Findlay Napier
Biography
Brief Biography -Courtesy of the Artist's site. 2009
Findlay Napier.
is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama’s Traditional Music Degree course where he now teaches group work and guitar.
He is a founder member of Back of the Moon who won Best Up and Coming
Band and Folk Band of the Year at the Scottish Trad. Music Awards and the Bolad De Loic Raison at Lorient Festival Interceltique. Findlay co-managed Back of the Moon through three critically acclaimed albums, one nominated for a Trad. Music Award, and numerous North American and European tours.
Findlay invented, organised and presented the acclaimed Master and
Apprentice and Young Tradition concert series’ at Celtic Connections. Both series ran for five years and promoted the work of many young Traditional musicians.
He is also an award winning song-writer and with his writing partner, Nick Turner, has produced two albums of original songs.