Folk festival event returns
A popular event is set to return to the Linlithgow Folk Festival.
‘Songs and Reels at the Rose’, was held for the first time last year in the Rose Social Club.
The concert featured four of Scotland’s leading young traditional musicians, including Linlithgow’s town piper, Ross Miller.
The event returns on Thursday, September 6, for the 20th folk festival and the organisers are delighted to welcome the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year – West Lothian’s very own Hannah Rarity and her fabulous band.
Recently featured in The Scotsman as one to watch in 2018, Hannah’s spellbinding voice and warm, genuine stage manner have seen her become one of Scotland’s foremost young singers. Since graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2016, Dechmont-born Hannah has toured internationally with the renowned Irish-American traditional group Cherish the Ladies, appeared as a soloist on BBC Scotland’s Hogmanay Live 2016, sold out her 2017 Edinburgh Fringe debut and featured in projects for the RSNO, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and BBC Northern Ireland TV.
In recent weeks, she has appeared in the Robert Burns-inspired musical ‘A Man’s a Man’ at the Edinburgh Fringe.
For ‘Songs and Reels at the Rose’, Hannah will be joined by the brilliant young musicians Sally Simpson (fiddle/viola), Innes White (guitar), John Lowrie (piano) and Conan 10.15pm. Doors open at 7.15pm. Linlithgow Rose Social Club, Braehead Road. Tickets are £10 at the door or are available at Far From The Madding Crowd, 20 High Street, Linlithgow and can also be bought online at linlithgowfolk. yapsody.com. Check Facebook for details.
Another folk festival event will take place at the Rose Club on Friday, September 7.
All the way from Virginia, USA, Bluegrass musicians The Whitetop Mountain Band will be making a welcome visit to Linlithgow, as part of their UK tour.
The band is well known for their high energy and charisma on stage and their shows also include flat foot dancing.
Tickets are available from the usual sources and also at the door.