SCOTTISH FOLK MAINSTAYS SALT HOUSE HEADING TO QUAY ARTS NEXT WEEK

Scottish folk band Salt House are to perform at Quay Arts on Wednesday (8th November). The band have been a mainstay of the folk scene for a decade. New songs that sound as if they’ve always been here. Ancient ballads woke up. Poems given the melodies they’ve long deserved. Songs strongly rooted in place, people and their shared love of the natural world. Made up of Jenny Sturgeon, Ewan MacPherson and Lauren MacColl, the band’s reputation as fine interpreters of words both old and new has been solidified over the past few years with acclaimed album releases and extensive touring both at home and in mainland Europe. The Salt House sound is carefully honed – melancholy viola entangled round rich vocals and double-guitar interplay. There’s a strong connection to place in their music – with the band based between the Scottish Highlands and Shetland. Taking their name from a dock in Ewan’s native Liverpool, Salt House draws on a wide range of influence from folk, traditional, and singer-songwriter worlds that they inhabit. Whether it’s on the festival stage or in an intimate theatre, the band share their songs with an empathy that has won them fans far and wide. The doors will open at 18:00, with the show starting at 20:00. Tickets from £15 in advance. The Quay Arts Evening Menu will be available before the show! For more information or to book tickets go to http://www.quayarts.org or call Box Office on 01983 822490.