About this event
As part of the Showcase Scotland Introducing series, in partnership with Ropetackle – an arts venue known for supporting new cultural talent – we introduce two emerging bands whose contemporary and tradition-rooted sounds reflect the breadth of Scotland’s folk and acoustic music.
Heisk: Taken from an old Scots word meaning ‘excitable’ or ‘crazy’.
Six-piece trad outfit HEISK are a force on stage. Fusing accordion, fiddle, electro harp, kit and keys with big energy and bold riffs, they twist traditional and self-penned tunes into something fresh and fierce. Their party vibe lights up festival crowds with a fearless blend of trad roots, funk grooves and pop hooks – music made to empower and get people moving.
Chloe Matharu: “A voice of milk and honey” – Anais Mitchell
Chloe is a multi-award-winning Scottish Indian singer-songwriter and harpist from the West Coast of Scotland. Many of her songs draw on her time as a Navigational Officer in the Merchant Navy, inspired by the natural world as experienced at sea. On tour, she performs solo with her harp in Scots and English. Her music offers "an intriguing insight into a new tradition of maritime folk music with thoughtful songwriting embellished by her voice and superb harp playing" – The Herald.
