Mareel begins its magic

Mentioned in an earlier blog entry that Mareel, the new arts & music venue, recently opened in Lerwick

Last Sunday Cerys Matthews of Catatonia arrived bringing a eclectic & polished mix of supporting artists; the show is part of the grand opening season of Mareel starting a new chapter for music performance on the islands.

 

 

Boyo does that girl have a Welsh accent - so strong! Clear too that her roots were very important to her as heard in some of the music she played. She also played a couple of her Catatonia hits, Road Rage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH04i4eTrJk

As for the brilliant Musa Okwonga spoken word artist  - check him out on You Tube.

MAREEL'S MAIN AUDITORIUM

We were regulars at The Bury Met venuewhen living in Rossendale, now we have that kind of venue up here - better even - can't wait to see the next .... tickets already purchased for the fab Bruce Molsky who was up here last year for the Transatlantic Sessions (and who I last saw in Bury!).

If I was a millionaire, I'd follow this guy around the world.

(Have to say though that I'd probably be a lone traveller as this remains more

my music more than Steves!!)