Masterful and Rich Celticana

This duo doesn’t just craft music you hear, they make music you feel. Their album Celticana blends Scottish soul with Americana grit, carried by Steve’s magnetic voice and guitar and Spider’s soulful, spirited harmonica. Decades of friendship give their performances rare depth: honest, captivating, and profoundly moving.

With nearly two decades touring Europe, the UK and U.S., Steve and Spider’s polished presence keeps audiences engaged and venues eager for their return. Their sound reaches deep, stirring souls and resonating with a truth audiences didn’t know they were missing. Critics call their music “masterful” and “genre-setting,” while fans say it’s the music their hearts have been waiting for. One reviewer wrote, “When Steve and Spider take the stage, it’s as if the music has always been there, waiting to be uncovered.”

Upcoming: Steve and Spider will be touring in the UK and Europe in 2025. Following a homecoming concert at the award-winning Blue Lamp in Aberdeen in May, a tour of the beautiful Orkney Isles (including a show on remote Papa Westray, an island of less than 70 inhabitants) is scheduled in June. Some festival slots in Germany over the summer precedes a tour of Germany & the Netherlands in November.

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To record their second album ‘Celticana’, they relocated first to Nashville to rehearse in the city’s historic East Side, soaking up all the muse this musical heartland has to offer. From there they travelled on to Moon House Studios in Austin, Texas to work with veteran musician-producer and former Texan musician of the year Chris Gage. The result is music stylistically drenched in Americana set to lyrics that spin stories from the Scottish motherland.

The album was mastered by the five-time Grammy nominated Jerry Tubb, whose previous work includes albums by Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. In contrast to their stripped-back debut album ‘5am’, which features the duo alone in an almost live setting, Celticana benefits from Gage’s excellent contributions on piano, mandola, mandolin, guitar, Hammond organ and harmony vocals alongside the mighty Austin rhythm section of David Carroll on upright bass and drummer Kevin Hall.

To get a behind the scenes glimpse of the recording of Celticana & the “dangers” please enjoy the video below

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What the press & revered musicians say

“Masterful and rich Celticana, underpinned by perfect playing and singing, creating a whole that just shines with class” (Times Past & Times Passing, UK)

“Top class music from Scotland” (WAZ newspaper, Germany)

“Their music may be inspired and influenced by musicians on both sides of the pond, but it doesn’t actually come from anywhere. It’s already there. The music is embedded in Steve and Spider and they are graciously welcoming it to surface” (Texas Lifestyle Magazine, USA)

"A fresh and upbeat collection, just what we need at the moment" (BBC Radio NAN GAIDHEAL, UK)

"As good a combination of vocal, guitar and harmonica as you're likely to hear" (Folking.com, UK)

"I just listened to "Celticana" with Spider MacKenzie and Steve Crawford. The CD is full of great songs, great vocals and Spider's harmonica is a high spot. Put an ear on this one. You'll be glad you did" (Charlie McCoy, most recorded harmonica player in history, Grammy-winning, Country Music Hall of Fame legend)

“I sat spellbound…..in love equally with Steve Crawford’s strikingly charismatic voice and Spider MacKenzie’s wistfully virtuoso harp playing” (Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Germany)

“Spider Mackenzie’s harmonica emotes the feelings that emerge from the lyrics and music of Steve Crawford. Together, the Scottish pair has introduced a version of Americana music that raises the bar for everyone” (Texas Lifestyle Magazine, USA)

“An absolute asset to fans of wonderful folk, blues and Americana music” (Rootstime, Belgium)

“It’s been a long time since I’ve heard a guitar and harmonica combo this good” (Fatea Magazine, UK)

“Powerful alt-country and blues arrangements from a singer with a voice with 'open-road 'Americana' written all over it” (The Daily Record, UK)

"Lovely acoustic country and blues tinged harp behind the great vocals of guitarist Steve Crawford, It is what the harp was made for" (Harmonica World, UK)

Shows & tours

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Live @ Lokaal 42, Helmond, Netherlands, Sunday 23rd November 2025

Sunday, November 23, 2025Sun, Nov 23, 2025

Lokaal 42, Markt 42, Helmond

Steve & Spider European Tour November 2025!

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