Free thinking visionary folk trio Lau (Martin Green, Aidan O’Rourke and Kris Drever) follow the huge acclaim received for their ‘Race The Loser’ album and tour by curating their own festival at The Queens Hall/Summerhall in Edinburgh. Lau-land invites you to enter into Lau’s musical world and experience some of the inspiring artists who have influenced Lau’s inventive approach to their own music.
The festival opens on November 27th with a concert by Lau with Elysian Quartet with special guest Ella the Bird (Siobhan Wilson) doors 6.30pm followed by concerts featuring Joan As Police Woman plus special guest Adam Holmes on Nov 28th doors 7pm and Capercaillie and Dick Gaughan on Nov 29th doors 7pm.
Summerhall will be hosting a variety of workshops on Saturday Nov 29th including Kris Drever presenting a Guitar Workshop at 2pm, Aidan O’Rourke an advanced fiddle workshop at 2pm, Allan MacDonald presenting an advanced highland piping workshop at 4pm and Folk Award winner Anais Mitchell will be hosting a lyric writing workshop at 4pm which is not to be missed. There will be a tradition music session in the Royal Dick Bar at 5pm, Lau-Lab (In partnership with Distil) at 9pm with Daniel Padden (The One Ensemble, Volcano The Bear) and to celebrate the end of Lau-Land there will be a late night session starting at 10pm featuring Anais Mitchell, Kris Drever & Eamon Coyne, Mystery Juice and Martin Green.
For more information about Lau-Land at Queens Hall/Summer Hall in Edinburgh, please visit http://www.lau-music.co.uk/lau-land-home/
http://www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/2014/11
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
