Based on the Isle of Skye, the band have become one of Scotlands best known names in contemporary folk music. They have twice won “Live Act of the Year” at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards and have taken their own individual brand of Scottish tunes to audiences around the world, from European Festivals, to Asia, Africa, America, Canada and Australia.
The Peatbogs have recorded seven studio albums, had their first live release in April 2009 and their latest CD, “Blackhouse” was released in May 2015.
SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER
THEKLA BRISTOL The Grove, Bristol BS1 4RB Doors 7pm… Ages 14+
“Welcome to the weird but undoubtedly wonderful world of The Peatbog Faeries, Skye’s finest, where you should always expect the unexpected. Gloriously unpredictable, a band to treasure.” fRoots
Following the release of their latest album Blackhouse this legendary band will once more be back on the road in 2017 to delight audiences countrywide.
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries are the figurehead trailblazers of the Celtic Dance Music renaissance. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influences from traditional jigs and reels through jazz, hip hop, reggae and more, they take traditional Scottish music and bring it fresh-faced and breathless into the 21st century.
They are Peter Morrison (pipes and whistles), Ross Couper (fiddle), Tom Salter (guitar), Innes Hutton (bass, percussion) Graeme Stafford (keyboards) and Stuart Haikney (drums).
They have toured the world taking their inventive and unique brand of music and light show to audiences far and wide, never failing to fill the floor and delight the crowd.
This is high octane Celtic dance music as you’ve never heard it before. Be prepared to dance!
“Nothing prepares you for the high octane music of the Peatbog Faeries. Powerful melodies are dextrously pumped out with a smart degree of techno attitude, while cross-rhythms ricochet over a heavy bass that hits you forcefully like a massive heart beat.” The Scotsman
“Imagine The Orb meeting a ceilidh band in the mind of Irvine Welsh. This is it! Billy Nasty may have mixed pipes and dance on the decks but the Peatbog Faeries can play it live and it blew the audience away.” Edinburgh Evening News
MONDAY 16 OCTOBER
THEKLA BRISTOL The Grove, Bristol BS1 4RB Doors 7.30pm Ages 14+
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