Celtic stars Peatbog Faeries head to Barnard Castle for gig to promote new album

FOLLOWING the release of their latest album, Blackhouse, the Peatbog Faeries have hit the road and are at The Witham in Barnard Castle on Thursday, August 10.

Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries are the trailblazers of the “Celtic dance music renaissance”.

Drawing upon a myriad of influences from traditional jigs and reels through to jazz, hip hop, reggae and more, they take traditional Scottish music and bring it fresh-faced into the 21st century.

They are Peter Morrison (pipes and whistles), Ross Couper (fiddle), Tom Salter (guitar), Innes Hutton (bass, percussion) Graeme Stafford (keyboards) and Stuart Haikney (drums).

They have toured the world taking their inventive and unique brand of music and light show to audiences far and wide, never failing to fill the floor and delight the crowd.

This is high octane Celtic dance music as you’ve never heard it before. Be prepared to dance.

The Scotsman once wrote: “Nothing prepares you for the high octane music of the Peatbog Faeries.

“Powerful melodies are dextrously pumped out with a smart degree of techno attitude, while cross-rhythms ricochet over a heavy bass that hits you forcefully like a massive heart beat.”

While the Edinburgh Evening News added: “Imagine The Orb meeting a ceilidh band in the mind of Irvine Welsh. This is it. Billy Nasty may have mixed pipes and dance on the decks but the Peatbog Faeries can play it live and it blew the audience away.”

For tickets, visit www.the

witham.org.uk, call The Witham Box Office on 01833 631107 or pop into the arts centre, in Barnard Castle, which is open Tuesdays to Saturdays between 10am to 4pm.