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what do mother tongues sound like?

A Nice Bit of the A9

Cornbelll(ish)

Tongadale/Glasgow Reel/Deerness Reel

The Angel

Polska

Roslin Castle/Lullaby

Minotaur #2

Kårbölepolskan/Shalokah

what are mother tongues up to?

Photos by @siaar.og of our recent gig "Tunes from our Album" at the Glad Cafe ⭐️
We loved sharing our tunes with so many new (and old!) faces, thanks to everyone who came to watch 🎵

Photos by @siaar.og of our recent gig "Tunes from our Album" at the Glad Cafe ⭐️
We loved sharing our tunes with so many new (and old!) faces, thanks to everyone who came to watch 🎵

Some shots from our 2 days recording at @lachunkystudio this week with the wonderful lewis !

We’ll be playing all the tunes from the album at the Glad Cafe TOMORROW at 7PM 💥🗣️🎵 Tickets available on the door or at the link in our bio ⭐️
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#glasgowgigs #glasgowsouthside #queerscotland #fiddlemusic #folkmusic

Some shots from our 2 days recording at @lachunkystudio this week with the wonderful lewis !

We’ll be playing all the tunes from the album at the Glad Cafe TOMORROW at 7PM 💥🗣️🎵 Tickets available on the door or at the link in our bio ⭐️
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#glasgowgigs #glasgowsouthside #queerscotland #fiddlemusic #folkmusic

Final rehearsals before we start recording our album TOMORROW🚨🎉💥
We can’t wait to share our all time favs with you guys on Sunday 16th at the Glad Cafe !!
Tickets are linked in our bio or available on the door (opening at 7pm for the show start at 7:30) 🚪🎟️
The link to our GoFundMe - for covering the mixing and mastering fees - is also in our bio, any change you can spare helps us 🙏
See you all on Sunday ⭐️
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#scottishmusic #tradmusic #glasgowband #glasgowgigs

Final rehearsals before we start recording our album TOMORROW🚨🎉💥
We can’t wait to share our all time favs with you guys on Sunday 16th at the Glad Cafe !!
Tickets are linked in our bio or available on the door (opening at 7pm for the show start at 7:30) 🚪🎟️
The link to our GoFundMe - for covering the mixing and mastering fees - is also in our bio, any change you can spare helps us 🙏
See you all on Sunday ⭐️
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#scottishmusic #tradmusic #glasgowband #glasgowgigs

Tickets in our bio for our upcoming show at the glad cafe ! ⭐️🎵🎻

Doors at 7pm 🕖

See you there 🪲🫶

#scottishmusic #worldmusic #fiddlemusic #trad

Tickets in our bio for our upcoming show at the glad cafe ! ⭐️🎵🎻

Doors at 7pm 🕖

See you there 🪲🫶

#scottishmusic #worldmusic #fiddlemusic #trad

🚨‼️GIG ANNOUCEMENT ‼️🚨

If you want to hear this tune and alllll the others we are in the process of recording for our album 💿 you’re in luck ! We‘ll be performing them at @thegladcafe on AUGUST 16TH DOORS @ 7PM ⭐️

Tickets can be found at the link in our bio and on the door, discounted student tickets available too ! 🎟️

See you there :)

#worldmusic #scottishband #stringgroup #fiddle #cello

🚨‼️GIG ANNOUCEMENT ‼️🚨

If you want to hear this tune and alllll the others we are in the process of recording for our album 💿 you’re in luck ! We‘ll be performing them at @thegladcafe on AUGUST 16TH DOORS @ 7PM ⭐️

Tickets can be found at the link in our bio and on the door, discounted student tickets available too ! 🎟️

See you there :)

#worldmusic #scottishband #stringgroup #fiddle #cello

📸 : @snapsbyshauna_

Here’s some beautiful shots of Eldon, Santi and Thea playing at the @neukcollective Made In Glasgow gig last week ! We had a really great time meeting you all and seeing the other amazing acts ⭐️

We‘re in the final few weeks of rehearsals before recording our 🚨 DEBUT ALBUM 🚨,, if you’d like to support our recording costs for this check out our GoFundMe in the LinkTree in our bio 🪾We really appreciate your support 🫶
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#scottishmusic #worldmusic #fiddle #cello

📸 : @snapsbyshauna_

Here’s some beautiful shots of Eldon, Santi and Thea playing at the @neukcollective Made In Glasgow gig last week ! We had a really great time meeting you all and seeing the other amazing acts ⭐️

We‘re in the final few weeks of rehearsals before recording our 🚨 DEBUT ALBUM 🚨,, if you’d like to support our recording costs for this check out our GoFundMe in the LinkTree in our bio 🪾We really appreciate your support 🫶
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#scottishmusic #worldmusic #fiddle #cello

🚨🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨
Mother Tongues are very excited to announce that we’ll be releasing our debut ALBUM in the coming months !! We’ve picked our best arrangements of tunes from all over the world, plus a few originals and we’re so excited to share them all with you.
HOWEVER, this process is pretty expensive, so we‘ve set up a GoFundMe to help pay for the recording sessions and the mixing and mastering fee. If you’ve ever enjoyed any of our music, please consider giving us whatever you can afford, we appreciate every penny! If you can’t donate then sharing the link around to your friends/family/colleagues helps us too ⭐️
Link to the GoFundMe is in our bio, thankyou !!

