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Scottish bazouki playing singer/songwriter Dave Robb was an original member
of the folk band Rua, with whom he made an album Rua (1986) and played as
far afield as New Zealand and Australia. He later toured with the Proclaimers
and supported Christy Moore, gaining a reputation as Scotland's bazouki-playing
bard. In 1989 he appeared on The Roke, an album by a group of Edinburgh
musicians led by the then Waterboys member Colin Blakely. In 1990 Dave
appeared with his band The Filmmakers at the Reading festival. From
1998-93 Dave and the Filmmakers were regulars at the Edinburgh Summer Festival.
Their album Capture an Image was released in 1991. Since then he has been
performing in Eastern Germany returning to Scotland to promote Prussian Blue
with appearances at Celtic Connections in Glasgow and on several Radio Scotland
Shows together with Colin Macfarlane.
Dave is appearing
live on Ardan, TG4, RTE in Dublin on Saturday 11th December 2004, from
10-11pm.
His new CD
"Star in the Morning" will be launched in the Menagerie in Belfast on
Friday 21st January 2005.
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