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Ian Melrose https://ianmelrose.com (YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ianmelrose ) From Scottish Roots to New Acoustic Guitar He has appeared on over 130 CDs and has toured internationally as a soloist and with very diverse projects. He was lead guitarist with the Irish cult band CLANNAD from 1996 – 1999 (world tour 1996) and on “Clannad:Live” and the grammy-winning album Landmarks. In 2004 he produced a CD (“Rubicon”) in Dublin for the Duggan brothers of Clannad and toured Ireland as guitarist with the Mary Black band. With the Scottish multi-media show The Island Tapes he toured Scotland and played at film festivals in New York, Berlin, Munich and Tallinn. His currently cultivates his Celtic roots in his projects Kelpie (Scandinavian-Celtic mix) with multi-instrumentalist-singer Kerstin Blodig, and in the pan-Celtic guitar trio Celtic Guitar Journeys (with Dylan Fowler and Soïg Siberìl). Folk, jazz and classical tones are celebrated in the Leuchter-Melrose Duo (World Accordion meets Fingerstyle Guitar), and the diversity of the guitar in the trio Guitar Celebration, with Nikos Tsiachris (flamenco) and Rüdiger Krause (jazz). Also a producer and arranger, he has done many studio jobs for well-known artists and writes film music. He currently writes a fingerstyle column for the national German magazine “Akustik Gitarre” and is endorser for Avalon guitars, G7th capos and Rheingold cables. “ .. a first-class guitarist ...... a brilliant fingerpicker!“ The Times (GB)