Eilidh Shaw and Ian Carr

Two leading figures in today's contemporary traditional music world.Eilidh Shaw is a Scottish fiddle player & singer from Taynuilt, Argyll. Her west highland fiddle style is beautifully wild and uniquely innovative. She has toured extensively with The Poozies and Harem Scarem
She recorded her acclaimed solo fiddle album, Heepirumbo in 1997 with Ian Carr
It is still lauded as a classic of its genre. Eilidh joined legendary Acid Croft pioneers Shooglenifty in 2018 to take the role of fiddler in the band after Angus R. Grant, who died in 2016. Shooglenifty continue to dazzle audiences at festivals and venues across the globe today.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. fRoots Andy Cronshaw once described him as the most innovative and sympathetic guitarist that Britain has produced in years, in any genre Since the 1980s, Carr has been widely revered for forging his own path (and providing inspiration for others) in his own musical projects such as Swåp and Timber and as a collaborative musician with Kathryn Tickell, Kate Rusby, Eddi Reader, Kris Drever and others. A bold rhyth- mic innovator, a master of harmony, and diamond fingered melody maker, he's a one-off.