Peatbog Faeries
April 10th, 2008 by sparky
Peatbog Faeries will perform at The Big Chill festival 2008 A-Z line up | Ticket info
Peatbog Faeries – Biography
Based on the Isle of Skye, The Peatbog Faeries have recently released their fifth album and have played to audiences all over the world. Over the past couple of years the band have toured in Australia, Borneo and America as well as prominent festivals and gigs around the UK and Europe such as Glastonbury, Cambridge and Beautiful Days. Last year the band have played a large part in the Highland 2007 year of culture, performing at The Hebridean Celtic, The Outsider, Belladrum and Speyfest festivals to name a few. They well also Scotlands representatives in Sri Lanka as part of Glasgows successful bid for hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
In November 2005, the band won the award for ‘Best Live Act’ at the prestigious Scots Trad Music Awards. Previous highlights for the band have included tours of Namibia and Botswana, USA, Singapore and Australia, playing the main stage at midnight at Glasgow’s massive Millennium celebrations, televised appearance at Celtic Connections and numorous festival dates in England, Denmark, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Portugal and Sweden . Their music has been used for several TV and DVD soundtracks, they have undertaken numerous TV and radio performances, as well as being commissioned by Scottish Ballet for an original piece performed for the first time in the Citizen’s Theatre in Glasgow.
Released on 14th July 2007 on the bands own Peatbog Records label, the Peatbogs fifth album "What Men Deserve To Lose" is proving to be their most popular album to date, doing well in folk charts such as itunes, HMV and Amazon. This is the third recording on the bands own record label after "Croftwork" and "Welcome to Dun Vegas". "Mellowocity" and "Faerie Stories", the Peatbogs first two albums, remain two of Greentrax Recordings best ever selling albums.
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Peatbog Faeries will perform at The Big Chill festival 2008 A-Z line up | Ticket info
