Michelle Burke
Michelle Burke is a folk singer, songwriter, and theatre-maker from East Cork, based in Scotland. She carries her homeland in her voice—unmistakable, unapologetic, a compass that always points toward home. Her hit show Step into My Parlour toured from Edinburgh to India through Spiegeltents, theatres, village halls and festivals. This summer, she’s premiering Mind How […]
Glisk – Stories of People and Trees Concert Performance
Jane Deasy
Jane Deasy is a composer and performer of experimental music. Deasy’s music is typically subtle, slow-moving, deep. Her rich, droning pieces are constructed through layers of analogue and digital synthesis, as well as abstracted field recordings and samples, and make use of unique microtonal tuning systems to create intricate textures and harmonies. The overall effect […]
Counterflows Festival 2025
Inge Thomson
Inge Thomson is a musical force like no other. Having grown up in the UK’s most remote island community – Fair Isle, Shetland – Inge has been creating music for over 20 years as a composer, producer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist and performer. Although best known as a long term collaborator with The Karine Polwart Trio, in […]
Sholto Dobie
Sholto Dobie was born in Edinburgh and lives in Vilnius. He performs with self-constructed wind instruments, using a frankenstein-like set up which has evolved over many years. An air pump is attached to a series of reeded and metal pipes from various sources – organs, bagpipes and khene – which are brought to life by […]
Vũ Hà Anh
Vũ Hà Anh’s practice is characterised by its fluidity and adaptability, evolving in tandem with her expanding worldview, centred by the key principles of love-freedom-liberation. Currently residing in Saigon, Ha Anh’s work is undergoing a transformation as she delves into the themes of sexuality and the lives of women in marginalised and concealed corners of […]
Trần Uy Đức
Trần Uy Đức is a self-taught musician based in Hanoi. Active since 2018, his work spans music, videos and social projects, and usually emerges from the interplay of communal exchange and self-detachment. His 2023 self-titled compilation, released on the dispari label by DJ Phuong-Dan, wrapped some of his most distinctive deconstructed club narratives to date. […]
James Ross
James Ross is a pianist and composer who pushes the boundaries of Scottish traditional music. James released his debut album on the Greentrax label, a mix of his piano arrangements of traditional and original material. Chasing the Sun, Ross’s second recording, is a seven-movement suite, evoking a day’s and a year’s westward journey along Scotland’s north […]
Early Career Performing Artist Residency 2025
Clara & Miranda Gillam Grant
Clara Gillam Grant is an emerging cellist and singer-songwriter from Adelaide/Tandanya, Australia. Clara is interested in intergeneric works, and developing a fluid understanding of classical, folk and contemporary practices. Clara has played cello with the Adelaide and Australian Youth Orchestras, local Australian pop, folk, and improvisation projects, Womad Festival, and in theatre shows in Australia […]
Quincy Grant
Quincy Grant is a freelance composer and musician based in Adelaide/Tandanya, South Australia. He has written and performed music for the theatre, working with companies such as Slingsby, Flying Penquin, Circa, Brink Productions, Queensland Theatre, and State Theatre Company South Australia, and has toured extensively to the USA, UK, Japan and Ireland. He writes for […]