DKOS Artists 24th Jan 2025:- Rebekah Woodier & Romy Wymer – The Song Stealers – Rain Ensemble – Cun a Tuath – Scotch and Sawdust.
REBEKAH WOODIER & ROMY WYMER
Creativity and innovation lie at the heart of Slovak-American cellist and composer Rebekah Woodier’s work. She is currently most excited about finding ambient and ethereal worlds of sound and exploring how folk and classical music combine and influence each other. In all her music-making, she strives to create beauty with authenticity to lift people out of the everyday and help them look higher.
Romy Wymer is a Glasgow-based clàrsach player and composer originally from the Netherlands. Her compositions, which draw from traditional folk music, jazz and minimalism, are autobiographical in nature and seek to capture the joy of mundanity in life.
The duo started playing together in 2024, exploring how the cello and clàrsach complement each other and finding a new blend of their creative voices.
THE SONG STEALERS
The Song Stealers are a collaboration borne out of The Nova Scotia Folk Club. Drawn together by a mutual love of harmonies & singing the saddest of songs. We cover many genres & decades including Folk, Trad, Americana, Soft Rock & Pop and even the odd Country tune. If we hear it & love it, we’ll probably steal it.
John Thomson – Guitar & Vocals
Celia Somers – Vocals & Percussion
Caroline Kerr – Vocals & Percussion
David Thomson – Cajon
RAIN ENSEMBLE
Iman is a composer, musician and art creator, based in Glasgow. He started to learn to play the santour when he was twelve, and had his first solo concert at eighteen. The santour is a traditional Eastern instrument. Iman has been playing santour in Glasgow since 2009 at many festivals in glasgow, and also at most of the Glasgow museums.
He has a recent album out, featuring santour and guitarSepideh is a drummer based in Glasgow. She has been learning to play the daf since 2008. Her favourite performance was a celebration of Rabbie Burns in the City Halls. Daf is a percussion instrument used in many countries. it consists of a large round wooden frame with metal rings attached to it, and a thin skin is stretched over the wooden ring. it is played with the fingers and palms of the hands.Patsy is from Scotland and has played cello since primary school. She went to university to study biology and started playing cello again with a band. She now plays cello and sings in a few very different bands and groups. She likes to play to her three guinea pigs, who are her biggest fansCarol is a South African musician who is lucky enough to have been living in Scotland for the last 25 years. She loves singing and playing music with other people, mainly ukulele and drum. She drums with various groups in Glasgow, using congas, djembe, bodhran and sangba (with sticks)
CUAN a TUATH
Cuan a Tuath (North Sea), is a Glasgow based band drawing influence from the Nordic and Scottish traditional styles.
Brought up on the Isle of Skye, Séamus Ó Baoighill was introduced to Scottish Traditional Music through the many sessions around the Gàidhealtachd. He furthered his music at Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd, Queens University Belfast, Berklee College of Music and most recently completed his masters degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Séamus was a finalist in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year award & winner of the 2020 Battle of the Folk Bands competition. `
Kristina studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm during 2015-2020 where she completed her Bachelor and pedagogical studies in fiddle and traditional Swedish Music. Her passion for Irish and Scottish music began after a trip to Ireland in 2013, leading her to complete a masters degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2023.
Kristina performs solo and in international bands such as: Woodlands, Woodlands+ Bäckafall, Tern and Slängpolskekompaniet. In 2022, she collaborated and performed with Kristin Hagegård and Almas band at the Jerash festival in Jordan.
Kristina has also received the prestigious silver badge Zornmärket and earned the title of Rikspelman, master of Swedish traditional music
SCOTCH AND SAWDUST
Scotch and Sawdust are a newly formed trio performing progressive bluegrass and American roots music in the UK. Claudia Edwards (fiddle), Josiah Duhlstine (cello), and Heather McAslan (mandolin) came together through Glasgow’s rich Traditional music scene, and discovered their mutual love for American Folk Music.
Firmly rooted in the soundscapes of Appalachia and the Southern states, the trio draws their influence from classic artists such as the Dillards and Pete Seeger, to innovators Nickel Creek and Béla Fleck. Cello and fiddle blend together to create an overall sense of warmth, while the lightness of mandolin brings a definitively American sound – across a variety of instrumental sets and songs.
SCOTCH & SAWDUST
Scotch and Sawdust are a newly formed trio performing progressive bluegrass and American roots music in the UK. Claudia Edwards (fiddle), Josiah Duhlstine (cello), and Heather McAslan (mandolin) came together through Glasgow’s rich Traditional music scene, and discovered their mutual love for American Folk Music.
Firmly rooted in the soundscapes of Appalachia and the Southern states, the trio draws their influence from classic artists such as the Dillards and Pete Seeger, to innovators Nickel Creek and Béla Fleck. Cello and fiddle blend together to create an overall sense of warmth, while the lightness of mandolin brings a definitively American sound – across a variety of instrumental sets and songs.
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