This week The Two Rivers Café welcomes the prodigiously talented Bristol-based Alex Garden - fiddler, guitarist and BBC Young Folk Musician of the year runner-up. Two Rivers is a meeting place for creative minds who work with music, hosted by composer and lyricist Andrew Fisher - that’s him over there at the piano pulling off a look few previously thought possible. He talks to Alex about what drew him to folk music as a teenager, and performing the creative hire-wire act that is improvising live. You’ll also hear two exclusive new collaborative pieces, as each arranges the other’s composition. You can see Alex playing his version of Andrew's piece here: https://youtu.be/7U45L7B2UpwYou can listen to more of Alex’s music, find out about his creative projects and where and when to see him play live via the links below:Alex’s Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alex.garden789/With Harriet Rileyhttps://www.harrietrileyalexgarden.com/The Drystoneshttps://www.thedrystones.co.uk/Tarrenhttps://tarrenmusic.com/Sheelanagighttps://sheelanagig.co.uk/With Rachael Daddhttps://www.musicglue.com/rachael-dadd/With Ellie Gowershttps://elliegowersmusic.com/And check out Andrew Fisher and his creative work as a composer here:https://andrewfishermusic.com/ Season One of The Two Rivers Café podcast began in September 2021, with a new episode each Wednesday, featuring a starscape of dizzyingly talented guests. You can listen and subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.And you can follow us and the conversation on Twitter @2RiversCafePodThe Two Rivers Café is produced by Jim and Rupert of Driver 8 Studios.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-two-rivers-cafe-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.