Barbour, Freeland

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Freeland comes from Glen Fincastle near Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, and has been a very well known figure in the Scottish music scene for many years. He joined folk group Silly Wizard in 1975, before moving on to form the highly influental Wallochmor Ceilidh Band. However, Freeland is also noted as a soloist, record producer, composer, and BBC Radio Scotland producer.

He has several solo recordings and has appeared on many other group recordings. Not content with standard accordions, Freeland designed his own accordion, the Pigini Alba, which is used on all Occasionals recordings. He also teaches accordion at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Freeland currently runs one of the UK's leading recording studios, Castlesound in East Lothian.

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 Northlins [with Iain Fraser]
 Looking for a Partner [with The Wallochmor Ceilidh Band]1978
 Second Chance [with The Wallochmor Ceilidh Band]1980
 Full Throttle! [with The Wallochmor Ceilidh Band]1982
 Highlander's Companion, The [with The Wallochmor Ceilidh Band]1985
 Footnotes [with The Occasionals]1992
 Back in Step [with The Occasionals]1996
 Best Ever Scottish Compilation, The1998
 Live from the Music Hall, Aberdeen [with The Occasionals]1999
 Springwell [with Kevin MacLeod]1999
 Linne Dhubh, An - Black Water, The (1 review)2004
 New Places [with Sarah Barbour]2004
 Reel of Four [with The Occasionals]2004
 Winter's Journey2004
 

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Compilation Albums

 More Scottish Ceilidh Music, Vol. 21994
 Scottish Ceilidh Music, Vol. 11994
 Spirit of Scotland, The1994
 Nineties Collection, The, Vol. 11995
 Nineties Collection, The, Vol. 21996
 Best Ever Scottish Compilation, The1998
 I Love Scotland2004
 

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