Adam Holmes & support from Dara Dubh

Adam crafts lyrics that resonate like old folk songs, set to melodies rooted in the haunting slow airs and church hymns that echoed throughout his childhood.

Only in the world of folk music could you imagine the staff at one of the liveliest, smokiest and most famous Folk music pubs in Britain, Sandy Bells, making a space at the end of the bar so that an eight year old child could get the best view of the singers and musicians. But that was the very place that Adam first picked up the skill of learning music by ear.

Age 15, after the death of a close friend and a cascade into drugs and alcohol he found his way out through the focus of rapping and producing hip hop. Simultaneously he began to play guitar and write songs and after leaving school and moving into his first flat aged 16 he worked on building sites, trying to pick up an apprenticeship as a joiner.

On the very same day that he was finally offered an apprenticeship aged 19 he received a phone-call offering him a place in the semi finals of the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2009. He chose his place in music and hasn't looked back since.
Dara Dubh - harp unleashed and a new voice in Indie-pop.

Hailing from Northern Ireland and quickly developing a name for herself in the Scottish music scene, Dara Dubh is a multifaceted musician who weaves catchy lyricism through her experimental harp style to create a new sound in popular music.

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• Next month, 17th May, 07:30 pm, Ahmed Dickinson & Eduardo Martin with support Lindsay Strachan in Dunbar
• This November, 8th November, 07:30 pm, Assynt with support from Rhuari Campbell in Dunbar

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