Finlay is a very jaunty fiddler who is able to move easily between the different Scottish fiddle styles. He plays a fiddle made in Kilmarnock. Finlay spent several years working as the manager of a record shop and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of recorded music. He lives in Glasgow where he now works as a special education teacher, turning his hand to teaching fiddle at East Kilbride Arts Centre and for the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop. Finlay is a long serving member of the Glasgow folk group 'Stramash' along with Adam McNaughtan, Bob Blair, Anne Neilson and Kevin Mitchell. Finlay Allison is the main caller of the Cloud Howe Ceilidh Band who are well respected on the Scottish ceilidh scene. Since the band's formation in 1991, Cloud Howe have notched up over 700 dances in Scotland and England from Carlisle to Kirkwall and from St. Andrews to Tarbert. They have played in all sorts of venues - ranging from small village halls to vast conference centres and prestigious function hotels - and for all kinds of events, including Celtic Connections.
Link to the Cloud Howe Ceilidh Band Website