About

I'm Stewart Walker. I've been playing the accordion since I was knee high to a grasshopper. I live in Strathnairn, seven miles south of Inverness — a misty glen I call 'Brigadoon'.

I play traditional Scottish music and write original pieces on free bass accordion. I also play the occasional classical piece. I've published a book of original dance tunes, The Kitchen Two-Step.

The music comes from the places I walk through, the old stories that still live in them, and the composers who came before. Over the years I've been Scottish and UK champion in various traditional and pipe music categories, but the work I'm most proud of is the original stuff — the pieces that started as a walk through a glen and ended up as a recording.

Some pieces are solo; others are collaborations with Mrs W on bass guitar, Jerry (Canada) on harmony accordion, and Kyle (Virginia) on piano.

I hope you enjoy the music and stories.