Edinburgh based folk band Blueflint are launching their new album ‘Stories From Home’ and doing a major UK tour to support the release during March, April and May 2015 including two events in the capital at the Voodoo Rooms and the Pleasance Cabaret Bar.
After receiving funding from Creative Scotland, autumn 2014 saw Blueflint record their third album with renowned producer Paul Savage (King Creosote, Mogwai, From Scotland with Love)
The sound of Blueflint is defined by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour.
In 2012 Blueflint supported The Proclaimers for six weeks on their UK album launch tour. The tour took in venues such as Edinburgh’s Playhouse and London’s Shepherds Bush Empire. Blueflint’s atmospheric and evocative performances, proved them to be a formidable live act and gained them a strong reputation and following through the UK.
Blueflint were delighted to see many of these audiences again as they toured throughout the UK in 2013. The band’s Edinburgh Fringe show was selected to perform as part of the prestigious ‘Made in Scotland’* 2013 Showcase and played to sell-out audiences, mirroring their similar success during the Edinburgh 2012 Fringe.
The success of Blueflint’s highly acclaimed debut album ‘High Bright Morning,’ gained the band plaudits throughout the music press. The much anticipated second album ‘Maudy Tree’ raised their profile even further.
The Scottish Album Launch Night is on Sunday 5 April @7.30pm Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. Tickets £10 adv. Tel. 0131 556 7060 www.thevoodoorooms.com
Then they re-visit Edinburgh on Wednesday 13 May @ 8pm Edinburgh Folk Club at The Pleasance Cabaret Bar. Tickets £9/£8/£6 Tel. 0131 650 2458 www.edinburghfolkclub.co.uk
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
