The Poozies, Calum McIlroy

The ever-adventurous Poozies are most definitely back, showing off their fantastic new line-up and all-new material – most of which makes up their hard-hitting new album ‘Punch’. Newbies Sarah McFadyen and Tia Files have joined founding member Mary Macmaster and long-term cohort Eilidh Shaw, and together they continue to play a dazzling, joyfully eclectic mix of contemporary and traditional tunes with beefy, powerful accompaniment, while their perfectly executed songs vary dramatically from Gaelic waulking songs to old-time American, country and pop.