Return of the Swallows - Susanna Orr Holland Album Launch

Name: Return of the Swallows - Susanna Orr Holland Album Launch
Start: 2025-11-21T19:30:00+00:00
Location: 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Schedule

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, SC

With her breathtaking vocals, this emerging voice on the world folk stage engages us with today’s big challenges such as migration, climate change and civil war as well as more personal experiences of loneliness, hope and interconnection. In this unique concert, Susanna Orr Holland and facilitator Chris Booth, inspired by Joanna Macy, will create space for the audience to react, whether with humour or grief, to what they hear in her songs.
“I pour my own emotional responses into my songs about issues which we need to look at head-on and I hope that they can help other people do that and onwards to understanding and action” says Susanna. “A big theme is connection – we are all connected, these issues are all connected, but many people feel unconnected and alone when confronting them. We’re going to try to change this and hopefully create a shared sense of momentum in response”
Edinburgh-based Susanna Orr Holland’s unique style weaves a mix of influences from British and Irish folk song to Indian and Persian vocal techniques. Accompanying herself on guitar and Indian harmonium, her talented band assembled specially for this unmissable performance will feature the multi-instrumentalist Chris Lyons (Blue Giant Orkestar) on bayan accordion, oud and double bass the inspired Tom Adams on violin (Orkestra del Sol) and experimental Tim Lane on drums (Hidden Orkestra).