Summary: Reinventing the Reel brings together an explosive mix of talent from Scotland's current wealth of world class traditional musicians. As well the unique repertoire of these two thrilling trios they will join as one magnificent ensemble to perform some brand new music with a contemporary slant on Scottish traditional music. Lau are Kris Drever (guitar and vocals), Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) and Martin Green (accordion). They have quickly established themselves as a major force in modern traditional music. Their debut album "Lightweights and Gentlemen" was released in March 2007 to great critical acclaim and they have already secured major festival bookings across Europe and North America in 2007 and 2008. The Ross Ainslie/ Jarlath Henderson Trio are Ross Ainslie (Scottish Small Pipes), Jarlath Henderson (Uilleann Pipes) and Ali Hutton (Guitar and Bodhran) The trio are "high energy pipe fiends from Scotland and Ireland". Their debut album is out on Vertical Records later this year.
