Friday, 25 October 2024

Cappuccino Concert at Friends of Wighton!


From Sheena Wellington of Friends of Wighton :

Tomorrow - Saturday 26th October - at 11am, Friends of Wighton is having a Cappuccino Concert - Chloe Matharu, song and harp.

Chloe Matharu is an award-winning Scottish Indian singer songwriter and harpist from Wemyss Bay on the West Coast of Scotland.     Many of her songs draw on her time as a Navigational Officer in the Merchant Navy, inspired by the natural world as experienced at sea. On tour she performs solo with her harp in English, Scots and Welsh.

She has performed at impressive venues such as Celtic Connections, Cambridge Folk Festival, Glad Cafe Glasgow, Green Note in London, Fringe by the Sea, Edinburgh Fringe and Hartlepool Folk Festival.

Chloe received Celtic Music Radio’s Album of the Year for her debut album, Small Voyages, which was released in October 2022. In 2023 she performed live on BBC Radio Four Woman’s Hour, BBC Scotland News TV programme 'The Seven', interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland’s 'The Afternoon Show'.    Chloe lives on her family run Alpaca Trekking and Goat Yoga centre.

The concert takes place in the Wighton Heritage Centre in the Central Library - admission £5, tea/coffee available for donation - all welcome!