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what do mother tongues sound like?

Hellebore/Man in a Brown Hat

Indoor Tree

Kolo/Shalokah

Swedish Lullaby

Polska

Finnish Set (Fuxasvalsen/Pirun Polska)

Davidson the Luthier

El Angel

see our latest updates on instagram:

The poster for our next gig ROOTS 🌱🌿🪲
7pm at @therumshack on April 19th ⬅️🚨

link for tickets in our bio !!
🖼️: @isla.hallewell.music

The poster for our next gig ROOTS 🌱🌿🪲
7pm at @therumshack on April 19th ⬅️🚨

link for tickets in our bio !!
🖼️: @isla.hallewell.music

Mother Tongues : ROOTS 🪾🌱🌷

Some new photos of us in the (rare) glasgow sun to announce our next gig “roots”. This show focusses on music from our band-members backgrounds’ and original tunes written and arranged by us - featuring beautiful scenic set design by our own @isla.hallewell.music !!

Venue is The Rumshack (@therumshack) on April 19th @ 7pm - be there ⬅️

📸: @angelique.acs thankyouu 🫶

Mother Tongues : ROOTS 🪾🌱🌷

Some new photos of us in the (rare) glasgow sun to announce our next gig “roots”. This show focusses on music from our band-members backgrounds’ and original tunes written and arranged by us - featuring beautiful scenic set design by our own @isla.hallewell.music !!

Venue is The Rumshack (@therumshack) on April 19th @ 7pm - be there ⬅️

📸: @angelique.acs thankyouu 🫶

Some recent pictures from our performance of Captain O’Cain as part of the Harp and Guitar Mondays at 1 in RCS 🎻🪉

We’re currently in rehearsals for our next gig at the Rumshack on April 19th (Isla’s birthday so you better be there !),, focussing on tunes from our roots 🌷🌱🪾More info coming soon !!
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📸: @theaa.wilson

#scottishmusic #glasgowmusic #folkband #folkmusic #stringband

Some recent pictures from our performance of Captain O’Cain as part of the Harp and Guitar Mondays at 1 in RCS 🎻🪉

We’re currently in rehearsals for our next gig at the Rumshack on April 19th (Isla’s birthday so you better be there !),, focussing on tunes from our roots 🌷🌱🪾More info coming soon !!
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📸: @theaa.wilson

#scottishmusic #glasgowmusic #folkband #folkmusic #stringband

We had such a brilliant time playing at @theburrellcollection a few weeks back !!
Thanks to all of you who came to watch us, and to the gorgeous Burrell Collection for being such a beautiful venue ! 🍂⭐️🎵
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photos by @jemima.ison (and happy birthday!!) 🎉🎂📸

We had such a brilliant time playing at @theburrellcollection a few weeks back !!
Thanks to all of you who came to watch us, and to the gorgeous Burrell Collection for being such a beautiful venue ! 🍂⭐️🎵
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photos by @jemima.ison (and happy birthday!!) 🎉🎂📸

Massive thank you to those of you that came to watch The Minotaur at the Rumshack💥⚡️🍂
We love this show and hope to perform it again in future,, so if you didn’t catch it this time and wanted to, then keep an eye on our socials !! 🚨
📸: Yuzu Ito & Lee Young

Massive thank you to those of you that came to watch The Minotaur at the Rumshack💥⚡️🍂
We love this show and hope to perform it again in future,, so if you didn’t catch it this time and wanted to, then keep an eye on our socials !! 🚨
📸: Yuzu Ito & Lee Young

🚨 MOTHER TONGUES AT THE BURRELL 🚨
We’re very excited to be playing some tunes down at @theburrellcollection this Saturday !! Come and hear us at 2pm and take a look at the gorgeous artifacts in the collection, see you there ! ⭐️💥

🚨 MOTHER TONGUES AT THE BURRELL 🚨
We’re very excited to be playing some tunes down at @theburrellcollection this Saturday !! Come and hear us at 2pm and take a look at the gorgeous artifacts in the collection, see you there ! ⭐️💥

See you at The Rum Shack at 7:30!!
Tickets available at the link in our bio OR the lovely Yuzu will be selling them at the door 🎵⭐️

See you at The Rum Shack at 7:30!!
Tickets available at the link in our bio OR the lovely Yuzu will be selling them at the door 🎵⭐️

Sound on to hear Lee’s tune “a nice bit of the A9” ! ⭐️
The Minotaur at @therumshack on Wednesday at 7:30 !! Tickets available at the link in bio or by cash or card on the door 🎵🍁
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#greekmythology #folkband #glasgowfolk #glasgowtrad #glasgowmusic #tradband #fiddle #cello #harp #doublebass #mandolin #viola #glasgow #rumshackglasgow

