Hosted as part of their captivating autumn season, The Stoller Hall’s vibrant upcoming folk programme honours one of Britain’s most ancient musical forms with a trio of vivid, mystifying concerts spanning Celtic traditions, innovative bodhran rhythms and groundbreaking interpretations, each performance amplified by the transcendent intimacy of the Carole Nash Hall.
Returning to The Stoller Hall on Sun 29 Sep, the 2021 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music ‘Up and coming’ award-winners present their ‘exciting and invigorating’ (Songlines) fusion of piano, diatonic button accordion and bodhran across a programme of coruscating trad-based material which draws on everything from classical forms to jazz inflections.
On Thu 14 Nov, Glasgow-based sextet TRIP bring their powerful, vivid and wholly unique sound to The Stoller Hall with a programme inspired by their united Celtic traditions.
Featuring a versatile complement of accordion, fiddle, flute and whistle underscored by a rollicking rhythm section of piano, guitar and bodhran, TRIP’s distinctive compositions blend traditional melodies with original self-penned songs, showcasing their contemporary flair alongside the timeless wonder of Gaelic folk music.
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1DA
stollerhall.com
- Words:
- Wolf McFarlane
- Published on:
- Fri 6 Sep 2024
Billed as an unprecedented collaboration which celebrates the artistic metamorphosis undergone by folk-inspired classical composers, award-winning percussion trailblazer Delia Stevens joins renowned harmonicist and three-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year nominee Steven Pound for a faithful yet wildly inventive programme of reimagined folk sounds, where Stevens’ ‘thoughtful, insistent playing’ (The Guardian) provides a propulsive backdrop to Pound’s explorative, masterful melodies.