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Tom Adamson - Producer, MD, & Musician
Adamson proudly plays:
Drums/Sticks: Pearl Drums, and Gretsch Drums. Vic Firth sticks & Remo skins.
Cymbals: Sabian, Zildjian & Istanbul.
Guitars: Schecter, Gretsch, Danelectro, & Taylor Acoustic
Bass: Ibanez.
Keys: VOX, Roland, & Yamaha
Edinburgh born musician Tom Adamson moved from Fife to London in 2007 going on to become an honours graduate of Jazz Percussion from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (GSMD). Adamson started learning percussion in the Kinross Pipe Band at the age of 3 while also attending Edinburgh Young Musicians.
At Dollar Academy he progressed onto Drum-kit (studying with Sandy Harley), before adding Piano to his skillset (under the tuition of Euan Stevenson for Jazz, and Stewart Gibb for Classical) playing in Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra.
After leaving School Adamson simultaneously gained a HND in Music Technology at Forth Valley College and a Jazz Diploma in Piano from St. Andrews University under Richard Michael and Richard Ingham. During this time he also attended Junior Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London (Studying with Rob Farer, Malcolm Miles, Gareth Lockrane, Barry Green and Jonathan Taylor).
While at Senior GSMD he would go on to study with Richard Benjafield, Mike Skinner, David Corkhill, Andrew Bain, Trevor Tompkins, Chris Brannick, Victor Lewis, Paolo Cimmino and Ralph Salmins. Adamson has attended materclasses and lectures from: Christian McBride, Peter Erskine, Phil Markowitz, Joshua Redman, Bernard Purdie, and Keith Carlock.
As a Musical Director:
coming up:
- TBA project - for Warner Bros. & HBO Max, 2027
- The Balfe’s Burn Night in aid of The Highland Hospice, 2027
- The Caledonian Club Winter Ball, London, 2026
- The Balfe’s Burn Night in aid of The Highland Hospice, 2025, with special guest KT Tunstall, & suporting headliner Marti Pellow w/ RSNO
- The Caledonian Club Winter Ball, London, 2025
- Deeper Undersound, Function Band, 2023 - present
- The Dilly residency, London, 2022
- Prostbusters, Oompah Band, 2019 - present
- London Ceilidh Club residency, 2018 - present
- The Dun Reels, Ceilidh Band, 2016 - present
- Bass Drop Ceilidh's Hogmanay Party, St Andrews Sq, Edinburgh 2015
- Valerie Broussard, UK performances, 2014 -2016
- Archie Norris, 2014
- Jake Sims, 2014
- Jessica Murae, 2014
- Made in Chelsea S5 Ep7, for E4 and US Style, 2013
- Honky Tonk residency, Clapham Common, 2013
- Honky Tonk residency, Chelsea, 2013
- Tom Adamson Band, 2013 - present
- Gleneagles St Andrews Ball, 2012 & 2013
- Bloomsbury Summer Fete, London, 2012 & 2013
- Smollensky's on the Strand residency, London, 2011 - 2014
- The Bluehawk Brass, 2011 - present
- Native Tongue residency, Farringdon, London, 2011
- Midtown Music Jazz Band, 2007 - present
- The Baltik Ceilidh Band, 2007 - present
Discography:
Albums:
Blue Build: Relaxing Water Sounds from Around the Europe (2026)
Tom Adamson's Ceilidh On: Ceilidh & Reeling (2026)
Tom Adamson Band: What's Inside Your Mind (2025)
Tom Adamson Band: Old View of the New World (2022)
Blue Build: Relaxing Water Sounds from Around the UK (2024)
Blue Build: Relaxing Water Sounds of Scotland (2023)
Blue Build: Relaxing Water Sounds of England (2023)
Tom Adamson Band: Medium Eyes Blue Build (2017)
Tom Adamson's Sum Bampot Band: Acceptable Taboo (2014)
Singles:
The Baltik Ceilidh Band: Fuse (2009)
Filmography:
TBA project - for Warner Bros. & HBO Max
The Crown (S1, Ep 10, Netflix)
Thupparivaalan 2 (2020), Director: Mysskin
Walkers Advert feat. Gary Lineker: Queens 90th Birthday
Harry Hill's TV Burps (Dec 2011)
TV & Radio appearances on:
BBC R3, BBC R5 Live Sport, E4, US Style TV, ITV, HBO Max, Warner Bros, Netflix, Walkers advert, London Macao Advert.
