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Eilidh Shaw (fiddle and vocals) and Ross Martin (guitar) are both full time musicians living in Morar in the West Highlands of Scotland with their two teenage children.
Individually they have worked with all manner of top musicians from the Scottish scene and beyond, clocking up over 100 album appearances between them. Some highlights from recent years have seen touring and recording collaborations with a wide array of artists such as: Scottish Gaelic star Julie Fowlis; Irish singers Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Karan Casey; Breton artists Arnaud Ciapolino and Yann Fanch Kemener; and Tony Christie of (Is this the way to) Amarillo fame.
Together they have appeared and recorded with US artists such as Grammy Nominated fiddler Casey Driessen and alt-country legend Bonnie Prince Billy (aka Will Oldham).
In 2017 they made their first album together, Birl-esque which was released on their own Rhubana Records label to critical acclaim. Having completed several tours of Scotland, the U.S., France and Germany, their second album ‘Stay Here All Night’ is due for release in 2025.
Eilidh Shaw is originally from the Argyllshire village of Taynuilt. Throughout her teenage years she played in the family dance band and attended the famous Aonghas Grant Summer School in Stirling. She spent her twenties immersed in the musical melting pot of Edinburgh, where she joined pioneering folk act The Poozies, formed eclectic alt-folk band Harem Scarem and prog-ceilidh innovators The Squashy Bag Dance Band, and was involved in a huge number of projects with musicians across the genres. In 2019 she joined the well-established and beloved Shooglenifty following the untimely passing of their former front man. Shooglenifty are recognised as the forerunners of fusing modern elements with Scottish music and are continuing to lead the field today.
Eilidh’s fiddling style has remained firmly rooted in the West Coast of Scotland, where she teaches at various local feisean, plays for many local dances and sessions, and runs the annual festival, Fèis na Mara.
Ross….? In the late nineties he formed the band Dàimh, which is often described as ‘the Gaelic Supergroup’. In the last 20 years Dàimh have made 8 studio albums and taken Gaelic music all over the world. They’ve twice won the Folk Band of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music awards and also the Best Folk Band in Europe at the prestigious Folkherbost awards in Germany.
Start time 7:30pm. Tickets £14 (concessions £10, under 12s free)