Gnatbite records: Recent Episodes

“My favorite guitarist, and nicest person in the world” Natalie MacMaster

A ferocious passion and a beautiful tenderness, sensitivity, respect, understanding and love perpetually shines out through the music of virtuoso musician Tim Edey.” SHARON SHANNON

"I would say Tim sit's comfortably between Steve Cooney and Donal Lunny, yes he's that good" PETE FYFE WWW.FOLKING.COM

“Tim Edey is brilliant - in every which way. As a guitarist he has few peers. As a box player he’s a magician. As a character he’s off the scale - Colin Irwin, fRoots

“Utterly fantastic. Sheer, wonderful ebullient music” – Mike Harding

“Tim Edey plays a host of different instruments to a standard us mere mortals can only dream of. Listen and weep”- Jim Byrne, The Living Tradition

Tim Edey (BBC Radio Two's Musician of the year (BBC R2 FOLK AWARDS) and nominated again for the same award in this year’s BBC Folk awards!…

A one man band… literally.. multi- instrumentalist and singer, has toured the world and recorded with most of the major names in Celtic/Contemporary roots music including; The Chieftains, Christy Moore, Sharon Shannon, Natalie MacMaster, Altan, Capercaillie, Brendan Power, Michael McGoldrick, Seamus Begley, Dougie Maclean, The Barra MacNeills, JP Cormier, Shaun Davey, Session A9, Lunasa, Vinnie Kilduff , Mary Black, Session A9, Julie Fowlis, Frankie Gavin to name but a few... Tim now a name on the world stage in his own right after seventeen years of hard work, is rated by many to be one of the world's finest ever Melodoen and Guitar players in the folk & contemporary scene today! Originally from Broadstairs in Kent and of Irish descent. Tim honed his style learning from his father Richard a fine guitarist and listening to Ed Boyd, Steve Cooney and Django Reinhardt. He has lived in Ireland and now resides in Perthshire, Scotland where he is based with his family and tours all over the world regularly from.

Tim's live solo shows are a stunning mix of world music inspired instrumental virtuosity and passion with a strong Celtic theme, to audience - chorus lines and above all a highly entertaining night of musical genius.

"One of the world's greatest melodeon players" MIKE HARDING BBC RADIO "Stunning” ALED JONES BBC RADIO TWO

LIVE CLIPS Guitar & melodeon with loop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VTfW-O5GzA

Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bqpOL7APoE