{"id":14742,"date":"2021-11-22T11:56:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T11:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=14742"},"modified":"2022-01-24T12:07:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T12:07:01","slug":"battle-of-the-folk-bands-2022-the-auldeners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/battle-of-the-folk-bands-2022-the-auldeners-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Folk Bands 2022: The Auldeners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-14743\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2021\/11\/JFD_3918-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2021\/11\/JFD_3918-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2021\/11\/JFD_3918-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2021\/11\/JFD_3918-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2021\/11\/JFD_3918-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2021\/11\/JFD_3918.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Auldeners have reached the finals of Battle of The Folk Bands 2022. The competition will be held at Celtic Connections on January 29th in the Drygate Brewery at 1pm. Why not come along and join in the fun? <strong>You can buy tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticconnections.com\/event\/3\/battle-of-the-folk-bands\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We asked Ellen of The Auldeners a few questions about the band.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your band<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Auldeners are a Glasgow-based trio performing reinterpretations of Appalachian ballads and American old-time tunes featuring Ellen Gira (cello), Iona Fyfe (vocals) and Callum Morton-Teng (mandolin), Their repertoire also spans old Country classics, as well as Irish and Scottish folksongs that have crossed the Atlantic with the settlers emigrating from these areas. In April 2019, they presented this new body of work at a sold-out performance at Aberdeen Music Hall, and have since performed at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow and at the Star Folk Club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you hopes and aspirations for the band?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop repertoire to finish our debut EP<\/li>\n<li>Tour both nationally and internationally<\/li>\n<li>Continue to engage and connect with new audiences, representing different parts of the folk traditions of Scotland, Ireland and Appalachia.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who are the band members<\/strong><br \/>\nEllen Gira: cello<br \/>\nCallum Morton-Teng: mandolin<br \/>\nIona Fyfe: vocals<\/p>\n<p>Check out the band&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theauldeners\">website<\/a>. Read about the other <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/battle-of-the-folk-bands-finalists-2022\/\">finalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Battle of The Folk Bands is a Hands Up for Trad project. Read about the organisation and join our weekly Scottish music information email <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Auldeners have reached the finals of Battle of The Folk Bands 2022. The competition will be held at Celtic Connections on January 29th in the Drygate Brewery at 1pm. Why not come along and join in the fun? You can buy tickets here. We asked Ellen of The Auldeners a few questions about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[91,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-battle-of-the-folk-bands","8":"category-news","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2021\/11\/JFD_3918.jpg","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2021\/11\/JFD_3918.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2021\/11\/JFD_3918.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"simon","author_link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/author\/simon\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcv15g-3PM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14742"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14920,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14742\/revisions\/14920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}