Sound on to hear Lee’s tune “a nice bit of the A9” ! ⭐️
The Minotaur at @therumshack on Wednesday at 7:30 !! Tickets available at the link in bio or by cash or card on the door 🎵🍁
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#greekmythology #folkband #glasgowfolk #glasgowtrad #glasgowmusic #tradband #fiddle #cello #harp #doublebass #mandolin #viola #glasgow #rumshackglasgow

10 days till The Minotaur !!
🪨🌙🍂🐃⭐️
Come and see our musical storytelling show at @therumshack on the 29th at 7:30 🎵
Link to tickets and information in bio ! ❤️

10 days till The Minotaur !!
🪨🌙🍂🐃⭐️
Come and see our musical storytelling show at @therumshack on the 29th at 7:30 🎵
Link to tickets and information in bio ! ❤️

Brides Rachenista in rehearsal ahead of our “The Minotaur” show at the @therumshack 🌙🍁⭐️
We can’t wait to show you this show,, join us at 7:30 for a night of storytelling and good tunes ! Link for tickets in bio <3 🎵🐂🍂🎃🚨

Brides Rachenista in rehearsal ahead of our “The Minotaur” show at the @therumshack 🌙🍁⭐️
We can’t wait to show you this show,, join us at 7:30 for a night of storytelling and good tunes ! Link for tickets in bio <3 🎵🐂🍂🎃🚨

🚨🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨
mother tongues presents “The Minotaur” on the 29th of October in @therumshack 🦇🕯️🍂🌙🐂💥
This show will tell the greek myth of the Minotaur, paired with our arrangements of traditional tunes from all over the world, plus some of our own compositions ! 🎵🎻
Tickets at the link in our bio/on our story,, don’t miss it ! 🍁🪨🌒

🚨🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨
mother tongues presents “The Minotaur” on the 29th of October in @therumshack 🦇🕯️🍂🌙🐂💥
This show will tell the greek myth of the Minotaur, paired with our arrangements of traditional tunes from all over the world, plus some of our own compositions ! 🎵🎻
Tickets at the link in our bio/on our story,, don’t miss it ! 🍁🪨🌒

Fresh Ayr Festival 2025 !!
We had an amazing time playing at this years Fresh Ayr Festival, thankyou to everyone who came to watch us ❣️🎻🎵
[📸: @kevinkerr1010]

Fresh Ayr Festival 2025 !!
We had an amazing time playing at this years Fresh Ayr Festival, thankyou to everyone who came to watch us ❣️🎻🎵
[📸: @kevinkerr1010]

Photos by @lyoung.music of our journey to ayr yesterday for @freshayrfolkfest !! 🌊🎻🎵
We had such a wonderful time playing yesterday!! More photos and footage to come later but we just wanted to say thankyou to those of you who came and watched our set, and to the fresh ayr team for being so kind and accommodating ❤️🦭

Photos by @lyoung.music of our journey to ayr yesterday for @freshayrfolkfest !! 🌊🎻🎵
We had such a wonderful time playing yesterday!! More photos and footage to come later but we just wanted to say thankyou to those of you who came and watched our set, and to the fresh ayr team for being so kind and accommodating ❤️🦭

5 days till Fresh Ayr !! ⭐️⭐️
Here’s the end of a tune we call The Belll(ish), based on The Belll by The Olllam 🎻🎵🔔
Check out our linktree for more info about Fresh Ayr and our other upcoming gigs 🌈

5 days till Fresh Ayr !! ⭐️⭐️
Here’s the end of a tune we call The Belll(ish), based on The Belll by The Olllam 🎻🎵🔔
Check out our linktree for more info about Fresh Ayr and our other upcoming gigs 🌈

Some recent rehearsal shots by @lyoung.music and myself (@theaa.wilson) 🎻🎵⭐️
We’re working hard on our set for @freshayrfolkfest, make sure you come and hear us on August 8th @ 1pm 🚨‼️

Some recent rehearsal shots by @lyoung.music and myself (@theaa.wilson) 🎻🎵⭐️
We’re working hard on our set for @freshayrfolkfest, make sure you come and hear us on August 8th @ 1pm 🚨‼️

Some rehearsal clips of Lullaby 🎶🎵
Come and hear us playing this and much more at @freshayrfolkfest on August 8th at 1pm ⭐️
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#folkband #tradtune #tunes #stringgroup #music

Some rehearsal clips of Lullaby 🎶🎵
Come and hear us playing this and much more at @freshayrfolkfest on August 8th at 1pm ⭐️
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#folkband #tradtune #tunes #stringgroup #music

Here’s a short part of a set of 2 greek tunes we’ve been arranging. If you want to hear what comes next then come and listen to us in Ledger on Tuesday at 5.00 (RCS ONLY). 🎻🎵⭐️

Here’s a short part of a set of 2 greek tunes we’ve been arranging. If you want to hear what comes next then come and listen to us in Ledger on Tuesday at 5.00 (RCS ONLY). 🎻🎵⭐️

“A nice bit of the A9” - written by our own @lyoung.music and well named by @catherine_rudie !

