Kinnaris Quintet


Kinnaris Quintet are 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 their dance, song and poetry. In 2019 they won The Belhaven Bursary for Innovation in Scottish Music.

Membership

The members of the group knew each other from playing in the same sessions and meeting each other at gigs. In 2017 Gobbi 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.. Free One was longlisted for the 2019 Scottish Album of the Year Award.

Discography