Beth Malcolm: FOLKMOSIS

Beth Malcolm: FOLKMOSIS
plus Alan Benzie

FOLKMOSIS is Perth singer-songwriter Beth Malcolm’s second album, and a musical coming-of-age story; one that has been writing itself since before Beth could speak.

Beth spent much of her childhood in a house filled with singing, soaking up old Scots songs like a wee folky sponge. She was named Scots Singer Of The Year in 2022 and has toured extensively under the banner of traditional music.

Initially commissioned by Celtic Connections and developed in association with Perth Theatre And Concert Hall into a multi-media performance, FOLKMOSIS unfolds over three acts embracing traditional and new songs, film and the spoken word; the story bending and twisting against a shifting soundscape.

Act 1 is rooted in the traditional world, like the classic folk songs Beth grew up listening to. Act 2 follows her ‘rejection years’, where she dove into the rich voices of Amy Winehouse, Paolo Nutini and London Grammar. These love songs, sung from the chaos of modern life, were the soundtrack to angsty, heartfelt late teenage years. Act 3 is Beth’s coming of age, her coming home, to the songs and sounds of Scotland, as a now-grown woman.

Supported by some of Scotland’s finest musicians from the folk and jazz scenes, Beth launches FOLKMOSIS with these very special hometown shows. Beth’s heart is laid bare in this story, and she invites you to come out and join her, and gie’s a sang.

Let her take you somewhere. And then let her bring you home.

£21.50 (including £2.50 booking fee per ticket)