Heisk and Chloe Matharu - Masham Town Hall

The very best of comtemporary Scottish folk and roots music, the Scotland Introducing tour comes to Masham with the superb high-energy six-piece HEISK, and Scottish/Indian singer and harpist Chloe Matharu.

Their name taken from an old Scots word meaning excitable or crazy, HEISK are a force on stage. Fusing accordion, fiddle, electro harp, kit and keys with big energy and bold riffs, they twist traditional and self-penned tunes into something fresh and fierce. Their party vibe lights up festival crowds with a fearless blend of trad roots, funk grooves and pop hooks, music made to empower and get people moving.

Chloe Matharu is a multi-award winning singer-songwriter and harpist from the West Coast of Scotland. Many of her songs draw on her time as a Navigational Officer in the Merchant Navy, inspired by the natural world as experienced at sea. On tour she performs solo with her harp, singing in Scots and English. Her music offers "an intriguing insight into a new tradition of maritime folk music with thoughtful song writing embellished by her voice and superb harp playing" (- The Herald).