An evening with two pioneering acts keeping the magic of Scottish folk alive while bringing it further into the contemporary scene. Ambient experimental folk group Constant Follower and singer-songwriter and collaborator Findlay Napier come to Kings Place to show just how safe the tradition is with them.

This event will last approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including an interval.

About Constant Follower:

Self-describing as soaring-ambient-dreampop-experimental-folk, Constant Follower is the alias of songwriter Stephen McAll, whose instantly compelling and moving debut album, the Kramer produced, Neither is Nor Ever Was (Shimmy Disc), was shortlisted for the SAY Award (Scottish Album of the Year) in 2022. The album also found its way onto 17 ‘Best Albums of the Year’ lists and received a SAMA (Scottish Alternative Music Awards) nomination.

As well as key Scottish venues, the outfit have played a number of notable events including Austin’s SXSW Festival 2022/2023/2024, Wide Days 2022, the SAY Awards Ceremony 2022 and Cambridge Folk Festival 2024.

Reviews

‘Hopelessly beautiful. A gorgeous listen.’ CLASH Magazine

‘An enchanting, deeply absorbing, and meditative album, the product of a musical affinity between two uniquely talented Scottish songwriters.’ Folk Radio on ‘Even Days Dissolve’ (2023) 

About Findlay Napier:

Widely regarded as one of the finest performers on the UK music scene, Findlay Napier is as comfortable on the Main Stage of Cambridge Folk Festival with folk rock supergroup The Magpie Arc as he is in an intimate acoustic show in the back room of a pub. This fact was further highlighted when Napier was the first solo act ever to be nominated for Live Act of the Year at the Scot’s Trad Music awards in 2018.

Tirelessly creative, he has been touring and releasing music since the early noughties. First with groundbreaking trad folk band Back of the Moon, then with Nu-Folk pioneers Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers and most recently as a solo act working under the guidance of legendary songwriter Boo Hewerdine.

Reviews

‘Miracle lyricist’ Sunday Herald

‘Brave creative and a smashing listen’ Maverick Magazine

We’re grateful for the support of Showcase Scotland Expo across our Scotland Unwrapped year, enabling us to showcase upcoming talent, like Findlay Napier and Constant Follower.