Soundhouse: The Canny Band

“Great players with standout arrangements - really fresh and exciting”– Kathryn Tickell, BBC Radio 3

The Canny Band is Sam Mabbett, Michael Biggins (BBC YoungTraditional Musician of the Year 2021) and Callum Convoy. A rare fusion of piano, diatonic button accordion and bodhran, the band have stormed the Glasgow traditional music scene and gained numerous high-profile appearances including recent performances on BBC ALBA and BBC RadioScotland.

They also recently won ‘Up and Coming Artist of the Year’ at the 2021 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Prior to this, the band already have several awards under their belt including a trip to Birmingham festival Molloy Award, a Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Award and Hands up for Trad’s Battle of the Folk Bands. Fellow stalwarts of Glasgow’s fertile session scene, the already-seasoned trio cook up an expert, effervescent mix of trad-based material with borrowings from classical, jazz and beyond, focussing more recently on self-penned material.

Their debut album was realised in April 22 and mainly featured self-penned tunes, arranged in their own distinctive style.

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