Paddy Callaghan

Bob Liddle is a musician from Kelso, his main instrument being accordion but also plays guitar, bass, keyboards and drums and is also a piper with Kelso Pipe Band. Having started playing in bands at the age of 14 with the late well-known Frankie Mallen’s band “The Border Wanderers” from Kelso, Bob started his own band “The Ace Of Clubs” which played very successfully throughout the Borders in the 70s and 80s. More recently Bob plays solo throughout the area doing both ceilidh and modern music with accordion, guitar and vocals and also is the leader of the “Blackthorne Ceilidh Band”, which includes accordionist Charlie McIntee from Kelso and fiddler Louise Douglas from Stow. Bob has also 4 CDs to his name, the most recent “Softly Flows The Tweed” and thereafter “Kale Water” having both been exclusively written by Bob and both CDs being nominated in the top 6 at their respective yearly Accordion & Fiddle Awards Ceremonies. Bob is a relative new-comer to radio presenting, his “Bob Liddle’s Box and Fiddle Show” is less than a year old.

Classically trained in piano and cello from an early age, I hungered for melody and song, finding my voice and picking up other instruments along the way – anything that could sing. Music lives in me and through me. In fact, I believe that we are all the very music of life – breathing, beating- hearted glorious things! To this day, I do not know what is more beautiful – the song itself or the rich afterglow of the following silence.