Here’s a short clip of a new tune of ours that we recently played at the Sammy’s open mic. We’ve got a load of new tunes in the works, some of which we’ll be playing @freshayrfolkfest on August 8th !! Make sure you come and have a listen 🎵🎻🪉⭐️

[second photo taken on film by @macrhonald]

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#folkband #glasgowmusic #finnishfolk #swedishfolk #scottishmusic #stringgroup #trad #tradtune

“A nice bit of the A9” - written by our own @lyoung.music and well named by @catherine_rudie !

Here’s a short clip of a new tune of ours that we recently played at the Sammy’s open mic. We’ve got a load of new tunes in the works, some of which we’ll be playing @freshayrfolkfest on August 8th !! Make sure you come and have a listen 🎵🎻🪉⭐️

[second photo taken on film by @macrhonald]

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#folkband #glasgowmusic #finnishfolk #swedishfolk #scottishmusic #stringgroup #trad #tradtune

We’re SO excited to be playing at the @freshayrfolkfest this August ! 🌿🎻⭐�️

We’ll be playing the Ayr Town Hall on the 8th of August at 12:15 so put it in your diaries !! We can’t wait to see the other fantastic acts playing this year too🎵🪲

📸: @kaiataylrphoto

We’re SO excited to be playing at the @freshayrfolkfest this August ! 🌿🎻⭐️

We’ll be playing the Ayr Town Hall on the 8th of August at 12:15 so put it in your diaries !! We can’t wait to see the other fantastic acts playing this year too🎵🪲

📸: @kaiataylrphoto

THANK YOU !!
A huge thankyou to all of you who came to our gig at @thegladcafe last sunday,, especially to the three very well behaved babies :)
Here’s a short clip of the Swedish Polska, followed by some gorgeous photos from Alan Falconer,, more to come !!
We had an excellent time and we’ll hopefully see you all again soon ⭐️🎻🎵
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#scottishband #tradmusic #folkmusic #swedishfolkmusic #glasgowmusic #glasgowbands #stringgroup

THANK YOU !!
A huge thankyou to all of you who came to our gig at @thegladcafe last sunday,, especially to the three very well behaved babies :)
Here’s a short clip of the Swedish Polska, followed by some gorgeous photos from Alan Falconer,, more to come !!
We had an excellent time and we’ll hopefully see you all again soon ⭐️🎻🎵
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#scottishband #tradmusic #folkmusic #swedishfolkmusic #glasgowmusic #glasgowbands #stringgroup

Keep listening to hear a beautiful solo from rhona 🎻
We’ve not quite mastered the serious photo faces yet but thanku to @kaiataylrphoto for these beautiful shots !
Come along and hear us at 1pm tomorrow at @thegladcafe, tickets are pay what you can !! You can find them at the link in our bio or lovely @_yuzvn will be selling them on the door, cash or card ⭐️

Keep listening to hear a beautiful solo from rhona 🎻
We’ve not quite mastered the serious photo faces yet but thanku to @kaiataylrphoto for these beautiful shots !
Come along and hear us at 1pm tomorrow at @thegladcafe, tickets are pay what you can !! You can find them at the link in our bio or lovely @_yuzvn will be selling them on the door, cash or card ⭐️

Transition between Kolo/Shalokah in rehearsal yesterday !
Tickets in bio for our gig at 1pm this sunday at @thegladcafe ⭐️⭐️
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#scottishband #scotlandmusic #folkband #stringgroup #armenianmusic #fiddle #tradmusic #scotlandgig

Transition between Kolo/Shalokah in rehearsal yesterday !
Tickets in bio for our gig at 1pm this sunday at @thegladcafe ⭐️⭐️
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#scottishband #scotlandmusic #folkband #stringgroup #armenianmusic #fiddle #tradmusic #scotlandgig

Rehearsal clip of santi’s tune “El Angel” !
Tickets in bio for our gig at @thegladcafe on the 23rd, we’d love to see you there :)
🎵🎻⭐️💃

Rehearsal clip of santi’s tune “El Angel” !
Tickets in bio for our gig at @thegladcafe on the 23rd, we’d love to see you there :)
🎵🎻⭐️💃

Sound on 🔉 🎻
Mother Tongues are extremely excited to be playing @thegladcafe on the 23rd of March ! 🎵
Scan the QR code or click the link in bio for tickets, pay what you can !
We hope to see you there ⭐️❣️

