Kinnaris Quintet Explained

Kinnaris Quintet
Origin:	Glasgow, Scotland
Genre:	Scottish folk music
Years Active:	–present
Associated Acts:	Jenn & Laura-Beth
Current Members:	Aileen Reid Fiona MacAskill Jenn Butterworth Laura-Beth Salter Laura Wilkie

Kinnaris Quintet is a Scottish folk band, founded in 2017, whose music is influenced by Scottish and Irish traditional music, bluegrass and classical. The group takes its name from the south-east Asian mythological creature, the Kinnaris, renowned for its dance, song and poetry.^[1] In 2019 they won the Belhaven Bursary for Innovation in Scottish Music.^[2]

Membership

• Jenn Butterworth – guitar
• Aileen Reid (formerly Aileen Reid Gobbi) – 5-string fiddle
• Fiona MacAskill – fiddle
• Laura-Beth Salter – mandolin
• Laura Wilkie – fiddle

History

The members of the group knew each other from playing in the same sessions and meeting each other at gigs. In 2017, Reid invited Wilkie, MacAskill, Salter and Butterworth to her flat to jam and they agreed to form the group. In 2017, Salter and Butterworth released an album together, Bound, under their own names and, in 2018, Kinnaris Quintet released their debut album, Free One.^[3] Free One was longlisted for the 2019 Scottish Album of the Year Award.^[4] Their second album This Too was released in 2022.^[5]

Discography

• Free One (2018)
• This Too (2022)

External links

• • • Laura-Beth Salter homepage
• Laura Wilkie homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kinnaris Quintet . Shetland Folk Festival . 29 November 2020.
2. Web site: Winners of the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2019 . . 8 December 2019 . 29 November 2020.
3. Web site: Kinnaris Quintet: Free One . . 18 September 2018 . Armstrong . Sharon . Review . 29 November 2020.
4. Web site: 2019 SAY Award Longlist Announced . 26 Jul 2019 . Brash . Tallah . . 29 November 2020.
5. Web site: Blake . Thomas . Kinnaris Quintet: This Too . Review . . 12 May 2022 . 2022-05-04.