Findlay Napier

Winner of the MG Alba Composer of the Year Findlay Napier is widely regarded as one of the finest performers on the UK music scene. He is as comfortable on the main Stage of Cambridge Folk Festival with folk rock supergroup The Magpie Arc as he is in an intimate acoustic show in the back room of a pub. This fact was further highlighted when Napier was the first solo act ever to be nominated for Live Act of the Year at the Scot’s Trad Music awards in 2018. 

Assynt

Award winning instrumental folk trio ‘Assynt’ are former BBC Radio Scotland Young Musician of the Year finalists, Graham Mackenzie (fiddle) and David Shedden (pipes/whistles) alongside BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winner Pablo Lafuente (guitar). ‘Up and Coming Artist of the Year’ at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, Assynt’s music is inspired by the great piping, fiddle and Gaelic traditions of the Highlands of Scotland. Their self penned melodies are “refreshingly contemporary” (Folk Radio UK) while remaining true to the music traditions they are rooted in. With a new album on the horizon, they will be debuting new material from their upcoming release at Under Canvas.