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musicians

Karine can occasionally be heard entirely on her own but tours most often as a trio with:

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steven polwart (acoustic & tenor guitars, ukelele & vocals)

After failing to become the fastest ginger man on the planet in his teens, Steven turned his attentions to international pop stardom, only narrowly missing out on his dream as a member of the highly acclaimed yet strangely under achieving mid-90s guitar pop combo "whybradley". He studied classical guitar at Napier University in Edinburgh and now combines his work in the KP band with a guitar teaching post at a school in Edinburgh.

Whilst on tour Steven enjoys engaging in geographical trivia exchanges with the other band members. He hasn't quite memorised all the capital cities of the world but is working on it; test him at a gig if you see him! Steven is a Leo and his favourite colour is yellow. He's married to Karen and he can beat her at table tennis but not tennis (yet!). They have a wee boy called Cody.

Steven is willing to accept a 5-aside football challenge from members of the public or celebrities.

Oh yes, Steven is also Karine's wee brother (the second of four, always the easiest to rear).

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inge thomson (accordion, vocals & small noise making things)

Hailing from the microscopic, isolated Shetland island of Fair Isle, Inge Thomson grew up in an enormous world of music. Her family are prominent exponents of folk and traditional music and she became involved with a piano keyed accordion at an early age, which eventually led on to even less socially acceptable instruments.

Inge cut her gigging teeth with folk-pop quintet 'Drop The Box' who toured steadily through the 1990s. More recently she toured and recorded with contempo/trad band ‘Harem Scarem’ winning critical acclaim for her songwriting and vocal prowess. A band collaboration with Will "Bonnie Prince Billy" Oldham culminated in an album which received 5 stars in both 'Mojo' and 'Uncut' magazines.

In late 2009, she released her lovely debut solo album "Shipwrecks and Static" (Navigator), an eccentric marriage between melodic instruments and the bleeps and squeaks of electronic tomfoolery.

Visit Inge directly at:

www.ingethomson.com
www.myspace.com/ingethomson

And you can read an interview with her over at spiralearth.co.uk

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support crew

mattie foulds

Karine's husband Mattie Foulds used to tour as part of a bigger Karine Polwart Band but supports her now as a recording engineer and producer. He has produced albums for Scots-Canadian songwriters’ collective (and one of Karine's side-projects) The Burns Unit, Edinburgh singer-songwriter (and fellow Burns Unit member) Kim Edgar, Norwegian Hardanger fiddler and songwriter Annlaug Borsheim, Scots-Irish-Canadian trad band The Outside Track, harper/singer (and Karine's Grace Hewat Polwart compadre) Corrina Hewat, as well as recorded projects for Lau member's Kris Drever and Aidan O'Rourke, and fiddler/singer Lori Watson.

Available for recording and production projects and session/tour work as a drummer:

www.myspace.com/mattiefoulds

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