Acts tagged with 'ballad', from across Scotland, who are happy to travel to The Borders...

The 1 White Band are a powerful, high class function band based in Glasgow that provides live music entertainment. They play a huge range of music from old classics like Van Morrison, Queen, Santana, The Eagles and Stevie Wonder to current hits from Snow Patrol, The Killers, Paulo Nutini, and The Kings of Leon. The band is a four piece ban ... » View band profile »

The Albanach guitar duo provide elegant arrangements of light classics to energetic Latin dances and moody Spanish melodies. ... » View band profile »

Esther Swift, harp and David Douglas, voice are two Scottish musicians at the beginning of their musical careers. They are both highly sought after performers in their own right with a depth of performance experience. Esther enjoys a varied career with orchestras and as a recitalist and composer. David is an up and coming singer with a breadth of experien ... » View band profile »

The Anvil Ceilidh band offers a full traditional Scottish Ceilidh - with caller, covering all the major dances and some unusual but fun aternatives too. The band also has digital music on laptop, MP3 and Ipod with lights to provide a Disco. The band plays a range of songs interspersed between the faster dances to provide relief for the feet! ... » View band profile »

Becc Sanderson's fantabulous career has spanned two decades, and two hemispheres. She has headlined festivals in her native Australia, toured with the American saxophonist David Sanborn, been a featured artist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Big Band in their Prom Series, and recorded and released 5 albums. A passionate and yet subtle singer, her ... » View band profile »

Bigtime are a 4 piece band which expands to a 5 piece to provide a ceilidh option and further still, up to a 10 piece big band. They perform a wide cross section of music, from 60's through to contemporary hits and very much tailor their set to suit the client or the event. ... » View band profile »

Birdland is a jazz & soul vocal harmony trio - think Manhattan Transfer meets the Andrews Sisters with some cool soul thrown into the mix! They are backed by trio of some of Scotland's finest jazz musicians on piano, bass and drums. ... » View band profile »

Blue Mango is a dynamic male three piece band that plays all the hits from 60's to current chart, plus all your favourite swing, big band and ceilidh tunes. The band is widely regarded as one of Scotland's finest wedding bands, and since 2003, has played at over 300 receptions, and countless corporate functions. The members of Blue Mango are all profession ... » View band profile »

Blu Velvet play and sing classic jazz and modern songs to a high quality. They delve into the great American Songbook and emerge with tasteful modern arrangements; they cherry-pick the best modern songs from the great female singers such as Ella, Nina Simone, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Norah Jones, Amy Winehouse, Eva Cassidy, Caro Emerald, and Eddi Reader ... » View band profile »

As tribute acts go, there can be none more exciting, vibrant and authentic as Brilliant Disguise. The band are an eight-piece hailing from both the East & West of Scotland coming together to deliver a sound that has all the classic trademarks of Bruce Springsteen and the Legendary E Street Band Imagine the combination of crashing guitars, driving bass, evoca ... » View band profile »

Ric Herrington presents Cash Back, a tribute to the magic of the music and character of Johnny Cash. He performs with live guitar, harmonica and vocals with authentic backing tracks. Cash Back can perform a variety of set configurations depending on the venue. He can also perform Friends of Cash set featuring Elvis, Kenny Rodgers, Neil Diamond, James Taylo ... » View band profile »

Celtic Horizon have been full time musicians for many years now. Celtic Horizon formed in 2000 and have toured extensively around the UK and Europe. ... » View band profile »

Charlene Gordon is a strong female vocalist who loves performing and brings her experience and love of music to every performance. Charlene's is one of the countries strongest female vocalist's and her act is one not to miss. Charlene began singing at an early age and realised she loved Motown and soul music. Soul music seemed to come really naturally to he ... » View band profile »

The Sensational Christine Sparks Show are an act, based around the remarkable vocal, instrumental and entertainment talents of Christine Sparks, specialising in the cabaret and corporate marketplace. They specialise in providing entertainment to sit-down audiences in the two genres of Scottish acoustic and jazz standards. They performed their show "Songs fro ... » View band profile »

City Duo is the collaboration of guitarists Tom Ion & Stuart Drever. Both professionally trained musicians they create a fun, energetic and original mix of popular tunes with a unique Jazz, Latin and Blues twist. The music of the early 20s onwards created a very positive and upbeat atmosphere which the duo tries to express through their interpretations of po ... » View band profile »

Claire is a Wedding Ceremony Singer available to sing beautifully at Church and Civil Ceremonies. Her emotive singing will provide a perfect backing track for any Wedding Ceremony. She has a wide range of songs to choose from; including Romantic Ballads, Songs from the Shows, Folk and Classcal. If she doesn't know the song she will happily learn what ever y ... » View band profile »

The Clincarts are a talented and versatile musical collective playing all the best songs from famous America artists and a few home grown ones for good measure. This experienced band play Country, Bluegrass, Country Rock and a bit of Rock & Roll in formats to suit the client from full electric dance sets to unplugged acoustic sets or a mixture of both. Along ... » View band profile »

The Coverboys have arrived to breathe new life into the humdrum boyband tribute scene. The Coverboys honor the all-time greatest male vocalists in their own unique style and take the audience through a journey of musical styles, genres and generations. From Take That to Westlife, Boyzone to JLS, The Coverboys have got it well and truly .... covered! ... » View band profile »

Daccordianna's original compositions will get you clapping your hands, tapping your feet and smiling at the songs detailing the trials and tribulations of life, love and the universe. Formed in 2009 Daccordianna consists of the lead singer and accordion player Anna Ross, 'The Fox' on fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo when and where required, Francesca on d ... » View band profile »

A soulful vocalist with tremendous versatility, whether it by soft ballads, jazz or full on power vocals. His effortless ability to sing every song as though he wrote it himself endears him to audiences and musicians alike.

Dave is also the lead singer of the Sinceros band (refer to their band profile on Freak Music for more info) ... » View band profile »

SONGS, STORIES AND DOWNRIGHT LIES Dennis’ style follows in the tradition of the great Scottish folk entertainers, where well chosen songs are interspersed with wit, banter and downright lies. His ability to get a whole room ‘joining in’ is his strength and laughter is always one of the main ingredients. However, he can also surprise with ... » View band profile »

The Ecoute duo can provide entertainment to suit many occasions. They have a large repertoire covering all popular genres from hits of the 70s and 80s and Country Classics to American jazz Standards and Brazilian bossa nova's. David and Cami worked for over a year on the worlds largest cruise ship, The Liberty of the seas, for Royal Caribbean. Now the duo wo ... » View band profile »

An Evening of QUEEN is the superb tribute show celebrating the music of legendary rock band and the hit musical "We Will Rock You". The show is performed by a sensational six piece showband comprising some of the finest musicians and vocalists in the UK. All are highly qualified and accomplished sight readers. They are all highly talented and able to represe ... » View band profile »

Fanfare Finfare is solo trumpeter that can extend to a consort of trumpeters between 2-6 players, or small brass ensemble. Fanfare Finfare is a classical trained trumpeter with vast experience performing across the UK and abroad. Performances have included playing in churches, castles, country homes, concert halls and galleries for events including wedding ... » View band profile »

From garden parties to wedding breakfasts, corporate awards dinners to product launches. Fiona and Will Jazz duo have combined a mixture of all the Jazz standards of the 30/40s with Contempory Pop, Soul & Motown. Fiona (vocals) and Will (piano) have been performing together as a jazz duo for years, building a reputation for high-quality music. They are very ... » View band profile »