Louise Bichan

Hailing from Orkney, in Scotland, where she grew up surrounded by fiddle music and inspired by landscape, Louise Bichan then spent much of her twenties immersed in the Glasgow music scene. She performed far and wide, including Tonder Festival in Denmark, Lorient Interceltique Festival in France, Milwaukee Irish Festival and on BBC TV’s Hogmanay Live, with the likes of Fara and Rachel Sermanni. before moving to Boston, US in 2015. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music last year, Bichan has been touring extensively with Corner House, Bellwether and in a duo with mandolinist Ethan Setiawan. Bichan released her record Out of My Own Light in 2016, to great acclaim.