www.porkpiemusic.co.uk

The online home of Liam Robinson & Thomas Fairbairn, their duo, the dance band 'Pigeon English' and their other activities...

Liam Robinson & Thomas Fairbairn have been making music together since 2000. They have performed as a duo at folk clubs and festivals, been involved in various educational projects, running workshops in various areas ranging from Improvisation, to English music. They regularly play for dances with Liam playing melodeon and calling the dances, while Thomas plays Piano or fiddle, delivering a traditional but punchy sound. Their dance band Pigeon English is gaining a reputation for playing an unusual repertoire of traditional tunes, in an exciting, intrinsically danceable style.

Liam Robinson - melodeon/concertina/dance caller, Tom Fairbairn - fiddle/piano/bass, Tim Walker - percussion/brass

With - Roger Watson - melodeon/dance caller

The band's repertoire consists exclusively of traditional material from England, with a particular emphasis on tunes from Lincolnshire and the North West; but also drawing on the traditions of other regions, and many less well known tunes unearthed from various manuscripts.

Available nationwide for ceilidhs at public events, private functions & festivals. Pigeon English has experience of working in an educational context and also with groups of people who are less mobile.

To contact Pork Pie Music:

Liam Robinson - 01522 560 163 liam@porkpiemusic.co.uk

Thomas Fairbairn - 07745 997 199 tom@porkpiemusic.co.uk

Click below to hear Liam and Thomas

Congress at Laceby:

From the Gibbons MS, Tealby, Lincolnshire 1820’s

Lincoln Hornpipe:

Appears in various tune manuscripts in Lincolnshire and is also very similar to the Manchester Hornpipe.

Lincolnshire Rangers:

From the John Clare Manuscript, it also appears in the Clarke Ms from Lincoln 1770

Saltash/Nine Brave Boys:

Two Cornish tunes, the first is a hymn tune, the second a song air.