Kerstin Blodig Ian Melrose | nl

Ian Melrose was born in Middlesbrough, England. As a youth he moved back to Ayr in Scotland with his Scottish parents and younger brother. Ian’s father was a member of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, so traditional music was always there somewhere. His early influences were the famous figures from the “British school” of guitar-playing i.e. Davey Graham, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and John Martyn. Moving to Berlin in 1981, he has made a name for himself on the German acoustic scene initially with the trio Twilight, which won the 1985 Edinburgh Folk Festival folk group competition and subsequently recorded an...

Melrose: (1) Finnish band. (2) Female fronted Pop/Rock/Metal/Prog duo. (3) Dutch band. (4) R&B female group. (5) slow rock music from Victoria, British Columbia https://melrosee.bandcamp.com/releases. (1) Melrose (FIN) was formed in 1981 by Mika Tokela (lead guitar), Repa Nurmi (2nd guitar), Mika Rantanen (drums) and Jari Piilola (vocals). They started out as a rock-a-billy/50's rock'n'roll combo in Länsimäki, Hakunila. The name Melrose came from the text 'Melrose S&A Club 1962' which was on Tokela's baseball jacket. Soon the original singer, Piilola, left the band and Tokela took over the vocals. By the time they made their first single, the band...