Winners of the “Up and Coming Act of the Year” at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards in 2014, The Elephant Sessions are an uplifting Scottish Neo-Trad quintet that combines traditional Scottish folk music with more modern genres.
Drawing on influences from many different genres, The Elephant Sessions create a progressive blend of intricate tunes, engulfing guitars, monsterous bass and pounding drums.
Already renowned for their breathtaking live shows, 2014 saw the band climb to new heights with the release of their debut album: The Elusive Highland Beauty which achieved much critical acclaim.
The band met at university and consists of Euan Smillie on fiddle, Mark Bruce on electric and acoustic guitar, Greg Barry on drums, Alasdair Taylor on mandolin and Seth Tinsley on bass.
Their ceilidh-esque sound combined with undertones of ska, rock and funk will definitely leave you beating a trail to the dance floor!
Quite possibly the best instrumental debut since ‘Venus in Tweeds’ by Shooglenifty
Bruce MacGregor, BBC Radio Scotland Travelling Folk
It’s the sort of music that gets people dancing and whirling around
The Living Tradition
Find out more at elephantsessions.com.
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