Wee Folk Club
Sunday Nights 8.30 pm Tickets £5
24th Ashcroft
Ashcroft is made up of brothers Euan and Lewis McLaughlin from Edinburgh. Lewis is currently
finishing off his studies at the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music in Plockton while
Euan is studying for a BMus in Traditional Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in
Glasgow As Ashcroft they have opened for Skipinnish, Fras, Fara, Top Floor Taivers and Martin
Carthy among others as well as playing their own headline gigs all over Scotland. They performed
a recital at the Scots Fiddle Festival 2015. Euan has performed as part of The Mick West band
and plays in Baile and both brothers have played with Rant 4/4, The Tim Kliphuis Sextet and as a
four piece with their parents Gillian MacDonald and Frank McLaughlin.
1st. July Chris Cleverly
Award winning songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist Chris Cleverley is renowned for his ability to mesmerise
audiences with his haunting tales of ghost women, lonesome clock towers, lovelorn mariners and hospital beds.
Chris’ trademark solo live sound is at times likened to the magnitude of a full orchestra to only moments
later pull audiences to the very edge of their seats to soak in the delicate spider-
8th. July Zetor in the Kailyard
The Angus based folk duo features Roddy Johnston on fiddle, pipes, vocals, guitar, cahon and loop pedal, and
Kate Badcock on flute,sax,and backing vocals.
Zetor in the kailyard's exhilarating live performance combines music technology and acoustic instruments…
their live loops create colour, texture and a full sound, drawing on many different styles of music from punk to traditional, and inspired by dance music from all over the world, whilst at the heart of it is the traditional music of the British Isles that they know and love…
15 th. July Donald Anderson
Over the last twelve years, Donald Anderson has performed regularly in Shetland, and has made several appearances at the Shetland Folk Festival singing and playing his own songs and for the past 5 years has begun working with the Donald Anderson Band.
Donald released his first album, Waterhead Sky in May 2005, which received excellent reviews and positive word of mouth feedback. Donald has also contributed to recent albums (The Desert, 2003 and Edges and Spaces, 2005) by local singer-
22nd. July Andrew Gordon
