SEALL Presents Small Halls '25 Opening Concert starring all 8 musicians!
Duncan Chisholm
Duncan Chisholm will play this event. Duncan is one of Scotland’s most recognised and accomplished fiddle players and composers. Duncan’s music contains the rarest of chemistries, a glorious combination of invention, tenderness and passion. He creates music that requires no introductions or programme notes to carry you on its journey, sumptuously layered and awash with dazzling colours, textures and rhythms. The sound may be traditional but this is 21st Century traditional music which is sophisticated, exhilarating and meltingly beautiful.
Kathryn Joseph
Kathryn Joseph will play this event. Known for her fearless storytelling, raw emotional depth, and unflinching honesty, Kathryn Joseph has made a lasting mark on contemporary music. A relentless pursuit of truth runs through each of her albums, from the devastating beauty of bones you have thrown me and blood I’ve spilled (2015), which won the Scottish Album of the Year Award, to the grief-stricken intensity of from when i wake the want is (2018), and the haunting for you who are the wronged (2022), a powerful reckoning with abuse in all its forms.
Martin Green Martin Green will play this event. Martin is a multi-award-winning musician and Ivor Novello winning composer. As a member of Lau he has won four BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Best Group. In 2014 he received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists. In 2019 he won the Ivor Novello Award for his sound walk “Aeons”. More recently his critically acclaimed work for BBC Radio 4 exploring rave culture, morris dancing and brass banding has received millions of listens. He recently had his first play “Keli” staged by The National theatre Of Scotland.
Laura Jane Wilkie
Laura Jane Wilkie will play this event. Hailing from Tain in the Highlands, Laura has a unique style which has roots in the Highland fiddle traditions but is influenced by an eclectic range of music from all genres. Laura has toured internationally with various projects including Kinnaris Quintet, Niteworks and Siobhan Miller. As a founding member of Fat-Suit, Laura has been inspired to play with elements of improvisation in different styles, making her a versatile influence on each project. Collaborations include with; Shooglenifty, Rachel Sermanni and Elephant Sessions.
Alasdair Roberts
Alasdair Roberts will play this event. Alasdair is a Glasgow-based musician – primarily a singer and guitarist – born in Germany and raised in central Scotland. Acclaimed by Folk Radio UK as ‘one of our most talented, important and relevant songwriters and song-adapters’, he has released several critically acclaimed albums. Alasdair is known for his own idiosyncratic and evocative compositions and songs, as well as for his fresh interpretations of traditional songs and narrative ballads from Scotland and beyond.
Malin Lewis
Malin Lewis will play this event Innovator, award winning, multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis melds Scottish West coast tradition on fiddle and a newly invented, self-made bagpipe. They weave hair tingling, philosophical and dance inducing melodies with European folk traditions, queerness and the universe. Malin’s unique timbre is born from the deep connection that comes from making and composing for their own instrument. Their one of a kind two-octave Smallpipe creates a whole new world of sound, captivating audiences at every opportunity.
Innes Watson
Innes Watson will play this event. Innes, from Glasgow, is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist with over twenty years of contemporary and traditional Scottish music, performance, recording, teaching and producing behind him. He grew up in the Scottish Borders in very supportive musical surroundings encouraging an extremely eclectic mix of skills, abilities, interests and accolades that combine to make Innes one of the most highly regarded and sought-after musicians in Scotland today. He currently teaches at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig amongst others.
Ciorstaidh Beaton
Ciorstaidh Beaton will play this event. Recently crowned ‘Musician of the Year’ at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, Ciorstaidh is known for her rich sound, innovative arrangements and fearlessly driven style of harping. She is a highly versatile sought-after soloist and orchestral harpist across many platforms and genres. Ciorstaidh is a gaelic speaker from The Isle of Skye, currently based in Glasgow. She was chosen to compose a ‘New Voices’ commission by Celtic Connections 2025, part of which was filmed for BBC Alba’s ‘Seirm’.
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