The band are based in Edinburgh, Scotland, but they regularly play throughout the UK and sometimes travel abroad.
Nanoband offer pristinely played beautiful music of the highest standard. Both classically trained multi-instrumentalists with a wealth of experience in different genres, Katherine Stewart and Chris Lyons combine to be a rare act who can play professional classical music, then switch to a ceilidh or smooth jazz and even pop, rock or country. They can play anything, even the seemingly impossible, by creating bespoke arrangements of your requests - Chris’ soundtrack work is BAFTA nominated.
Primarily an instrumental duo with the optional addition of a female vocalist, Nanoband offer a service tailored to the specific requirements of each individual client. They will accommodate any additions you might request; two vocalists, a male vocalist, an extra singer, a specific instrument, a bigger band, or anything else you can think of.
Whatever you are planning, Nanoband can provide it all and with just two musicians; background music, corporate events, award ceremonies, parties, ceilidhs, wedding ceremonies and receptions. They will create a unique set to fit in with the theme of your event or with the music you choose.
Nanoband can provide a non-stop entertainment package where you will not have an awkward moment of silence for the duration of your event. They will provide extra musicians who will substitute in when a musician requires a break. No two events are the same and Nanoband take great pride in ensuring that your event is one that will be remembered by your guests.
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Background:
Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Blue Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
Caledonia - Dougie MacLean
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Moondance - Van Morrison
Runaway - The Corrs
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
Thinking of You - Sister Sledge
Wild Mountain Thyme - Francis McPeake
Blues and Soul:
A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
Get Ready - The Temptations
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
You’re All I Need to Get By - Marvin Gaye
Bluegrass:
Big Sciota
Blackberry Blossom
Cabin on the Hill - Earl Scruggs
Cherokee Shuffle
Clinch Mountain Backstep
I’ll Fly Away - Alison Krauss
Old Dangerfield
Orange Blossom Special
Red Prairie Morning
Salt Creek
Temperance Reel
Whisky Before Breakfast
Classical:
Air on the G String - J. S. Bach
Bridal Chorus - Wagner
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Hungarian Rhapsody - Brahms
Love Theme - Mancini
Meditation from Thais - Massenet
Notturno (Andante) - Borodin
Spiegel im Spiegel - Arvo Pärt
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Vocalise - Rachmaninov
Classical:
...we can play the serious stuff:
Ave Maria - Schubert
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Clair de Lune - Debussy
Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring - J. S. Bach
Panis Angelicus - Fauré
Zadok the Priest - Handel
Almost any major repertoire piano or violin literature within reason (Brahms, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Bach, Debussy etc, extracts or full pieces).
Country:
Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
Can the Circle be Unbroken - Carter Family
D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Hey Good Lookin’ - Hank Williams
Johnny Come Lately - Steve Earle
Man of Constant Sorrow - Stanley Brothers
Stand by Your Man - Patsy Cline
Whiskey Lullaby - Alison Krauss
Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard
Witchita Lineman - Glen Campbell
Film:
(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life - Dirty Dancing
A Thousand Years - Twilight Saga
Comptine d’un Autre Été - Amélie
Glasgow Love Theme - Love Actually
Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Mrs Robinson - The Graduate
My Heart Will Go On - Titanic
Raindrops Keep Fallin’’ on My Head - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
River Flows in You - Twilight Saga
Speak Softly, Love - The Godfather
The Power of Love - Back to the Future
You’ve Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story
Hymns:
10000 Reasons
Amazing Grace
And Can It Be
Be Though My Vision
Bind Us Together
For the Beauty of the Earth
Here is Love Vast as the ocean
How Great Thou Art
In Christ Alone
One Bread One Body
Tell Out my Soul
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Jazz:
A Foggy Day
Autumn Leaves - Kosma & Mercer
Corcovado
Embraceable You
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was Let Me Love You - Ne-Yo
Minor Swing
My Foolish Heart
The Girl from Ipanema - Jobim & Gimbel
Secret Love
Someday My Prince Will Come
Stella by Starlight
Summertime - Gershwin
Sunny Side of the Street
Waltz for Debby
Motown:
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Do You Love Me - Contours
Easy - The Commodores
Freddie’s Dead - Curtis Mayfield
I’ll Be There - Jackson 5
I Can’t Help Myself - The Four Tops
My Girl - The Temptations
Upside Down - Diana Ross
You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - Jimmy Ruffin
Musicals:
Anyone Can Whistle - Anyone Can Whistle
Let It Go - Frozen
Maria - Westside Story
Not While I’m Around - Sweeney Todd
Over The Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz
Memory - Cats
The Bare Necessities - Jungle Book
Summer Nights - Grease
The Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera
This Is Me - The Greatest Showman
Party:
1999 - Prince
Can’t Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Despacito - Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Hey Ya - Outkast
Just Dance - Lady Gaga ft. Colby O’Donis
Like a Prayer - Madonna
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Shake it Off - Taylor Swift
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
We Found Love - Rihanna
Pop:
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
Fantasy - Mariah Carey
Firework - Katy Perry
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5
Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Power Ballads:
Against All Odds - Phil Collins
Always - Bon Jovi
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Everything I Do - Brian Adams
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Kiss From a Rose - Seal
More Than Words - Extreme
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
November Rain - Guns N’ Roses
Purple Rain - Prince
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Rock:
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
Poison - Alice Cooper
Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
I’m Not Okay - My Chemical Romance
Time of Your Life - Green Day
Pretty Fly - Offspring
Don’t Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Come As You Are - Nirvana
Ironic - Alanis Morrisette
Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne
R&B:
Crazy in Love - Beyoncé
Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira
If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys
Just the Two of Us - Bill Withers
Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
No Diggity - Blackstreet
Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake
Survivor - Destiny’s Child
The Boy is Mine - Brandy & Monica
Umbrella - Rihanna
Traditional Scottish/ Irish:
Father John MacMillan of Barra - Norman MacDonald
Heights of Cassino - D. MacRae
Kate Martin’s Waltz - Blair Douglas
Margaret’s Waltz - Pat Shaw
Pressed for Time - Gordon Duncan
Sleeping Tune - Gordon Duncan
The Drunken Piper (reel) - Trad.
The Joy of It - Catriona MacDonald
The Sailor’s Bonnet - The Gloaming
The Silver Spear - Trad.
Tune for the Girls - Liz Carroll
Wedding:
All of Me - John Legend
Amazed - Lonestar
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You - Andy Williams
How Long Will I Love you - Jon Boden
Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine
You’re Still the One - Shania Twain
CEILIDH DANCES:
Couples' Dances:
Britannia Two-Step
Canadian Barn Dance
Eva Three-Step
Gay Gordons
Highland Scottische
Military Two-Step
Set Dances:
Cumberland Square Eight
Dashing White Sergeant
Eightsome Reel
Hanging Out The Washing
Hooligans' Jig
Kielder Scottische
Reel Of The 51st Division
Riverside
Strip The Willow
Virginia Reel
Waves Of Tory
Witches' Reel
Waltzes:
Circle Waltz
Friendly Waltz
Pride Of Erin Waltz
St. Bernard's Waltz
This act's standard set times are as follows:
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