Peatbog Faeries take off in 2008

Peatbog Faeries - from Scotland

"The most pumping, uplifting and exciting Scottish fusion you're ever likely to
come across!" Rootin' About

Based on the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries have been described as 'the future of celtic dance music'. They incorporate many influences which take them from traditional jigs and reels through jazz, hip hop, reggae and more. This is high octane Celtic dance music so be prepared to dance!

They are Peter Morrison (pipes and whistles), Adam Sutherland (fiddles), Tom Salter (guitar), Innes Hutton (bass, percussion) Graeme Stafford (keyboards) and Iain Copeland (drums), plus The Wayward Boys - Brass

The band have toured all over the world and won numerous awards, including the 'Best Live Act' at the prestigious Scots Trad Music Awards. Their inventive and unique approach always bring to its audience a true flavour of traditional Scottish music. Their music has been used for several TV, radio and DVD soundtracks, and the band were commissioned by the Scottish Ballet for an original piece performed for the first time in the Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow. In 2007 they performed at the BBC Proms in the Park in Glasgow in collaboration with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra who acted as their 'backing band'!. Their latest album "What Men Deserve to Lose" (2007) is one of their finest yet.

"Welcome to the weird but undoubtedly wonderful world of The Peatbog Faeries, Skye's finest, where nothing is as it seems and you should always expect the unexpected….Their new album 'Croftwor'k is a dazzling mix of trad, funk, rock, electronics, brass and cavalier intention; they are, it not at the height of their powers, somewhere approaching….The Peatbog Faeires; gloriously unpredicatable, a band to treasure" fRoots

"The Peatbog Faeries' increasingly adventurous melting pot of fragmented fiddle and pipe tunes, deep dub bass lines and all-round spacy electronica comprehensively rocked the house." The Scotsman

"Imagine The Orb meeting a ceilidh band in the mind of Irvine Welsh. This is it! Billy Nasty may have mixed pipes and dance on the decks but the Peatbog Faeries can play it live and it blew the audience away." Edinburgh Evening News

"Powerful melodies are dextrously pumped out with a smart degree of techno attitude, while cross-rhythms ricochet over a heavy bass that hits you forcefully like a massive heart beat. Nothing in the recognisable front line of bagpipes, fiddle, synthesiser, bass and rhythm guitar, with a straight drumkit at the back, prepares you for the high octane music of the Peatbog Faeries" The Scotsman

• article submitted by: Chris Wade, Adastra

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