Saltfishforty

The powerhouse partnership of Douglas Montgomery (fiddle/viola) and
Brian Cromarty (songs/guitar/mandola) has won a devoted following
throughout the UK and beyond, brilliantly transcending the duo format’s
conventional confines.

Linchpin figures in the currently flourishing revival of Orkney’s
traditional music, they unite these deep-rooted sources with an
exhilarating breadth of influence and expertise, catalysed by a creative
empathy born from decades of friendship. The result is a sound of
equally thrilling raw attack and multi-dimensional richness.

Saltfishforty have delighted audiences at many of the world’s top
folk festivals including Celtic Connections, Cambridge, HebCelt,
Shetland, Lorient in Brittany, Canada’s Celtic Colours, and the Orkney
Folk Festival, as well as touring to the US and throughout Europe. Their
focus on Orkney music takes in traditional, contemporary and original
material, boldly cross-fertilised with influences from Americana to East
European folk, plus a high-octane whiff of heavy metal.