Return of the Swallows

Fri Nov 21 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm UTC+00:00

Scottish Storytelling Centre | Edinburgh

Return of the Swallows
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Susanna Orr Holland is an experimental world folk singer-songwriter and for her second album she has woven a strong collection of stirring songs and sublime arrangements. With passionate three-octave vocals, this breath-taking voice engages with today’s big challenges such as migration, climate change, a family story of Irish civil war as well as more personal experiences of loneliness, joy and inter-connection.
Edinburgh-based Susanna’s unique style is rooted in the ballad tradition but influenced by Indian and Persian vocal techniques. Her heartfelt song-writing weaves polyphony and harmony with a dynamic mix of instruments from Chris Lyons creating a rich tapestry of changing moods and landscapes. This is a voice which soars into the heart and forges marvel where sorrow and darkness merge with tenderness and wildness.
Accompanying herself on guitar and Indian harmonium, she will be playing with some of Edinburgh’s most talented musicians in an accomplished line up with the multi-instrumentalist Chris Lyons on bayan accordion, oud and double bass (Blue Giant Orkestar), the inspired Tom Adams on violin (Orkestra del Sol) and creative Tim Lane on drums (Hidden Orkestra). In this unique concert, Susanna and activist Chris Booth will create space for the audience to react, whether with humour, grief or ritual to her songs.
Please come and tell your friends about it. For booking go here:
https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:6238/913:27635/
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Scottish Storytelling Centre, Steve Fortune Joinery & Carpentry Services, 41 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1, United Kingdom

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