If you would like to find out more about the AIA's project to improve the Dreel Burn please come along to meet with our working group and staff from Forth Rivers Trust.
12pm - 2pm at Dreel Halls
Refreshments provided.

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Louis plays folk music; not so much the kind about orcs, glens, wizards etc, more about people and places. Like Tom Waits and Judy Collins if either of them wrote about the G33 postcode. Closer tae home he wants to follow on from top storytellers like Michael Marra, Liz Lochead, and Hamish Imlach.

Following on from his debut album, ‘The Cheap Part of Town’, a 2018 ode to an unknown suburb of greater Barcelona where he was resident at the time, Louis has continued to release singles that comment on the realities of day-to-day life. Whether it be Scotland’s unspoken relationship with its past (The State of the Nation), the sheer unbridled joy of heading to the big city for a Saturday night (19:27 Saturday Service to Helensburgh Central), or even the nationalistic jingoism that has come to define many aspects of 21st century UK life (Whitewashing), Louis has never shied away from the highs and lows of life’s great story.

A regular on local radio, the last few years have seen Louis progress from the smaller stage to the bigger and back again, with slots at Black Deer Festival and a two-night run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As with many other artists, the less said about 2020/1 from a live point of view, the better. However, this time was far from wasted, and indeed Louis’ music took to the well-travelled highways of the world wide web in a series of streamed concerts in association with folk clubs in Scotland and in the USA. The last 12 months has seen Louis graduate to airplay on the BBC as part of ‘Upload’, a BBC Introducing Programme. The success of this led to a show during the 2021 Fringe Festival as part of the BBC Radio Scotland Stage. Louis’ latest release, ‘Dear Green Place’ is out from April 2022 and he has returned to live shows across Scotland.

As comfortable in small bars as he is on the festival stage, Louis brings a deep audience interaction to any show he plays, something that the world of narrative folk music was always about. He is, in every sense of the word, a storytelling musician, and there are many stories to tell.

Take a tour of Dreel Halls, recently re-opened after refurbishment works, with its community and events spaces housed in a historic complex of buildings including an 18th Century tollbooth and 19th Century church knave. Visit the 16th Century Category A-listed St Nicholas Tower and, weather permitting, step out onto the parapet for stunning views over Anstruther and out to the Isle of May. Explore the adjacent graveyard with markers showing the extent of previous medieval buildings, fascinating gravestones and the stone coffin in which it's said St Ethernan (Adrian) floated across the sea.

Refreshments, including home baking, available.

This event is part of the Scottish Civic Trust's national Doors Open Day. You can find more information, including details of other venues, here.

The Conversation Cafe, led by Audrey Yeardley, returns to Dreel Halls this evening from 7pm.

What would life be without music and the memories it brings? Bring along your favourite CDs and your stories on why it means so much. We have lights, all we need is the music! And you!

Refreshments available by donation.

Organised and led by Audrey Yeardley - for more information email: tinkerbellcalling@tiscali.co.uk or phone: (01333) 311102 

Dreel Halls will be hosting the East Neuk's FREE Family Learning Roadshow, aimed at families in the East Neuk and offering refreshments and a range of fun, family activities run by local partner organisations. Everyone is welcome, no need to book. Spread the word!