Acoustic Edinburgh – Tue Dec 6th 2011 – Abagail Grey headline
It’s the last Acoustic Edinburgh of the year, and we’re seeing the year out with a very special show! Not one, but two touring bands are stopping into The Third Door on their way through Edinburgh, and both are unmissable.
Headlining are Abagail Grey, on their Winter & Icicles tour. Abagail Grey is the creation of highland singer-songwriter, Claire Campbell. Both a classically-trained pianist, and traditional fiddler, she is regularly joined by two harpists, trumpet, bass and drums and her music has been described as “serene, elegant and beautifully crafted” (The Scotsman), and her debut album was hailed as “one of the best folk albums to come out of Scotland” that year (Daily Record).
Our other touring band are the wonderful Brighton-based Seadog. Signed to Folkwit records, they play music with cello, guitar, clarinet, glockenspiel, melodica, accordion, samplers (and more) that has been compared to the Mamas and Papas, or The Byrds. Source magazine described them as “steeped in an era where Nick drake and Neil Young records roamed the land…beautiful and ethereal vocal harmonies”.
As if this wasn’t enough (!) we have the singer, accordionist, sawista, pianista, yodeller, and redhead, Brigid Kaelin (her words, not mine!). Newly relocated to Edinburgh from Nashville, she is properly brilliant – last time I saw her she was wowing the customers of Favorit in the small hours by playing an impromptu set on the saw, but she has also played in on stage with Elvis Costello. And rounding off an extraordinary night of music, we have a welcome return to Acoustic Edinburgh from charismatic singer-songwriter Becca Fox.
Phew! Saws, Accordions, Harps, Clarinets, Trumpets, Samplers… and it’s all free!
Tuesday 6th December, 7.30, The Third Door (beneath Negociants).
Do not miss this one…
Si
