Hudson Records Listening Club – Kinnaris Quintet – Free One
Sunday 9th August – 10.30am
The last time Hudson Records Listening Club had such a full house was probably for The Lost Words Spell Songs. This week Hudson Records are super happy to present a listening club with Kinnaris Quintet, featuring their innovative debut album ‘Free One’.
‘Kinnaris Quintet take their name from the Southeast Asian mythological bird-women, renowned for their music, song, dance and poetry; they are made up of five wonderfully skilled musicians – Fiona MacAskill and Laura Wilkie on fiddle; Aileen Reid Gobbi on 5-string fiddle and vocals; Laura-Beth Salter on mandolin, vocals, and tenor guitar; and Jenn Butterworth on stomp, vocals, and guitar.
Free One is firmly rooted in friends and family, while its sound is unabashedly progressive, the band’s strong roots and fierce love of traditional music is clearly expressed. This fearless exploration often takes unconventional routes but never wanders off track as this powerhouse of a band takes Irish, Scottish, and Bluegrass by the hand and spins them into an album as unique and innovative as it is technically dazzling.
Sharon Armstong, Folk Radio (Review here)
Join the band as they listen to and discuss this brilliant album, the guys will be online to chat about the album throughout the listening club so say hello in the comments area. You can watch the live stream on Hudson Records Youtube channel, subscribe, like and follow to receive notifications.
Here’s a performance they put together for Make Music Day UK 2020, as part of the Glasgow UNESCO City of Music show.
You can see the previous Listening Clubs from Daoirí Farrell, Flook, Sam Sweeney, Salt House, Rowan Rheingans, Rob Harbron, The Lost Words Spells Songs, Karine Polwart, Martin Simpson, The Furrow Collective, Neil McSweeney, Sam Carter, Northern Flyway, Hannah Read, The Servants’ Ball & Jon Boden here – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPaOuwxBK4LSEa2SmBp4S2GEkhyqSFUTi
Streaming Links
https://www.youtube.com/hudsonrecords