Flook, Malin Lewis + guests

Part of a new captivating series of folk and traditional music curated by award-winning, multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis. 

Buy your ticket for this and the second in the series together and get a 10% discount.

About Flook

Celebrating their landmark 30th Anniversary in 2025, Flook will be on tour throughout the year - and while they plan to pay homage to all their albums in their live shows, they will very much have an eye on the future. Exciting new music is taking shape - due for release in in early 2025 - and the fearless freedom in their music is ever evolving. 30 years later, these four friends are still loving playing together - at the top of their game - with no less fire or drive, but from more lived-in hearts and souls.

Holding fast to their reputation as major musical innovators, Flook have an enviable trademark sound; the whistles and flutes of Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen, the guitar of Ed Boyd and the bodhran of John Joe Kelly weave and spin traditionally rooted tunes over precise acoustic grooves, with a rare blend of fiery technical brilliance, delicate ensemble interaction and a bold, adventurous musical imagination. There is no shortage of virtuosity amongst the members of Flook, but the unique impact of this iconic Anglo-Irish band stems from the wholly intuitive, almost symbiotic, exchange between the various flutes, frets and skins.

About Malin Lewis

Innovator, award winning, multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis melds Scottish West coast tradition with a newly invented, self-made bagpipe. Hair-tingling, philosophical and dance-inducing melodies inspired by European folk traditions, queerness and the universe. Inspired by the likes of Martyn Bennett, Duncan Chisholm and Sharron Shannon, their music is as lively as it is thought-provoking and sensitive. Recently Malin has been recording music for The Outrun starring Saoirse Ronan,  composing for contemporary dance and theatre and has been learning the tradition of the extinct Finnish Bagpipes.

Malin released their debut album 'Halocline' in May 2024 on Hudson Records. A Halocline is a visible layer that forms between salt and fresh water and is home to a unique microbial ecosystem. Halocline is a metaphor for Malin’s trans identity and living in a space in between; a beautiful space between a binary.

Plus, special guests to be announced. 

Presented by The Queen’s Hall and Malin Lewis. Supported by Creative Scotland.