🚨🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨
Mother Tongues are very excited to announce that we’ll be releasing our debut ALBUM in the coming months !! We’ve picked our best arrangements of tunes from all over the world, plus a few originals and we’re so excited to share them all with you.
HOWEVER, this process is pretty expensive, so we‘ve set up a GoFundMe to help pay for the recording sessions and the mixing and mastering fee. If you’ve ever enjoyed any of our music, please consider giving us whatever you can afford, we appreciate every penny! If you can’t donate then sharing the link around to your friends/family/colleagues helps us too ⭐️
Link to the GoFundMe is in our bio, thankyou !!

Swipe to the end to hear us playing forro brasil ! 🎵🎻
Eldon, Santi and Thea are very excited to be playing this Saturday as part of @neukcollective ‘s Made in Glasgow concert !! We’ve got some great tunes to share, and we hope to see you at the Glad Cafe at 4pm 🌙

Swipe to the end to hear us playing forro brasil ! 🎵🎻
Eldon, Santi and Thea are very excited to be playing this Saturday as part of @neukcollective ‘s Made in Glasgow concert !! We’ve got some great tunes to share, and we hope to see you at the Glad Cafe at 4pm 🌙

Photos of Eldon, Santi and Isla playing at the @wildatheartsessions last month ! 🌿🎻 Thanks to everyone that attended this beautiful evening and to the organisers for having us 🫶✨
📸: @jrdnmcr 💥

Photos of Eldon, Santi and Isla playing at the @wildatheartsessions last month ! 🌿🎻 Thanks to everyone that attended this beautiful evening and to the organisers for having us 🫶✨
📸: @jrdnmcr 💥

Mother Tongues: ROOTS 🌷🌿🪾
Thanks SO much to everyone that came out to watch our gig at The Rum Shack the other week 🫶
We had such a fun time and we hope you enjoyed our silly little tunes

Shoutout to @_yuzvn for ticketing and photography,, @ursula_coe for her photos,, @stevanoh_audio for being our fav sound engineer,, herbie for being the best dog and @isla.hallewell.music for being willing to do a gig on her birthday and killing the set design ❤️

See you at the next one !!

#tradband #scottishband #worldmusicband #stringgroup #stringsextet

Mother Tongues: ROOTS 🌷🌿🪾
Thanks SO much to everyone that came out to watch our gig at The Rum Shack the other week 🫶
We had such a fun time and we hope you enjoyed our silly little tunes

Shoutout to @_yuzvn for ticketing and photography,, @ursula_coe for her photos,, @stevanoh_audio for being our fav sound engineer,, herbie for being the best dog and @isla.hallewell.music for being willing to do a gig on her birthday and killing the set design ❤️

See you at the next one !!

#tradband #scottishband #worldmusicband #stringgroup #stringsextet

A sneak peek at the beautiful set design by @isla.hallewell.music for our gig TOMORROW at the rum shack,, 7:30pm 🚨🚨
Tickets in bio or available on the door 💪💪

A sneak peek at the beautiful set design by @isla.hallewell.music for our gig TOMORROW at the rum shack,, 7:30pm 🚨🚨
Tickets in bio or available on the door 💪💪

If you want to hear rhona’s tasty bassline then come along to the Rum Shack at 7:30 on Sunday 🚨🚨
Tickets in bio or pay at the door !!
We can’t wait to see you there 💪

If you want to hear rhona’s tasty bassline then come along to the Rum Shack at 7:30 on Sunday 🚨🚨
Tickets in bio or pay at the door !!
We can’t wait to see you there 💪

‼️ ROOTS: 19th April 7:30pm at @therumshack ‼️
come and hear us play some cool tunes, trad, jazz and everything in between 🎻🎵🪉 Link in our bio for tickets !! 🎟️

📸: Lee Young

‼️ ROOTS: 19th April 7:30pm at @therumshack ‼️
come and hear us play some cool tunes, trad, jazz and everything in between 🎻🎵🪉 Link in our bio for tickets !! 🎟️

📸: Lee Young

Serious rehearsal shots because we are always playing such serious music (this tune is heavily triangle!)
If you want to hear tunes from all over the place played by your favourite serious group then check the link in bio or on our story for tickets to ROOTS: 7:30pm on April 19th in @therumshack ⭐️💥🚨🪲🦭

Serious rehearsal shots because we are always playing such serious music (this tune is heavily triangle!)
If you want to hear tunes from all over the place played by your favourite serious group then check the link in bio or on our story for tickets to ROOTS: 7:30pm on April 19th in @therumshack ⭐️💥🚨🪲🦭

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 🚨‼️

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Photos by Kaia Taylor and Alan Falconer

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