The Sandy Brechin Band is a four-piece outfit with an unforgettable stage performance. From the electrifying high speed reels to the occasional traditional Gaelic airs, the sound created is fresh, innovative and vibrant, at times soul-touching and tender, but always with an underlying power and confidence. Sandy is just as well known for his on-stage humour, which has been known to have audiences in tears, one way or another. His fellow band members present an impressive CV: Jim Walker on drums, Gregor Borland on bass guitar, and Colin MacFarlane on electric guitar and lapsteel.

The Sandy Brechin Band has toured Italy and Ireland; played two concerts at Celtic Connections 1997 at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, with The Sean Keane Band and The Carlos Nunez Band; performed at Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Folk Festival and many other Scottish Folk Festivals, along with numerous TV and radio shows including BBC Radio Scotland's Hogmanay Show and the official "Edinburgh's Hogmanay" party.

The "King of Country", Colin is from the Isle of Coll and is a man very much in demand in the music scene. Previous bands include The Liberties, The Felsons, Rab Noakes and The Varaflames. Colin also appeared on BBC 1’s Hogmanay Show 1997 in The James Taylor Band.


Originally from Inverness, Gregor grew up steeped in the Scottish tradition, and was one of the lucky few fiddle pupils of Hector McAndrew. Greg has toured extensively since 1997 with Kathryn Tickell, Davy Steele's 'Caledon' and Burach, and is a qualified piano tuner with his own tuning business in Edinburgh. Greg is also an established fiddle teacher.



From Saskatchewan, Canada, Jim came to Scotland to play in pipe bands like his father. Jim's broad range of drum skills covers everything from pipe band to rock, folk and jazz, and he has a huge reputation as a teacher. He was also drummer with Seelyhoo and Ceolbeg.