Gig preview: Celtic rock band Skerryvore at The Caves

DUBBED ‘Runrig for the 21st century’, Skerryvore are a Celtic rock band with a driving sound of bagpipes, accordions and fiddle, blended brilliantly with kicking rhythms of guitar, bass and drums.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd Nov 2012, 13:55 BST

“What first brought us together was a keenness to develop our own sound, putting traditional-style melodies with different beats,” says the group’s accordionist and founder Daniel Gillespie.

• Skerryvore, The Caves, Niddry Street, Saturday, 7pm, £14.50, 0131-557 8989

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