Jura Ceilidh Band

More than just a ceilidh band! Lively West Coast Scottish music

About Jura Ceilidh Band's Music

Music Genre:Ceilidh music, Scottish, Irish, Celtic traditional music
Area Covered: Glasgow and throughout Scotland

What Makes the Jura Ceilidh Band Special?

• exciting pipes and fiddle sound, that's overwhelmingly energetic
• a traditional and contemporary sound
• Ross Kennedy's exceptional, emotive singing
• phenomenal musicianship from all of the band
• calling for ceilidh dances
• scalable from trio up to five piece Band
• vast national and international experience

This lively three to five piece ceilidh band brings all those favourite Scottish traditional music and dances to your wedding, interspersed with classic songs of Scotland and splashes of colour from Ireland and Cape Breton. JCB is one of Scotland's top ceilidh bands whose fun loving attitude and imaginative instrumentation blended with infectious songs, will get everyone up dancing. The best choice for your wedding reception music.

Album Reviews

'Fear not. While this is a CD of a Ceilidh band, the tunes are kept sensibly short, the pace is varied, the instrumentation shows imagination and the songs are really well done. The result is a curiously engaging album - short by CD standards but that's part of its charm. The band gives a cleaner sound than is often the case with larger ceilidh ensembles, and achieves a lot of rhythm without needing a drummer. The material is mainly Scottish, as befits a band from the Western Isles and Glasgow, with splashes of Irish, Cape Breton and Toronto. Standout track for this listener is a local song for the band - 'Loch Lomond', done in a way that brings out what the song is about. Well worth a listen, especially for ceilidh bands thinking of making an album and wanting to know how it should be done!' .... Bho SPINS

'The crossover between Scottish dance, ceilidh and folk music has, at last, been tastefully achieved.' .... Robbie Shepherd, BBC Radio Scotland

'The JCB seem a cheery lot, their album of the same name is certainly an eponymous amalgam of jigs, reels and hornpipes, plus songs from the jaunty to the classic 'Loch Lomond' which will please a lot of people. This is one JCB people will really dig.' .... Alasdair McLean, Scots Magazine

Testimonials:

'JCB completed the icing on a perfectly formed cake! Thank you all.'
..... Tara and Scott Heath

'An absolutely fantastic time had by all, whether Scottish, English, American, Swedish or Danish. Everyone joined in and had a wee ball!'
.... Jenna and Russell Morrow

'JCB were fabulous, they provided such a rich, vibrant sound and showed amazing energy and talent, working together to provide us and our guests with a perfect, fun end to a lovely day.' ..... Deborah and Stephen Gill

'It was such fun that the Groom could hardly walk the next day! From the dancing, that is!' ..... Claire and Matthew Holgate

'The music was the perfect end to a perfect day. Foot tapping, feet stomping and all our guests have commented on how good it all was. Thank you so much!' .... Katie and Gavin Fenton

'Heeeeeeee-ugh! Wahey! They were fab! Any ceilidh band who can make grown English men behave like 4 year old boys are worth their weight in gold!'
.... Rose and Trevor, London

'Ideal, just what we were hoping for.' .... Michelle and Neil Cameron

'The band were excellent and fun to have at our wedding celebration. Rather than just supporting the event, they contributed to the overall enjoyment of the occasion both as musicians and guests.' .... Shahee Razui

'The perfect compliment to a wonderful occasion.'
.... Alistair Rieu-Clarke and Angela Montgomery

'Just a huge amount of fun!' .... Jenny and John Logue

'Perfect music to end a perfect day, great balance of background and dance.'
.... Sarah and Steven Bolton

'Lively, toe-tapping music that no guest could refuse.'
.... Susie and Euan Wilson, Benderloch

'A band that is very professional with accomplished musicians who brought variety and fun . And called the dances very kindly and patiently for those who were new to the dances or had just forgotten!'
.... Caroline Christie and Jane Maskelyne