Folk Bands and Artists with Gigs in Scotland
Bookends
Crail
Bookends’ delicate recreation of the unmistakable sound of the American folk-rock duo is something of a masterpiece. Bookends have been performing their world-class concert to audiences in some of the…
www.simonandgarfunkelbybookends.comBrian Molley
Glasgow
Brian Molley is a saxophonist and composer based in Glasgow, Scotland. He has led his group Brian Molley Quartet to a number of notable successes, including selection for the prestigious Made in Scotl…
Brighde Chaimbeul
Winner of the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, and 2017 Scots Trad Music Awards ‘Up and Coming’ nominee, Skye piper Brìghde Chaimbeul is one of Scotland’s fastest rising stars. A native Gaelic speak…
Catriona McKay & Chris Stout
Glasgow
Daring harp and fiddle adventurers taking traditional music to its creative edge
Eddi Reader
Eddi Reader of Scotland has a voice that’s been described as ´nothing short of miraculous´ (Spiral Earth); a revelatory instrument whether reinterpreting Burns and other folk material, or in the self-…
John Burgess
John Burgess has been a professional musician since 1987, when he moved to London and subsequently played all over the UK and Europe with Roy Williams, Enrico Tomasso, Warren Vache, Digby Fairweather,…
Louise Rogan
Bury
Louise Rogan sings original and her own arrangements of traditional songs accompanied by her Dad, Chris Rogan. In Jan 2023 they won the audience vote at the Great British Folk Festival and in March 2…
Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. A true legend of British music, Maddy Prior has built her career on exploring various musical avenues. Latest a…
New Focus
Glasgow
Pianist Euan Stevenson and saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski are two of the UK’s leading musicians, with achievements on both sides of the Atlantic and experience in pop and classical music as well as ja…
Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer
“With two grand voices – individually and in harmony” (Folker-German Folk Magazine), Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer offer a versatile miscellany of self-penned and imaginatively arranged songs, delivere…
Raveloe
Glasgow
Raveloe, the project of Glasgow songwriter Kim Grant who found her moniker within the pages of George Eliot’s Silas Marner. Grant identifies with the idea of being a weaver (which the character Silas …
Ron Jappy
A Graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama Ron Jappy is an extremely accomplished musician, highly sought after as an arranger, guitarist, fiddle player, pianist and producer. He has al…
Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra is one of Scotland’s foremost traditional music organisations. The Orchestra was formed in 1980, deriving its origins from Fiddlers’ Rallies which were – and are – held t…