Apps/Download play alongs:
Trinity Rock & Pop Syllabus (2018), Vocal Tracks (Click the links to watch):
Seven Days - Sting
Pressure and Time - Rival Sons
Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
The Logical Song - Supertramp [Part 1]
The Logical Song - Supertramp [Part 2]
The Spirit of the Radio - Rush [Part 1]
The Spirit of the Radio - Rush [Part 2]
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Schism - Tool [Part1]
Schism - Tool [Part 2]
Drown - Bring Me The Horizon [Part1]
Drown - Bring Me the Horizon [Part2]
Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
Syncchronicity II - The Police
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Woman - Wolfmother
Crazy Train - Black Sabbath
New Born - Muse
Phantom of the Opera - Iron Maiden
Trampled Underfoot - Led Zeppelin
Riff Raff - AC/DC
The Trooper - Iron Maiden
Toxicity - System of a Down
Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow
Oh You Pretty Things - David Bowie
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Aladin Sane - David Bowie
You Get What You Give - New Radicals
Award winning performances:
As a recording session musician Tom Adamson has had the pleasure to work on 2 award-winning dramas and record for 1 award-winning App:
- The 'Play Trinity Rock & Pop App' won the BETT award in 2019 which features Adamson's Vocals on 28 of it's play along tracks.
- Drumkit for 'The Crown' (S1, Netflix), which was nominated for 3 Golden Globes in 2017, and went on to win 2 (Best Drama TV Searies & Best Actress in a Drama TV Series) and John Lithgow won an Emmy for supporting actor.
- On E4's Made in Chelsea series 5, Adamson was filmed and recorded Calling the Ceilidh dancing and performing Drumkit with the Baltik Ceilidh Band, series 5 went on to win a BAFTA in 2013.
Adamson has performed with:
KT Tunstall, Gareth Malone, Lorne Balfe, Valerie Broussard, Tess Collins, John Barrowman, Robert Broderick (aka Abandoman), Lily Dior, Arthur Lipner, The Andy Kaufman Orchestra, Paolo Cimmino, Joe Temperley (Lincoln Center/Duke Ellington), Jacqui Dankworth, Matt Monro Jnr, Jack Tyson Charles, Kwun Pang, New Focus, Lochnagar, Rowdy Crowd, Hilltop, The Shipsters, Glen High, Ceilidh Factor, Ceilidh Generation, Sassenachs, Cumberland Ceilidh Band, Bavarian Strolers, Supreme Colective, The London Function Band, Ceilidh Tree, Hogs Back Band, Och Aye Ceilidh Band, Bowreed, DDFK, Premier Brass, Denmark Street Big Band, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Paragon Ensemble, Brian Irvine, The Tolbooth Sound Orchestra, The Stamp Collective, The Adoramus Choir & Orchestra, The Amadeus Orchestra, The British Imperial Orchestra, The MGM Big Band, and The London Vegetable Orchestra.
Supported:
Sister Sledge, Toploader, Marti Pellow & The RSNO, Bill Paterson, Mark Morriss (the Bluetones), T'Pau, The Whip, British Sea Power, and Supergrass.
Highlights include:
Abbey Road Studios, HBO, Warner Bros, BBC television Centre , BBC Radio 3's 'In Tune' with Sean Rafferty, ITV, E4, 'The Crown' on Netflix, Lorne Balfe's Burns Night in aid of the Highland Hospice (Performing with KT Tunstall, Gareth Malone & Lorne Balfe), Brentford Community Stadium, Barbican Centre, London Scottish awards at The Savoy, Gleneagles, Vortex Jazz Club, Ronnie Scots, The 100 Club, Royal Opera House, Kensington Palace, Linlithgow Palace, Palace of Westminster, Country Life Fair, The National Galleries, Bass Drop Ceilidh headlining Edinburgh's Hogmanay '15, The National History Museum, Queens Hall Edinburgh, and The London, Glasgow, Edinburgh & Dundee international Jazz Festivals.
Performances for:
Sir George Martin, James Mcavoy, Bill Paterson, Tom Kitchin, Lorne Balfe, KT Tunstall, Brian Cox, Matt Smith, Claire Foy, John Lithgow, Nick Frost, Alex Jennings, Sharon Small,
Emun Elliott, Dougray Scott, Claire Forlani, Chris Martin (Coldplay), Ant & Dec, Iain Glen, Eddie Izzard, Warwick Davis, Gareth Malone, Janet McTeer, The Foreign Office, Chris Addison, London Scottish Football, London Irish RFC, Vernon Kay, Paapa Essiedu, Ben Fogle, Angellica Bell, Michael Underwood, Simon Thomas, Johnny Vaughan, Jonathan Willkes, Alex Kingston, Jonathan Stamp, James Corden, Edith Bowman, Tom Smith (The Editors), Mark Mylod, Neil Blair, Colin Murray, Sir Jonny Dankworth, Dame Cleo Laine, British Heart Foundation, Jaeger-Le Coultre, The UAE Ambassador, Clare Balding, Rt Hon. Lord Peter Fowler (Baron Fowler) PC, Sir Peter Bottomley MP, Virginia Bottomley (Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone) PC DL, and Emily Thornberry MP.
