An evening of folk tunes and songs with touring musician Barry Nisbet (Shetland Islands) + Andrea Baldwin, Lizzie Flynn & The Runaway Trains and hosts The Salty Sirens

6.30pm to 7.30pm - learn Good Shetland Tunes with Barry Nisbit. Sheet music provided
7:45pm - Andrea Baldwin
8:25pm - Lizzie Flynn and The Runaway Trains
9:15pm- Barry Nisbet in concert

Barry's story so far:

I'm a fiddle player, songwriter and composer from Cullivoe, in the Northern parts of Shetland, which is where I spend my non-touring, non-sailing time.

I take a lot of my inspiration from language and dialect, and explore the possibilities these offer in my music, working in Shetland and Orkney dialects as well as English; right now I'm exploring a long-held connection with Norn and Nordic languages.

I've produced two albums (so far) of my own music, with the help of some very talented friends - listen at https://bandzoogle.com/albums

I've been part of groups such as ‘The Cullivoe Fiddlers’, France-based Americana trio ‘Tildon Krautz’, Dundee punk-bluegrass explosion ‘Wire and Wool’, and Shetland line-up ‘Rack and Ruin’.

In these early weeks of 2025 I'm focusing much of my energy on studying and learning; this will all feed into some new musical projects that will become clear over the coming months. I'll post updates on my blog https://bandzoogle.com/blog.

These projects promise to be something of a journey, and the destination is as yet unwritten - so there's lots to reveal and discover together!

I'm the meantime I'm continuing to tour ‘The Springbank Voyage’, with upcoming dates in Scotland and Orkney; I'm enjoying performing this music with some great new line-ups.

I run the Sessions and Sail musical sailing voyages and we'll be covering more miles than ever before in 2025.

~Barry~