Tuesday 11th March 2025 @ 7.30pm
KRIS DREVER & CHRIS STOUT
Kris Drever is no stranger to Grayshott Folk Club. He played for us with supergroup Lau, back in November 2018.
Kris Drever and Chris Stout are both icons of the Scottish roots culture and two of the most powerful contemporary voices to sing out of it in the last quarter century. Both come from the Northern Isles (Kris from Orkney and Chris from Shetland) and represent the strength of those identities in the music they inhabit. Inherited through childhood, family and osmosis, you can hear the wind whistling through the strings, the rhythms washing against your animal self and the old stories whispering out from the ingleneuk.
In Glasgow in 2019 the two found themselves to be neighbours in the West End and began meeting up and playing music together. Both musicians found a sound of great interest and emotional power in these little get-togethers, and it soon became a more regular happening.
Now they’ve decided to share the experience with a wider audience. Come and hear songs and tunes you know and some you don’t, shining through the unique prism of these two ‘one of a kind’ musicians.
Kris Drever is a guitarist, singer and founder member of the highly successful trio Lau. He’s a multi award-winning singer/songwriter and has played and written with a galaxy of stars (Eddi Reader, Roddy Woomble, Mark Knopfler, Kate Rusby, Jack Bruce, Karine Polwart…).
"Scapa Flow": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrGskHmZBhk
"Oak" From Spell Songs II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5PRlorjsps "Throwing Pennies": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xozmhQZB48A
Here's an Interview with Kris Drever from The Folk Show No: 138
Chris Stout is a virtuoso violinist, viola player and composer, founder member of the legendary Shetland band ‘Fiddlers Bid’ and long-time collaborator of the genius harpist Catriona McKay. He has performed in venues as storied as the Sydney Opera House and has composed for and performed with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, The Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and a great many more.
Here are Kris and Chris together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myiV1Re7wkU
Tickets £20
From Grayshott Post Office (in person only)
By phone from Des O'Byrne on: 01428 607096
Or online through Ents24: https://www.ents24.com/churt-events/churt-village-hall/grayshott-folk-club-presents-kris-drever-and-chris-stout/7236589
