Saltfishforty will be the headline act on Saturday 1st August, and the duo will also take part in the ‘Songs of the Sea’ Celtic Variety concert (Thursday 30th July) and lead masterclasses.
Saltfishforty are a fresh and dynamic duo hailing from the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland.
Douglas Montgomery (fiddle/viola) and Brian Cromarty (songs/guitar/mandola) combine the rich traditional music of Orkney with original compositions. The duo have four previous albums to their name: LIVE (2013), Netherbow (2010), Orkney Twister (2005) and Goose Music (2003).
The powerhouse partnership have won a devoted following throughout the UK and beyond, brilliantly transcending the duo format’s conventional confines. Linchpin figures in the currently flourishing revival of Orkney’s traditional music, they unite these deep-rooted sources with an exhilarating breadth of influence and expertise, catalysed by a creative empathy born from decades of friendship. The result is a sound of equally thrilling raw attack and multi-dimensional richness.
