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\"Karine-Polwart-photo-300x199\"<\/a>Karine Polwart, Mairi Campbell and other top Edinburgh folk musicians will come together at this year\u2019s TradFest for a gala concert in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief\u00a0at Teviot House, Edinburgh on Saturday 27 April at 7.30.<\/p>\n

The concert is a reprise of a popular feature at the old Edinburgh Folk Festival which spotlighted the wealth of folk music talent living in and around Edinburgh. This year\u2019s concert at Teviot House features some of the original participants as well as some who were just starting on their first lessons at the time.<\/p>\n

Leading singer and songwriter, Karine Polwart, is squeezing the gig into her spring tour, in support of her best-selling album \u2018Traces\u2019:<\/p>\n

\u201cI took part in one of the original concerts, back when I was just starting out, and it was a real thrill for me to be sharing a stage with some amazing performers back then. I\u2019m delighted to be involved again, especially for such a good cause.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Organiser Simon Thoumire, the man behind the Scots Trad Music Awards and the BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician competition echoes Polwart\u2019s comments about the charity effort:<\/p>\n

\u2018The folk music community in Scotland suffered some grievous losses to cancer in recent months, with the death of Michael Marra amongst others, so it seemed right to make this a fund-raiser for Macmillan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Thoumire, a virtuoso concertina player who will be doing a spot himself with long time collaborator, pianist Dave Milligan, added:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe original concerts were such great fun and have stuck in people\u2019s memory, so we thought it would be a nice idea to bring the Flowers of Edinburgh back for this new festival, TradFest, which merges tradition with contemporary edge and flair. Despite Glasgow being seen as the hot spot for traditional music these days there is still loads of talent resident here in Edinburgh and we wanted to showcase that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

As well as Karine Polwart, the line-up features a host of award winners and nominees, including harpists Corrina Hewat and Rachel Newton, singers Bella Hardy and Mairi Campbell and some cross generational combinations with piping father and son, Hamish and Fin Moore, and singing father and daughter Brian and Siobhan Miller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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