So were looking forward to playing this summer at one of our favourite festivals, the hebridean celtic festival in lovely stornoway. The bands unique sound is created through a mix of programmed effects and traditional celtic arrangements, played on bagpipes, fiddles, and whistles. May 01, 2017 ross couper is from shetland, known for his incendiary fiddleplaying with peatbog faeries amongst others. In the autumn of 2016, peatbog faeries embarked on a. The band have twice won live band of the year at the s. Peatbog faeries appear on numerous compilation albums, including 1998s heart of scotland and 2005s celtic crossroads. Va putumayo presents mp3 torrent magnet link download. The peatbog faeries are a largely instrumental celtic fusion band.
Best trad and fusion gigs at celtic connections 2018 the list. The inchyra arts club are delighted to be welcoming the experimental. Live is the first live album by scottish celtic fusion band peatbog faeries, released in 2009 by peatbog records. Stream 01 is this your son by peatbog faeries from desktop or your mobile device. Their new studio album will be launched in the autumn of 2020. Almost two decades after bursting onto the scene with their debut album mellowosity, skyes peatbog faeries remain one of the great scottish festival bands guardian. Based on the isle of skye, the band have become one of scotlands best known names in contemporary folk music. A further, slight, improvement on yesterdays scotland covid figures. The other three founding members were davie tait, alan edmunds and ali pentland. You can find the list of peatbog faeries tour dates here. Peatbog faeries are made up of peter morrison fronting on pipes and whistles that interplay with the amazing fiddle sounds from ross couper.
Iain cochrane photographer added 27 new photos to the album. The traditional music of scotland is blended with hardedged funk, deep dub reggae, and modern jazz influences by the peatbog faeries. Peatbog faeries closing saturday night festival club at celtic connections with room 215. Postponed until 08 aug alnwick playhouse, alnwick, northumberland, england. Celtic connections is part of glasgow life, a scottish charity, sc037844, regulated by the. Blackhouse is the seventh studio album by scottish celtic fusion band peatbog faeries. With the increasing news and concerns regarding the covid19 coronavirus, we would like to advise our customers that should your order be delayed for any reason we will notify you directly by email of any issues that may arise. Based on the isle of skye, the peatbog faeries have been nominated for best live act at the bbc radio 2 folk awards 2012 and described as the future of celtic dance music.
Shop for vinyl, cds and more from peatbog faeries at the discogs marketplace. We were asked to do a wee promotional video and having seen the professional quality of the videos of the other bands we realised ours had to be of the absolute highest quality, so heres our effort starring peter and ross. The bands first performance under the name peatbog faeries took place in an bothan in the skye village of edinbane on the 31 st of may 1991. Long before the current wave of synth and electric guitartoting scottish trad bands, there was the peatbog faeries. Mellowosity, the debut cd from the scottish band the peatbog faeries, is wonderfully misleading in its packaging. Unbelievable liveperformance on celtic connections festival glasgow 2012. I needed to replace my beer from malt, so did so, as the coven was having a meeting. This year marks the 25th anniversary of celtic connections, a festival that. Faerie stories is the second album by scottish celtic fusion group peatbog faeries, released in. The peatbog faeries are based on the isle of skye, the peatbog faeries have released four albums and have played to audiences all over the world. They incorporate many influences which take them from traditional jigs and reels through jazz, hiphop, reggae and more. Based on the isle of skye, off the northwest coast of scotland, the original lineup of the band comprised peter mor. What people are saying about peatbog faeries rated 5 out of 5 by steve67 from banging nite out in soho only seen the band before at festivals, always loved them.
January 25 the peatbog faeries performing at the old fruitmarket, glasgow, as part of the celtic connections festival, 25th january 2020. The word has been overused to describe a supernatural being. Celtic connections 2021 opening date announced as this years festival closes its all over for another year. Since january 16, performance venues across glasgow have resonated with the sound of whistles, fiddles, pipes, electric guitars and glorious song. Regularly selling out and attracting new fans, frequently cranking up the euphoria and have now taken it one step further with a stunning new light and laser show. Peatbog faeries at celt ic connections 2008 smartotrams. The shee perform troubles live at celtic connections 2016. I told you that shop for kids grecos holiday in the. Peatbog faeries peatbog faeries at celticconnections. There is a great deal of difference in classifying a being as a fairy from the medieval literature and those from modern literature, especially those belonging to the celtic tradition. The skinny scotland december 2016 by the skinny issuu. Brigit, the morrigan, and rhiannon, are among the names of faery beings that still pop up in modern literature, art, and song. They are multiple award winners and were recently added to the scottish traditional music hall of fame.
