PEATBOG FAERIES (Scotland)

Based on the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries have been described as 'the future of Celtic dance music'. They incorporate many influences which take them from traditional jigs and reels through jazz, hip hop, reggae and more. Be prepared to dance…

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. Reggae, dub and soca rhythms all play their part with a lot of gorgeously undulating modal melodies from Macedonia and further ... Nothing in the recognisable front line of bagpipes, fiddle, synthesiser, bass and rhythm guitar, with a straight drum kit at the back, prepares you for the high octane music of the Peatbog Faeries.

Peter Morrison: Pipes & whistles
Roddy Neilson: Fiddle
Tom Salter: Guitar
Leighton Jones: Keyboards
Innes Hutton: Bass & percussion
Iain Copeland: Drums

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