Smith on Flute, Sax, Fiddle and Voice
Songs:
| 1 Magic
Hand of Chance |
2 Ring of Poppies 1 version |
3 Ring of Poppies with pipes |
4 Fiddler to the sea |
| 5 Unopened Letters |
6 Sail On |
7 Red Haired Girl |
8 Isles of Spar |
| 9 Isles of Spar with fiddle |
My Gigs:
Vikki regularly plays at folk sessions in and around her home town of Dulverton, including monthly sessions that are held at The Bridge Inn, Dulverton,. and a recently started session at The Anchor Inn, Exebridge. She is involved in the Dulverton Folk Festival and will be playing during the festival over Whitsun Weekend 2010.
She is also a member of The Rusty Buckets Ceilidh Band who play for ceilidhs and other events in the West Somerset area.
My Links:
You can find out lots more about Vikki by checking out her full website: Song of Exmoor
