Live Music Show + PlayAway Party!

Jed Milroy
Adventure Folk pioneer, veteran of legendary ‘Whisky River Boat Band’ and Assistant Director of Tinderbox Collective. Jed toured extensively with psychedelic rockers ‘The Aliens’ before making a dignified escape into the world of Bluegrass to join Scottish 7 piece, ‘Southern Tenant Folk Union’. Expect a foot stomping mix of Americana and Traditional Celtic music. Banjo, guitar, vocals.

Facebook: @jedandjo 

The False Economy
Esther Swift has travelled the world extensively with her music making and embraces many different influences in her virtuosic harp playing, composing and song writing. She writes songs about her homeland of Scotland, drawing on her folk roots and taking inspiration from nature and the people she meets along the way. An eclectic blend of jazz, folk, classical and everything in between Esther will share with you her stories and musical experiences from around the world.

An improvising saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Matt Wright is one third of the new music ensemble Sink, whose theatrical live shows and improvisational work continue to inspire audiences and artists alike. Recent achievements include five star reviews for their latest Fringe show and completion of their soon to be released third album ‘Popupocalypse’. Since 2012 Matt has been making his own bespoke tuned percussion, manufactured from discarded gas canisters. Matt is also the co-founding Director and Producer of the Pianodrome, the world’s first amphitheatre made entirely from upcycled pianos.

Website: www.estherswift.co.uk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=esther+swift 
Facebook: estherkateswift
Soundcloud: estherswift
Bandcamp: estherswift.bandcamp.com

Website: www.theplughole.org | www.pianodrome.org

The Jellyman’s Daughter
Scottish band The Jellyman’s Daughter lands squarely in the middle of a crossroads between bluegrass, post-rock, folk and soul, managing at the same time to sound not a whole lot like any of those genres. Emily and Graham write their songs together with a focus on doing something new, mixing their intimate vocal harmonies with wild and visceral cello, driving guitar and sweet mandolin, complimented brilliantly by banjo (Jamie Francis) and double bass (Herbie Loening).

In 2018 The Jellyman’s Daughter released their new album, ‘Dead Reckoning’. It represents a marked step forward in maturity, depth and scope for the duo, achieving 5 stars in multiple publications and inclusion in Popmatters’ ‘The 20 Best Folk Albums of 2018’.

The past couple of years have seen the band tour extensively around the globe, playing prestigious festivals from Scotland’s own Celtic Connections to Australia’s Port Fairy Folk Festival.

Website:  www.thejellymansdaughter.com
Instagram: @jellymansdaughter
Facebook: @jmdmusic
Youtube: @jellymansdaughter

John “Slide20XX” Smith
John Hamilton Smith V (aka, Slide20XX) is a composer who decided to write music for video games at the age of 13 and hasn’t stopped since. His work has appeared in Against Gravity’s VR title “Rec Room,” a Princeton affiliated massively multiplayer neuroscience game named “EyeWire,” and crowd-controlled music-based video games designed and shown at the Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid, Spain and MIT’s festival of arts and technology, Hacking Arts. His most recent work has included the soundtrack for Calico, a game about magical girls running a cat cafe, and music for a pair of anti-racism PSAs created by Cartoon Network series, Steven Universe. He also works as composer, sound designer, and creative director for his game company, Games Without Words.

Website: http://slide20xx.com
Twitter: @slide20xx
Instagram: @slide20xx

The Gamba Geek
Águeda Macias is a Brazilian viola da gamba player, arranger and composer passionate about fusing modern music, particularly video game music, with Renaissance and Baroque aesthetics. Her main platform is her YouTube channel, where she posts videos of her singing and playing the viola da gamba, luteguitar, recorder and harpsichord under the pseudonym The Gamba Geek. She is a member of video game music collectives Coin Ops. and Gamelark Records, contributing regularly to albums and EPs. Currently she lives in Germany, where she specializes in Early Music at the University of Arts Bremen.