Is there a more beautiful song than Ederlezi? I reimagined it for the new Songs of the Roma album, & sought to bring out its elegiac beauty. Ederlezi features on Celtic Music Radio's Planet Waves, beautifully curated by Sandy Semeonoff, at 22:30 here: mixcloud.com/celt95fm/plane…

The most audacious song transformation on Songs of the Roma is La Ciolpani. I'm delighted that it has just been featured on WPR's Higher Ground with Jonathan Overby in the USA. Jonathan L. Øverby Check it out from 17 mins here: wpr.org/shows/higher-g…

Sugerencia de escucha - Listening suggestion: Simon Thacker & Justyna Jablonska, Songs of the Roma Simon Thacker Es un disco para degustar. En la parte musical deberemos prestar especial atención a la maestría en la guitarra clásica de Simon Thacker... queridobartleby.es/sugerencias-de…

An awesome review, in Spanish, of Songs of the Roma, where we receive the Querido Bartleby seal of approval!

Well done to my present and past Edinburgh College students on another great performance at Edinburgh Society of Musicians on Saturday. Incl. several world premieres! Excerpts: Brandon Walker (#guitar trio, performed with Keith Murray and Kieran McCrossan) Ciaran Cortes Scott Abel

Songs of the Roma continues to attract airplay around the world and will be opening the fantastic show Musica Nova, presented by Robin Hebert, in Alberta, Canada, tomorrow (Saturday) at 9am local time, 3pm UK time. Listen on FM 88.5 and online at cjsr.com CJSR 88.5 FM

Ready to dance the St Bernard's Waltz 🩰

Stunning Songs of the Roma review in the latest BBC Music Magazine: "this extraordinary album originated in #Scotland...Simon Thacker has delved deeply into the music he found in Romania and Macedonia, and has woven its elements into electrifying new arrangements"

My ferocious reimagining of Esma's Abre Ramce features on the latest Crossing Continents presented by Gil Medovoy, based in California. I think this is the third track from Songs of the Roma to appear on the show. Check it out from 22 mins 30 secs here: kdrt.org/audio/crossing…

Great to see international radio support for Scottish Music Centre member Simon Thacker!

Well done to my Edinburgh College students for a great performance at last week's ensembles concert, playing Machado and Ravel. Here are some clips, trying out the space, which has a beautiful acoustic, then in the performance itself.

A few months ago, Songs of the Roma was released. This is the story of its remarkable journey so far: youtu.be/dH_SlhB2K44 Thank you to the many reviewers and djs who set Songs of the Roma on its journey & 1 of the best editors in the Indian film industry for the great video

"Wildly imaginative" is my middle name... Songs of the Roma in the latest issue of Songlines Magazine

With two former students, Kieran McCrossan & James Mcgeachy, on Fri at the Palace of Holyroodhouse for a ceremony with HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, marking his becoming Patron of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians.