Green Linnet

Credited with being at the forefront of the renaissance in folk/roots music over the last 20 years, Capercaillie, Scotland’s finest celtic act, return with their new studio album Roses and Tears. The album features many newly discovered traditional songs sourced from the Gaelic song archive at the School of Scottish Studies, along with self-penned material, the groove laced opening track “Him Bo” and a beautiful rendition of John Martyn’s anti-war song “Don’t You Go”.

This album re-affirms Capercaillie’s unfailing enthusiasm for the music they inherited while growing up on the Atlantic fringes of Scotland and Ireland and their innovative approach to traditional sources and influences. Capercaillie’s exciting live performance explains the widespread esteem in which they are held in the current explosive folk scene.

The line-up of the band (described by Mojo as “a marriage made in heaven”) unites the sublime vocals of Karen Matheson with Donald Shaw - accordian & piano; Manus Lunny - bouzouki; Charlie McKerron -fiddle; Michael McGoldrick - pipes & flutes; Ewen Vernal - bass; Che Beresford - drums; David Robertson - percussion.