Sound on 🔉 🎻
Mother Tongues are extremely excited to be playing @thegladcafe on the 23rd of March ! 🎵
Scan the QR code or click the link in bio for tickets, pay what you can !
We hope to see you there ⭐️❣️

🎧headphones on to hear the juicy bassline!🎧
A clip of Ca’ the Yowes from our rehearsal the other day🐑🎵🎻

🎧headphones on to hear the juicy bassline!🎧
A clip of Ca’ the Yowes from our rehearsal the other day🐑🎵🎻

Danny Kyle Open Stage !
We had such a brilliant time playing this stage, thank you so much to liz and all the organisers for having us, and to those of you who came to watch 🫶 Here’s two short clips of Man in the Brown Hat, and Shalokah 🎻

Danny Kyle Open Stage !
We had such a brilliant time playing this stage, thank you so much to liz and all the organisers for having us, and to those of you who came to watch 🫶 Here’s two short clips of Man in the Brown Hat, and Shalokah 🎻

Volume up for a snippet of a gorgeous polska we’ll be playing at the Danny Kyle Open Stage on the 29th.
Hear it live at 5pm at the Royal Concert Hall, & bring your friends ! We can’t wait 🎵🌟

Volume up for a snippet of a gorgeous polska we’ll be playing at the Danny Kyle Open Stage on the 29th.
Hear it live at 5pm at the Royal Concert Hall, & bring your friends ! We can’t wait 🎵🌟

Mother Tongues are playing the Danny Kyle Open Stage on Jan 29th 5-7pm !!
We’ve got some brilliant tunes from all over the world and we can’t wait to share what we’ve done with them, so come along and hear for yourself 🎵

Mother Tongues are playing the Danny Kyle Open Stage on Jan 29th 5-7pm !!
We’ve got some brilliant tunes from all over the world and we can’t wait to share what we’ve done with them, so come along and hear for yourself 🎵

A little bit of a tune called Hellebore that we played as part of our set at RootBound in early november ! 🍂🍁 full vid and others at the linktree in our bio :)

A little bit of a tune called Hellebore that we played as part of our set at RootBound in early november ! 🍂🍁 full vid and others at the linktree in our bio :)

We will be playing at Rootbound’s Autumn 2024 night at Sylvan, 3rd Nov 5pm-10pm,, come along ! 🍁🎃🦇🍂🪵
Tickets linked in bio,, see you there :)

We will be playing at Rootbound’s Autumn 2024 night at Sylvan, 3rd Nov 5pm-10pm,, come along ! 🍁🎃🦇🍂🪵
Tickets linked in bio,, see you there :)

A little clip of a tune called The Bell that we played on Sunday at ‘Sammy’s @ The Glad’ open mic !
We love playing at Sammy’s we’ve been a few times now,, always a lovely atmosphere and loads of great acts !!
The full tune is up on our youtube for your perusal :)

A little clip of a tune called The Bell that we played on Sunday at ‘Sammy’s @ The Glad’ open mic !
We love playing at Sammy’s we’ve been a few times now,, always a lovely atmosphere and loads of great acts !!
The full tune is up on our youtube for your perusal :)

Come and see us (or 4/6 of us) in RCS’s Harp and Guitar Mondays at 1 !! We’ll be closing the concert by playing our version of two trad tunes (with some beautiful harp solos naturally). Royal Conservatoire of Scotland,, Stevenson Hall - Monday 14th @ 1pm,, see u there !

Come and see us (or 4/6 of us) in RCS’s Harp and Guitar Mondays at 1 !! We’ll be closing the concert by playing our version of two trad tunes (with some beautiful harp solos naturally). Royal Conservatoire of Scotland,, Stevenson Hall - Monday 14th @ 1pm,, see u there !

Heyhey, we are Mother Tongues,, a multi-genre string band specialising in folk based in Glasgow !
We’re made up of…
Eldon Bradfield - Viola/Violin
Lee Young - Violin
Thea Wilson - Violin/Occasional Mandolin
Santiago Gil Duarte - Cello
Rhona Macdonald - Double Bass
Isla Hallewell - Harp
We’ll be posting our various shenanigans on here,, follow along to see what we get up to !

Heyhey, we are Mother Tongues,, a multi-genre string band specialising in folk based in Glasgow !
We’re made up of…
Eldon Bradfield - Viola/Violin
Lee Young - Violin
Thea Wilson - Violin/Occasional Mandolin
Santiago Gil Duarte - Cello
Rhona Macdonald - Double Bass
Isla Hallewell - Harp
We’ll be posting our various shenanigans on here,, follow along to see what we get up to !

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Photos by Kaia Taylor and Alan Falconer

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