Ryan Thomson / Captain Fiddle Acoustic Duo from Lee, NH

My son Brennish and I, as the "Fiddling Thomsons," are the recipients of the 2023 New Hampshire Governor's Arts Award for Folk Heritage, and have been designated as 'Master Traditional Artists,' by The New Hampshire Council on the Arts We are multi-instrumentalists who have performed together for over 20 years on violin, fiddle, celtic wooden flute, banjo, guitar, accordion, pennywhistle, ukulele, piano, rhythm bones, bass, and other instruments. We are reliable, friendly, flexible, and hard working. We perform variously as soloists, as a father and son duo, or we can add band members to create larger ensembles. We specialize in lively instrumental music: Celtic, cajun, zydeco, bluegrass, Irish, Scottish, French Canadian, and more. We enjoy playing everything from back ground music for business functions and weddings, to main stage performances with our band. Our music is suitable for family audiences. We teach cajun dancing, and call contra and square dances. We've won numerous other awards for our music making, including a Boston Music Award Nomination for our cajun band, many banjo and fiddle awards, including the Northeast Regional award at the National Fiddle Contest, and the Twin Fiddling Award at the Lowell National Park fiddle and banjo contest. We have been invited for three separate tours to perform in China at the Meet in Beijing International Arts Festival. We have performed as the Fiddling Thomsons at the Bath Folk Festival in England, and at music events in California and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Although most of our performances are in the New England area, we enjoy gigs involving transcontinental and overseas travel.

• Celtic fiddle - Irish, Scottish | jigs, reels, hornpipes
• Celtic Aires - fiddle and flute | for wedding processonals
• Cajun, Country, and Bluegrass fiddle | lively hoedowns and waltzes
• Bluegrass | solo or band
• Celtic Flute and Tin whistle | jigs, reels, hornpipes, more
• World music fiddle tunes | international - French, Swedish, Mexican, more!
• Old Time 5 string banjo tunes | square dance, clogging tunes
• Accordion - lively tunes and songs | strolling folk dance music
• Irish Pennywhistle tunes | for set and step dancing
• Cajun accordion songs | with cajun band
• Contra and barn dance fiddle | New England style, with dance caller
• Cajun Zydeco dance Band | trio - 5 piece, with dance instruction!
• Gypsy Jazz band | music of Django Reinhart
• Twin Fiddle duets | "The Fiddling Thomsons"