Venue: Dark Art Distillery, The Johnston, St Mary St, Kirkcudbright DG6 4EG
Folk music has long been part of Scotland’s music traditions and in recent decades has had a contemporary renaissance which says much about how people want to see the past and understand the present. Musical pioneers such as Martyn Bennett made connections between folk, dance and traditional sounds creating a new music which made people sit up. Gary West has written widely on folk music and an acclaimed biography of Bennett: Brave New Music.
Venue: Dark Art Distillery, The Johnston, St Mary St, Kirkcudbright DG6 4EG
Folk music has long been part of Scotland’s music traditions and in recent decades has had a contemporary renaissance which says much about how people want to see the past and understand the present. Musical pioneers such as Martyn Bennett made connections between folk, dance and traditional sounds creating a new music which made people sit up. Gary West has written widely on folk music and an acclaimed biography of Bennett: Brave New Music.
Gary West is a writer, musician and broadcaster who has spent his professional life performing and promoting the cultural and musical traditions of Scotland. A former academic he has published widely on music, heritage and folklore. He presented the music programme Pipeline on BBC Radio Scotland for two decades before developing his own podcast, Enjoy Your Piping, and in 2020 was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame.
