Vote for The Treacherous Orchestra!

The Treacherous Orchestra, who include Old Blind Dogs Fraser Stone and Ali Hutton, have been nominated in the 'Live Act of the Year' category of the annual Scots Trad Music Awards. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out how you can vote for them...

Emerging from the vibrant melting-pot of Glasgow’s 21st-century folk scene, The Treacherous Orchestra take Scottish dance music into a thrilling new dimension. Comprising a baker’s dozen of Scotland’s finest young instrumentalists (or should that just be mentalists?), this truly turbocharged collective have incited merry mayhem at every one of their previously rare appearances, from remote Hebridean Islands to the world-renowned Celtic Connections Festival.

In addition to their dazzling instrumental skills, many in The Treacherous Orchestra’s ranks are superbly gifted tune composers, providing for a musical mix that plays fully to the line-up’s copious strengths. Featuring bagpipes, whistles, flutes, fiddles, accordion, banjo, guitars, bass, drums and percussion, their tightly crafted arrangements far transcend mere force of numbers, aligning richly layered, radiantly colourful melodies with muscular rhythmic interplay, forging an irresistibly danceable sound that equally delights the ears.

It’s been a fantastic year for The Treacherous Orchestra and to finish it of in style they’ve have been nominated for the Live Act of the Year category in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. To vote for them please go to the offical voting forms by clicking here.

After their triumphant main-stage debut at Celtic Connections 2009, and a string of incendiary summer performances from Belladrum to Cambridge, the mighty Treacherous Orchestra return to their Glasgow birthplace, where their 13-strong instrumental line-up emerged from the city’s vibrant session scene. Awesome musicianship and audaciously sophisticated arrangements combine with formidable force of numbers in a truly magnificent wall of sound, in what’s sure to be a party to remember. The gig is on Saturday 23rd January 2010 at 9.00pm in Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket.

For more information about The Treacherous Orchestra visit their official website by click here or visit their MySpace by clicking here.