Live! Folklife Concert: Heron Valley (The Intro Set)

Heron Valley are an energy fueled, traditional band from Scotland. Their roots lie in Scottish and Irish traditional music, including traditional Scots song and Scottish piping tunes. The four members include Abigail Pryde (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Keith Morrison (keys), Alastair Maclean (bagpipes, whistles), and Callum Cronin (bass, guitar).

Coming from vastly different areas of Scotland (Oban, Lewis, Cowal, Stirling) you are sure to hear an excellent story or two from Heron Valley, and maybe even some Scots language lessons! Heron Valley brings together an eclectic sound of traditional music, formed through the musicians broad musical and family backgrounds.

Building on the success of well received singles, Pressed for Time and Home, and a MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2017 Up and Coming Artist of the Year nomination, the band set off to the USA and EU and continue to release more music including their debut album Roam, singles Take You There, Springburn, just shy of Ireland, and EP Erie Storm.
Notably performances include: Festival Interceltique De Lorient, Tiree Music Festival, Montana Folk Festival, Dayton Irish Festival, KVMR Celtic Festival, Eden Festival, Celtica Valle D'Aosta, Triskell Celtic Festival, Folkest.

Free, live concert recorded Thursday, September 21, 2023 by Kevin Rogan and Todd DeGarmo. Edited by Kevin Rogan.

Concert hosted and produced by Todd DeGarmo, founding director of the Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library and funded in part by the Friends of Crandall Public Library and the New York State Council on the Arts - Folk Arts Program with the support of the NYS Legislature.