Adam Holmes with Jen Austin - Hutton Rudby Village Hall

Adams 8 albums, Heirs and Graces (2012), Brighter Still (2015) Midnight Milk (2017) Dreamweaver (2020) Hope Park (2022) The Voice of Scotland (2023) Songs For My Father (2024) and Survival (2025) have cast an impressive shadow across the UK Folk Scene and gained him Scottish Album of the Year Nominations (in 2014, 2017 and 2018) and BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Nominations. His songs have featured widely on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 3, BBC Scotland, Edith Bowmans BBC Scotland Quay Sessions show and Virgin Radio, amongst many others.

You may have heard Adams songs in the TV show Outlander, Hallmark Movies or on the BBC.

More recently Adam gained a global audience when one of his songs gained half a million followers and hundreds of millions of streams.

The second youngest of 8 children raised by his mother in a small flat in Portobello Holmes crafts lyrics that resonate like old folk songs, set to melodies rooted in the haunting slow airs and church hymns that echoed throughout his childhood.

On the very same day that he was finally offered an apprenticeship aged 19 he received a phone-call offering him a place in the semi finals of the BBC Young Traditional.

His masterful songwriting and enchanting voice has, over the years, seen him work and share stages with;

- Martin Simpson
- Karine Polwart
- John Prine
- John McCusker
- Graham Coxon (Blur)
- Ladysmith Black Mamboxa
- Martin Green (Lau)
- Adrian Utley (Portishead)
- Becky Unthank (The Unthanks)
- Dominic Aitchison (Mogwai)
- Anais Mitchell
- Aidan Moffat
- Karine Polwart
- John Wood (Nick Drake and John Martyn Producer)
- Simon Heyworth (mastering engineer and co-producer of Mike Oldfields Tubular Bells
- Eddi Reader

He has shared bills with;

- Laura Marling
- Van Morrison
- Karine Polwart
- Lau
- Richard Thompson
- Jason Isbell
- The Avett Brothers
- Sturgill Simpson
- Chvrches

Musician of the Year 2009. He chose his place in music and hasn't looked back since.

Jen Austin.

Orcadian Jennifer Austin is a renowned and respected pianist and emerging visual artist. With unrivalled mastery, she casts the black and white of piano keys into the full spectrum of light, illuminating the human experience and dazzling, enchanting and visibly elevating her audience.

Her sound has formed the keystone of many a musical arch the piece that locks together the whole.

Meanwhile, her original compositions have been commissioned by BBC Radio 6, clothing brand Finisterre, whisky distillery Highland Park, and award-winning film maker, Walid Salhab and Canadian, David Gray amongst others.

She has toured Norway, Canada, Barbados, the Unites States, her native Scotland and the British Isles and, in 2015, held Live Music Nows music residency in Mumbai, India.

Alongside this she still finds time to develop the next generation of musicians, teaching and coaching at a variety of festivals and schools as well as through bespoke private lessons, where her world-class experience and First-class Honours degree in Applied Music from the University of Strathclyde go on to benefit her students.

Her creative talent extends into the visual arts with her signature oil paintings portraying velvety ocean waves, inspired by Orkneys unique position at the cusp of the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Pentland Firth. These pieces are seeing her build a loyal and growing supporter base, from which she is increasingly receiving commissions.

This energy has flowed into her performances with musicians Adam Holmes, Heidi Talbot, FARA, Rachel Sermanni and Blazin Fiddles.