A gig on Friday 3rd May. The event starts at 19:00.
Outlandish Nights are back this spring with musical treats for your ears from lands far and near all in the surroundings of Boiling wells woodland amphitheatre. There will be delicious authentic Northern Indian food available to purchase separately at each of the events.
If price is a barrier for you to attend, please get in touch [email protected]
WILL & JENN
This virtuosic duo formed as the result of a chance meeting at a folk session in 2018, and led to Will and Jenn’s music travelling around the world as a viral internet sensation. In their live shows, they play a game of ‘musical cat and mouse’; improvising and responding to each other, weaving virtuosic performances that are unique and in-the-moment as only two musicians highly accomplished in their craft can produce.
Their debut album, recorded live in Glasgow in 2023, has received great praise:
“Harmonica and melodeon ace Will Pound and guitarist Jenn Butterworth – well known for her work with the Kinnaris Quintet and much else – transfer their celebrated live duo to the studio and their opening blues-inflected reel set would raise the dead and make them dance, as harmonica squalls joyously alongside the intense skitter and slap of guitar. They ease back for two Irish jigs – well-known, well-worn but treated with gently rollicking affection, before Pound switches to diatonic melodeon for a couple of limber, self-composed bourrées. There’s a solitary song from Butterworth – Better Things, a vintage but sprightly anti-nuke protest by Peggy Seeger – followed by the Queen of Sheba, ushered in with reedy gusto. A thoughtfully poignant rendering of the retreat march Battle of the Somme precedes a return to the frenetic in the Beggarman set – not so much musical dialogue as mutual hot pursuit.” Jim Gilchrist, ***** The Scotsman
“We adore live performance, and have been carefully crafting a live set that takes the listener on an emotional journey. Recently, an audience member remarked on the joy that we brought to them during our show, and that we need to find as much joy we can in the world these days. This really stuck with me as it’s very much part of our ethos.
Although we have a plan for our concert sets, a lot of our work is improvised, we’re flexible and enjoy responding to what we throw at each other in the moment. This is exhilarating for the audience and a huge amount of fun for both of us.” – Jenn Butterworth
Will and Jenn are both individually well-known and respected artists, and have won or been nominated for awards from the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, FATEA, Songlines and the Scots Trad Music Awards. They are excellent collaborators, and have worked with many of the UK’s top trad acts.
BRANWEN
Branwen is a musician, composer, performance artist and puppeteer from the west of Ireland with a strong interest in folklore, dada, poetry and theatre. Led by a powerful imagination, Branwen’s art and music are usually fashioned into a surreal and potent experience which crosses the threshold into bizarre, surreal and magical territory. They are an award nominated artist, have performed their compositions on Other Voices, The National Concert Hall, Glastonbury and much more. They have been the songwriter for well known projects such as Twin Headed Wolf, Rufous Nightjar, Lon Dubh and their solo project, Branwen. Branwen's shows include crankies, storytelling, puppetry and unusual objects employed as instruments, with a surreal charm and the occasional on stage wedding their haunting and poetic music juxtaposed with the hilarious and surreal leaves a warm otherworldly impression on their audiences.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
If price is a barrier for you to attend, please get in touch [email protected]
WILL & JENN
This virtuosic duo formed as the result of a chance meeting at a folk session in 2018, and led to Will and Jenn’s music travelling around the world as a viral internet sensation. In their live shows, they play a game of ‘musical cat and mouse’; improvising and responding to each other, weaving virtuosic performances that are unique and in-the-moment as only two musicians highly accomplished in their craft can produce.
Their debut album, recorded live in Glasgow in 2023, has received great praise:
“Harmonica and melodeon ace Will Pound and guitarist Jenn Butterworth – well known for her work with the Kinnaris Quintet and much else – transfer their celebrated live duo to the studio and their opening blues-inflected reel set would raise the dead and make them dance, as harmonica squalls joyously alongside the intense skitter and slap of guitar. They ease back for two Irish jigs – well-known, well-worn but treated with gently rollicking affection, before Pound switches to diatonic melodeon for a couple of limber, self-composed bourrées. There’s a solitary song from Butterworth – Better Things, a vintage but sprightly anti-nuke protest by Peggy Seeger – followed by the Queen of Sheba, ushered in with reedy gusto. A thoughtfully poignant rendering of the retreat march Battle of the Somme precedes a return to the frenetic in the Beggarman set – not so much musical dialogue as mutual hot pursuit.” Jim Gilchrist, ***** The Scotsman
“We adore live performance, and have been carefully crafting a live set that takes the listener on an emotional journey. Recently, an audience member remarked on the joy that we brought to them during our show, and that we need to find as much joy we can in the world these days. This really stuck with me as it’s very much part of our ethos.
Although we have a plan for our concert sets, a lot of our work is improvised, we’re flexible and enjoy responding to what we throw at each other in the moment. This is exhilarating for the audience and a huge amount of fun for both of us.” – Jenn Butterworth
Will and Jenn are both individually well-known and respected artists, and have won or been nominated for awards from the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, FATEA, Songlines and the Scots Trad Music Awards. They are excellent collaborators, and have worked with many of the UK’s top trad acts.
BRANWEN
Branwen is a musician, composer, performance artist and puppeteer from the west of Ireland with a strong interest in folklore, dada, poetry and theatre. Led by a powerful imagination, Branwen’s art and music are usually fashioned into a surreal and potent experience which crosses the threshold into bizarre, surreal and magical territory. They are an award nominated artist, have performed their compositions on Other Voices, The National Concert Hall, Glastonbury and much more. They have been the songwriter for well known projects such as Twin Headed Wolf, Rufous Nightjar, Lon Dubh and their solo project, Branwen. Branwen's shows include crankies, storytelling, puppetry and unusual objects employed as instruments, with a surreal charm and the occasional on stage wedding their haunting and poetic music juxtaposed with the hilarious and surreal leaves a warm otherworldly impression on their audiences.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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