Hailing from the scottish isle of skye, the peatbog faeries had a simple life working as carpenters on the island. Peatbog faeries tour dates 2020 peatbog faeries concert. Skyes peatbog faeries celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2016. Cant recommend them highly enough, particularly live. In the uk they are festival regulars at the likes of glastonbury, womad, beautiful days, belladrum, celtic connections and many more. Recent highlights have been tours in australia and america as well as prominent festivals and gigs around the uk and europe. About the festival contact us accessibility glasgow life privacy glasgow life getting there supporters. The peatbog faeries dust public radio international. Legendary peatbog faeries bound for perthshire the courier.
Theres a very good reason peatbog faeries have twice been voted live act of the year in the mg alba scots trad music awards. I told you that shop for kids grecos holiday in the carpathians it has fun 2 learn quiet book or tct alcatel alcatel one touch 990 orange harley davidson softail bobber. Finally get to see bagpipes in a full energy celtic party. The proclaimers are a scottish music duo composed of twin brothers charlie and craig reid. You can see from reading this that i am having trouble pinning down the peatbog faeries. Based on the isle of skye, off the northwest coast of scotland, the original lineup of the band comprised peter morrison bagpipes, whistle, ben ivitsky fiddle, ali penthland guitar, keyboards, innes hutton bass, bodhran, and iain copeland drums. Dec 07, 2017 in the uk they are festival regulars at the likes of glastonbury, womad, beautiful days, belladrum, celtic connections and many more. From the 2018 collaboration for celtic connections festival at the old fruitmarket, glasgow.
Made a great change for us to see them in my city of london, in an intimate club venue. To date, the peatbog faeries have released six studi read more. May 05, 2017 the peatbog faeries are a phenomenal live experience and a powerful band in every sense of the word. Passing clouds, london goodnatured, festivalfriendly set fuses traditional scottish sounds with funk. Stream 02 the naughty step by peatbog faeries from desktop or your mobile device. Tom oakes is from devon but has settled in scotland, too, and as well as being a muchcelebrated flautist is also a noteworthy guitarist who has played alongside a number of the big names in contemporary folk. Peatbog faeries peatbog faeries at celticconnections 2018. Peatbog faeries are performing at this years celtic connections on 28 january 2018. Celtic fusion comes to perthshire on october 26 when the peatbog faeries come down from the isle of skye to inchyra. Jan 30, 2012 peatbog faeries closing saturday night festival club at celtic connections with room 215. Based on the isle of skye, the peatbog faeries are one of scotlands bestknown names in contemporary folk music. Peatbog faeriess songs stream online music songs listen. The best of 2016 albums of the year, from david bowie to. Starting out they played at local hotels and pubs, but when half the island would.
Reverbnation is not affiliated with those trademark owners. Perhaps celtic faeries have influenced western tradition, spirituality, art, literature, and everyday life more than any other. Feb 03, 2008 peatbog faeries at celtic connections 2008 smartotrams. Their music embodies many styles and influences, including folk, electronica, rock and jazz, although their main influence is traditional celtic music. Peter and innes are the only remaining original members. It is a compilation album of live tracks from two of the bands concerts in their 2008 tour, and is the bands first album to have been released in a digipak. Ceolas aig celtic ceolas at celtic connections dvd dvd. The shee launched their new collaborative project continuum at the 2016 celtic connections festival. A quick glance at the credits on the back reveals a synthesizer alongside all the usual traditional instruments bodhran, fiddle, whistles, pipes, etc. Peatbog faeries at celtic connections 2008 youtube. In 2016 the peatbogs received the landmark award from hands up for trad scottish. Formed in 1991, they are based in dunvegan on the isle of skye, scotland.
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