LAURA WILKIE fiddle & IAN CARR gtr
Vent
Presented by: UK Touring| 0 | MALVERN: The Ale House (info) |
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| P | Thursday 17th April, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:00pm Start time: 7:30pm |
| . | All ages (under 14s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Music - Folk/blues/world |
Event information
on-stage 19:30
Laura Wilkie - ‘continually rising fiddle star’ The Quintessential Review - is from Tain in the Highlands of Scotland with roots both in the Highland traditions and the contemporary folk music scene.
She’s toured worldwide with Kinnaris Quintet, guitar-virtuoso Ian Carr, Ross Ainslie, Salsa Celtica, NITEWORKS and with Scots singers Claire Hastings, Beth Malcolm & Siobhan Miller.
‘a musician with plenty new to say with centuries-old material and the eloquent musical connections with which to say it’ The Strad
‘a dreamy synthesis’ Mojo Magazine, 4-star review of Vent
‘one of the least traditional traditional Scottish records of this year’ At The Barrier
‘mesmerising’ Celtic Music Radio
‘a dynamic and creative arranger and astute interpreter of songs’ KLOF Mag
Her latest project Vent centres around women’s work songs - Waulking songs - drawing on Scottish archives and friend, tradition bearer & one woman ceilidh, Rona Lightfoot in Inverness.
Laura has collaborated with Shooglenifty, Man of the Minch, Rachel Sermanni, The Elephant Sessions, Paul Towndrow’s Keywork Orchestra, Fatherson, GRIT Orchestra and many more.
Ian Carr is the Northern Hemisphere’s most inventive, fundamental, jumpin’ rhythm guitarist, as spontaneous and heart-stopping as a top-flight game of Premiership footie.
Since the 1980s, Carr has been revered for forging his own path (and providing inspiration for others) in his own musical projects such as the Anglo-Swedish Swåp and Ian Carr & The Various Artists and as a collaborative musician with Kathryn Tickell, Kate Rusby, Eddi Reader, Kris Drever and others.
‘There’s a fine line between musical genius and a vortex of chaos and Ian Carr has long danced along it like a reckless Highland dancer with his laces undone.’ Sarah Coxon, fRoots
‘the most innovative and sympathetic guitarist that Britain has produced in years, in any genre’ Andy Cronshaw
‘guitar genius and musical pioneer’ The Quintessential Review
A bold rhythmic innovator, a master of harmony and diamond fingered melody maker, he’s a one-off and a welcome returner to Colwall where he played an age ago with Swåp. Ian lives in record shops and Sweden.
