Dreamers’ Circus with Westward the Light
Dreamers' Circus have taken the new Nordic music scene by storm, catch them live at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall's New Auditorium on January 19th as part of Celtic Connections 2024!
About Dreamers’ Circus with Westward the Light
The ambitiously inventive Nordic trio, Dreamers’ Circus, are one of the most talked about acts in the acoustic realm right now. They mine their solid backgrounds in traditional and roots music to present a genre-bending amalgam of folk sensitivity,jazz-tinged improvisation and classical complexity distilled through an openness to popular music influences. Dreamers’ Circus display virtuosic and incendiary musical ability across a range of instruments that includes fiddle, accordion, piano and citternand with a resolutely contemporary approach they have taken the new Nordic music scene by storm.
“They’re world class. Now the world needs to hear them” –Sing Out
“Charisma, talent and a powerful performance onstage” –Songlines
“ Dreamers’ Circus does for Nordic folk music what Astor Piazolla and the tangonuevo did for Argentinian folk music” - Politiken Denmark
Westward the Light are a Scottish folk quartet, creating a new expression of an age old-sound. On fiddle, viola, piano, and guitar, the band’s powerful and dynamic music is reflective of upbringings immersed in the nature and landscapes of Scotland.
After years of collaboration in a range of settings, bandmates Charlie Grey, Sally Simpson, Owen Sinclair and Joseph Peach formed Westward the Light to make instrumental Scottish music in a way both true to their traditional roots, and pointing to the future.
As a live act, the band have entertained and enthralled audiences in venues large and small - from concert halls to village halls, across the country.
The band’s debut self-titled recording, released in 2020 received a similar reception, entering the Official UK Folk top 40 and attracting great critical acclaim.
After a year-long hiatus, March 2023 sees the release of the band’s hotly anticipated second album, Flow Country. The record sees both the development and refinement of their approach - their best work to date.
Returning from their touring hiatus, the band will spend the rest of 2023 touring festivals and venues across the UK and beyond.
“This band flat-out cooks” - Divide and Conquer
★★★★ - Songlines Magazine
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