Ground-breaking, chart-topping, genre-bending, globetrotting, instantly enthralling… it’s little wonder that Talisk rank highly amongst the most in-demand folk-based groups to emerge from Scotland in the last decade and more.
Mohsen Amini (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards’ Musician of the Year 2018), Graeme Armstrong and Benedict Morris (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2019) fuse concertina, guitar and fiddle to produce a truly innovative, multi-layered signature that has captivated audiences around the globe. At its core, three seemingly acoustic instruments – but in the hands of three master craftsmen; one unmistakable, bold sound and a captivating live show.
Alongside extensive touring, Talisk have stacked up major awards for their explosively energetic, artfully woven sound – including Folk Band of the Year at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award, and the Belhaven Bursary for Innovation. Appearances at leading festivals across multiple continents have amassed a die-hard following – including closing out Saturday night’s main stage at the 2019 Cambridge Folk Festival, Denmark’s Tønder Festival, the Rainforest World Music Festival in Malaysian Borneo, WOMADs UK, Chile and Las Palmas, Edmonton Folk Festival, Milwaukee Irish Festival, three back-to-back years at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and six appearances at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections.
The band welcomed in 2022 with a TV audience of over a million, performing to widespread acclaim on BBC1’s Hogmanay 2022 – shortly followed by a sold-out show in Glasgow’s iconic Old Fruitmarket, the release of their hotly anticipated third album in February – earning them their second five-star review and taking their streaming figures into multiple millions.
They proudly released their latest Album ‘DAWN’ on the 11th February saying, “It was 2018 when we released Beyond – 4 years ago!!! Its been a long time coming and as a band we’ve never been prouder of a record. It’s the closest thing to a live gig we have ever made, taking everything we absolutely love about a show and putting it on a disk. We are dying for you to all hear it.”
Live Dates as Follows:
11/05/2023 The Barn – Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
13/05/2023 Skye Live – Isle of Skye, Scotland
16/05/2023 Settle Victoria Hall – Settle, Yorkshire, England
17/05/2023 The Mount Without – Bristol, England
18/05/2023 West End Centre – Aldershot, Hampshire, England
19/05/2023 Ropetackle Arts Centre – Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England
20/05/2023 Junction – Cambridge, England
22/05/2023 Colchester Arts Centre – Colchester, England
23/05/2023 Night And Day – Manchester, England
24/05/2023 Brudenell Social Club – Leeds, England
25/05/2023 PJ Molloys – Dunfermline, Scotland
27/05/2023 The Gathering – Inverness, Scotland
10/06/2023 The Reeling – Glasgow, Scotland
14/07/2023 Hebridean Celtic Festival – Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
22/07/2023 Speyfest – Fochabers, Moray, Scotland
28/07/2023 Eilean Dorcha Festival – Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
08/08/2023 Sidmouth Folk Festival – Sidmouth, England
11/08/2023 Fresh Ayr Folk Festival – Ayr, Scotland
26/08/2023 Shrewsbury Folk Festival – Shrewsbury, England
For further information please visit: www.talisk.co.uk
