Chris Stout

Chris Stout
Also known as	Christopher Stout
Occupation(s)	Professional musician and composer
Instruments	Violin/fiddle/viola
Labels	Greentrax
Associated acts	Fiddlers' Bid
Website	http://www.chrisstout.co.uk
Notable instruments
Ewen Thomson violin and viola

Chris Stout (born 1976) is a fiddle/violin player from Shetland, now based in Glasgow. Stout grew up in Fair Isle, a small Shetland island, and lived there until 8 years of age before moving to Sandwick on the Shetland mainland, then on to Glasgow in the 1990s.

Stout has studied under prominent Shetland fiddlers including Willie Hunter and Arthur Scott Robertson and is adept at a variety of violin styles, drawing on a range of influences from folk, jazz, electronica and classical.

In 1990 he won both the Shetland "Young Fiddler of the Year" competition for his skills as a traditional fiddle player and the Shetland "Young Musician of the Year" competition for his classical violin abilities.

Education

Fair Isle primary school, Shetland
Dunrossness Primary, Shetland
Sandwick school, Shetland
Anderson High School, Shetland
Douglas Academy music school, Glasgow
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), Glasgow (attained a degree in classical violin)
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (attained a Masters Degree in electro-acoustic music)

Discography

Solo albums

First O' the Darkenin (2004)
Devil's Advocate (2007)

Groups and collaborations

Fiddlers' Bid – Around the World (1994)

Fiddlers' Bid – Hamnataing (1998)

DJ Trevor Reily – Down with the Underground, and mix by Judge Jules (1998)

Various – Big Sky (1999)

Finlay MacDonald – Finlay MacDonald (2000)

The Clydesiders – Crossing the Borders (2000)

Keltic Electrik (2000)

Duncan McCrone – Just a Glasgow Boy (2001)

Dean Owens – "Anything" (CD single) (2001)

Fiddlers' Bid – Da Farder den Da Welcomer (2002)

Annie Whitehead and Alistair Anderson – Northern Lights (2002)

Catriona McKay – Catriona McKay (2002)

Finlay MacDonald Band – Pressed for Time (2003)

Salsa Celtica – El Agua De La Vida (2003)

Kevin Mackenzie's Vital Signs – Another New Horizon (2004)

Blair Douglas – Angles from the Ashes (2004)

Joseph Malik – Aquarius Songs (2004)

Yvonne Lyon – Fearless (2005)

Duncan McCrone – All You Need to Know (2005)

The Unusual Suspects – Live in Scotland (2005)

Catriona McKay and Chris Stout – Laebrack (2005)^[1]

Fiddlers' Bid – Naked and Bare (2005)

Christianne Neves – Duas Madrugadas (2005)

Salsa Celtica – El Camino (2006)

Finlay MacDonald Band – Re-Echo (2007)

Yvonne Lyon – A Thousand Questions Why (2007)

Lise Sinclair – Ivver Enchantin Wis (2007)

The Macdonald Bros (2007)

Fiddlers' Bid – All Dressed in Yellow (2009)

Catriona McKay & Chris Stout - White Nights (2010)

Chris Stout's Brazilian Theory Live in Concert (2011)

Brend Works (2012)

As a producer

Tommy O'Sullivan – Songs Ablaze (2006)^[2]

Lauren MacColl – When Leaves Fall (2007)^[3]