Sound of Scotland comes south as Fara play Sheffield

FOLKY four-piece Fara bring their harmonious sound to Sheffield this month.

The Scottish group play The Greystones on May 16.

The quartet, made up of fiddlers Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie and Catriona Price and pianist Jennifer Austin, have been honing their sound ever since they grew up together amid the splendid surrounds of the Orkney Islands.

They will be promoting second album Times From Times Fall — a celebration of their homeland packed with self-composed tunes and songs primarily drawn from the words of Orcadian poets.

Cutting their cloth at top educational establishments (The Royal Academy of Music, The Royal Northern College of Music, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Strathclyde University), the band’s members have worked on projects – some folkie, some less so — including Blazin' Fiddles, Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller, Rachel Sermanni and Twelfth Day.

Between them they have clocked up a host of accolades, including the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, the Deutsche Bank Award in Performance and Composition and the Danny Kyle Award, along the way.

Visit www.mygreystones.co.uk/may/ for ticket details.