Eli West Trio
Bluegrass genius Eli West performed at Shetland Folk Festival in 2015 with Cahalen Morrison where they were “praised to the rafters” by The Shetland Times. We are so excited to have him return with his own group!
It’s always illuminating to ask an artist how they understand music, but Eli West’s perspective is nothing short of ground-breaking. A trained designer, he sees music architecturally, visualizing his compositions spatially. It’s a highly unusual way to think about music, tied to his verdant natural world of the Pacific Northwest. On his new album, Tapered Point of Stone, West lays out original songs and tunes like houses built by hand, weaving their melodies into the setting of acoustic roots music that first inspired him.
Joining Eli will be Laura Cortese on fiddle (who will be familiar to many in Shetland with her performances with the Laura Cortese and the Dancecards), and Forrest Marowitz on double bass.
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Kyla Brox
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Valtos
Amy Papiransky
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Lena Jonsson Trio
Harare
TRIP
Project Smok
Amy Laurenson (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2023)
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Ali Levack (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2020)
Michael Biggins (BBC Radio Scotland Young Trad Musician of the Year 2021)
Eryn Rae (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2022)
