An evening with Merlyn Driver at Cafe No9

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Merlyn Driver is a singer songwriter and nature-focused musician, whose sound draws on folk, as well as other global and contemporary influences.

Born in Orkney, an archipelago in the north of Scotland and raised on a smallholding without electricity, Merlyn spent much of his time outdoors and only started attending the local school in his teens. His critically acclaimed multi-artist album project, Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds (2022), released in partnership with the RSPB, received national UK radio play from BBC Radio 6, 3, and 2; and reviews from the likes of MOJO, Songlines Magazine (5 stars), and The Guardian.

Merlyn’s debut album, It Was Also Sometimes Daylight, will be released in October 2025. An intimate meditation on life, memory, nature, and childhood, it is shaped as much by acoustic folk and contemporary influences as by the rhythms and textures of the natural world.

Guests on the album include Owen Spafford (fiddle); Nathan Riki Thomson (double bass); Francesca Ter-Berg (cello); and various creatures including curlews, greenshank, blackbirds, wood sandpipers, barnacle geese, and multiple species of frogs and toads.

“His atmospheric songs evoke the curlews of his native island, and the soaring vocal flights of Tim Buckley” - Songlines Magazine

“Fascinating and unique" - BBC Radio Scotland

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Please note this ticket price DOES include a BYOB fee should you wish to bring alcohol to the venue.

All additional purchases of drinks and sweet treats from the cafe counter are always very much appreciated.