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Bill Wells & Lorna Gilfedder

Bill Wells (born c. 1963) is a Scottish bassist, pianist, guitarist and composer. He is best known for his group the Bill Wells Octet, since the early 1990s, but he has performed and recorded in a wide range of settings, including collaborations with The Pastels, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Future Pilot A.K.A., Lol Coxhill, Isobel Campbell, Barbara Morgenstern and recently Aidan Moffat. He has also played on tracks by Kevin Ayers, V Twin and Duglas T. Stewart. Lorna Gilfedder is a multi-instrumentalist and singer from Glasgow, Scotland, now living in Calgary, Canada. She is a self-taught drummer, playing in Park Attack between 2001 and 2007, International Airport from 2005-2007, and as guitarist/vocalist in Golden Grrrls from 2009 to 2013, Black Thong from 2011 to 2012, The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland from 2003 to present, releasing work under her own name with Bill Wells, and playing regularly with Clinton St. John. She appears on the records of Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, Benni Hemm Hemm, and Clinton St. John, and has appeared in live performances collaborating with Bridget St. John, Shugo Tokumaru, Alasdair Roberts, Norman Blake, Duglas T Stewart, Barbara Morgenstern, Tenniscoats, Nakaido Kuzumi, Bradien and Benni Hemm Hemm.

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