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Our penultimate stop is just over a week away - there are still a few tickets left which include delicious food as well as music, book readings and much more.
Big thanks to Fossil Free London for lining this one up for us, see you there!
04 Nov 2026
Tunes from St Kilda: Mo Ghaol Òigear a’ Chùil Duinn (My Love, the Young Man with the Brown Hair)
This love song was written by Marion Morrison in the late 1820s. She fell in love with the Laird of Islay, who was visiting St Kilda. He promised to return a year later to marry her, and did. However, the sight of the guns on his boat alarmed the St Kildans, who fled into hiding; the Laird left without her, never to return. Ewan’s great-great-grandfather Donald Mackinnon knew Marion, and learned the tune from her singing of it.
This was recorded in Gleann Mòr, above the sheilings (summer grazing areas) where Marion flirted in her youth. Many Gaelic love songs are set in sheilings, where young lovers could meet away from prying eyes.
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On tour next week, tickets at link in bio:
28/10 Glossop (@greylanternmcr)
29/10 Glasgow (@thegladcafe)
30/10 Liverpool (@hsp_prsnts)
31/10 London (@stonenest_ldn)
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Mo ghaol òigear a chùil duinn
Dhan tug mi mo loinn cho mòr
Dh’fhuilinginn dhut pòg san anmoch
Ged bhiodh càch ga seanchas oirnn
My love, the young man with the brown hair
To whom I gave so much of my affection
I’d let you kiss me in the gloaming
Though that gave rise to gossip
Ged a gheibhinn-sa air m' àilgheas
Na tha dh'òr aig Rìgh na Spàinne
'S mòr a b' fheàrr a bhith air àirigh
Cluaineas leis a’ Mhàrtainn òg
Even if I were to get at my desire
All the gold of the King of Spain
I would much prefer to be on the sheiling
Sporting with young Martin
Ò, nam bithinn-sa cho finealt
‘S gun dèanainn litir a sgriobhadh
Rachadh fios thugaibh a dh’Ìle
Nach b’e ‘n fhìrinn thug iad oirnn
If I were so refined
As to be able to write a letter,
I would send a message to Islay
To tell that what they said of us was untrue
21 Oct 2026
We are excited to host our first queer folk session at The Joiners Heart this Friday 16th October!
What to expect:
🎻 8pm-8.30pm - we’ll be learning bagpipers together (check out Leveret’s version) & slow tunes
🪕 8.30pm-10:30pm - tunes! mainly celtic, french, english & old time. Anyone is welcome to start a tune of any folk tradition. all levels/experiences!
🍻 Occasional breaks for drinks and chats
🪩 Dancing, singing, rhythm - participation encouraged & ‘mistakes’ welcome & quietly celebrated!
Help us queer the session - fill out this form
https://forms.gle/xNZvL2xFfJKLnXym6
Join us for a fiddle!
13 Oct 2026
We're so delighted to announce that Things That Vanish is now out on @ad93rec records
Find it at the link in the bio or wherever you get your music
If anyone enjoys listening to it half as much as we enjoyed making it we'll be pretty happy. Huge thanks to everyone who helped out along the way
Hear it live at the end of October- tickets at link in bio
02 Oct 2026
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Συναυλία: Songs & Tunes of the North
Η Jess Whelligan στο τσέλο και τη φωνή και η Becka Wolfe στη βιόλα και τη φωνή παρουσιάζουν σκοτεινή folk μουσική από βορεινότερους τόπους: τα βουνά της Σκωτίας και των Απαλαχίων, τις ακτές της Ιρλανδίας, τους βάλτους και τους λόφους της Αγγλίας, μαζί με μικρές αναφορές σε άλλες μουσικές παραδόσεις που συνάντησαν στην κοινή τους διαδρομή.
Ελάτε να ακούσουμε τραγούδια για μαγεία, εργάτες των ορυχείων, τροβαδούρους και ταξιδευτές, μαζί με χορευτικούς σκοπούς που μας οδηγούν στην άγνωστη νύχτα.
Σχεδιασμός Φωτισμών: Αλέξανδρος Σεϊταρίδης
Ηχοληψία: Κυριάκος Μαρκουλλής
🎥✂️@nefeli.papaioannou
08 Sep 2026
Paying attention to how trees and people relate in a city like Paris, observing the ways how nature exists in the urban landscape, and developing our collaborative performance in public spaces
26 Aug 2026
Concert: Songs & Tunes of the North
Μουσικο χωριό- Άγιος Λαυρέντιος, Πέμπτη 27 Αυγούστου
Music village - Agios lavrentios, thursday 27th august
COME FIND US IN PELIO!!!!
Jess Whelligan (cello & voice) (@jssa_w) and Becka Wolfe (viola & voice) (@becka_musica) perform for you some dark folk music of more northern lands – the mountains of Scotland, of Appalachia, the coast of Ireland, the moors of England, mixed with a smattering of other musical traditions that they have encountered together over the years. Join us for songs of witchcraft, pit-workers, troubadours and travellers with dance tunes to take us into the unknown night.
25 Aug 2026
Bern!
We have taken your waters physically, spiritually and metaphorically 🌀
They are delightful and so are you 💜
Thank you merci danke thank you for all the dancing, singing, donations and for being a marvellous rowdy wanton bunch 💥
We would love to come back to Bern and elsewhere in Switzerland. If you know anyone who can help us please let us know 🙏
Love you @buskersbern ♥️
Stay wanton x
#wanton #wantonstringband #buskersbern
11 Aug 2026
A special intimate gig coming up in a beautiful space in Liverpool- 19th April
DM for more details + location
Also playing @morocco_bound_bookshop in London on the 18th, tickets via Dice at link in bio
08 Apr 2026
Really looking forward to playing in Morocco Bound (London) on the 18th April!
Get your tickets via Dice from the link in our bio 🐧
27 Mar 2026
The musical cuddle puddle - our most noble tradition 🫠
Join the great big wanton pile-on, get your tickets now for our gigs in Dartington and Bristol next month!
Links for tickets in bio 🎟️
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Wed 4th: @thebellinnbath, BATH
Fri 6th: @things.happen.here, DARTINGTON
Sat 7th: @thejamjar_bristol, BRISTOL
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Filmed at @standedge_necma
#wanton #wantonstringband #folkmusic #livemusic #hugs
18 Feb 2026
This time last week we were tentatively waiting to get on stage to play one of favourite festivals. Thank you to y’all who were there and thank you @fitm_festival for the good times 😘.
07 Jun 2025
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