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Frankie Archer - Edinburgh TradFest 2024 - Review at theQR.co.uk

Review: Frankie Archer – Edinburgh TradFest 2024

WJQuinnMay 8, 20244 min read

★★★★ This was my first encounter with Frankie Archer, but hopefully not the last. An itinerant purveyor of wonderous electrofolk, she brings genuine originality to the traditional music space. Her…

Edinburgh photo credit Adam Bulley with event title

Review: Everyone’s Welcome to Edinburgh – Edinburgh Tradfest 2024

WJQuinnMay 8, 20244 min read

★★★★ This year’s Edinburgh TradFest special commission, Everyone’s Welcome to Edinburgh sought to celebrate the city’s history as a hub of traditional music and culture. Devised by Edinburgh-born, but now…

Three men in shirts and waistcoats with their fiddles, sitting in a row.

Review: Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Edinburgh TradFest 2024

WJQuinnMay 7, 20244 min read

★★★★ Kevin Henderson, Olav Luksengård Mjelva and Anders Hall aka The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc make a pretty unique trio. Products of the Shetland, Norwegian, and Swedish violin traditions respectively, they…

Review Journey to the Isles Marjory Kennedy-Fraser - Edinburgh Tradfest 2024 - Review at theQR.co.uk

Review: Journey to the Isles: Marjory Kennedy-Fraser – Edinburgh Tradfest 2024

WJQuinnMay 6, 20244 min read

★★★★★ There are so many layers to this splendid production, that no review will likely do justice to Journey to the Isles: Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, as created and performed by Marion…

A pretty blonde haired woman sits to the left, hand raised, a story on her lips. To the right, a handsome young man with an accordian.

Review: Rickle O Stanes – Edinburgh Tradfest 2024

WJQuinnMay 5, 20245 min read

★★★★ Shona Cowie and Liam Sutcliffe are such a delightful and talented pair of creative performers, that spending an hour with their newest production, Rickle O Stanes is an unmitigated…