Bio
Eleanor Dunsdon & Gregor Black are a multi-award-winning Glasgow-based harp and percussion duo blending traditional music with jazz, folk, classical, and electronic influences. Taking inspiration from the vibrant Scottish folk-jazz scene, they aim to create a sound that explores the boundaries of traditional music using story-telling, themes of nature and the Irish language.
Winners of the prestigious Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections and Purbeck Rising in 2024, the duo have performed at Celtic Connections, Edinburgh TradFest, were voted winners of the Introducing Stage at West Coast Folk Festival 2025, and sold out venues on their 2025 UK Spring Tour.
They were recently appointed as EFEx Sound Roots Artists and their debut EP, 'Let No Man' (April 2024) was named FATEA Magazine’s ‘EP of the Year 2024’, receiving airplay on BBC Radio 3 (‘Round Midnight, Soweto Kinch), BBC Radio 6 (Cerys Matthews), BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Scotland and RTÉ Radio 1.
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“A fantastic sound … smashing every stereotype there is”
(Lynette Fay, Folk Club BBC Radio Ulster)
“Stunning” (BBC Radio Scotland)
“Eleanor Dunsdon & Gregor Black were something special ... a different feel and depth to the music” (FATEA)
“The sound they created was amazing” (Jen Taylor, At The Barrier)
Alongside their duo project, Eleanor performs with award-winning indie alt-folk band, Ranagri, who have toured the UK, Australia, Canada and Europe, most recently performing at Blue Mountains Music Festival (AUS), Folk Alliance International (Montreal, New Orleans), Cropredy Festival, Costa Festival (Ibiza, Portugal). Eleanor also performs alongside singer/songwriter Iona Lane, and is known for exploring chamber music cross-collaborations.
Gregor is a percussionist and bodhrán player, steeped in both classical percussion and the musical traditions of Scotland and Ireland. He has gained his BMus Hons in percussion from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance before relocating to Glasgow to receive an MA in traditional music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He has performed at the BBC Proms in London, the Edinburgh International Festival, and was recently invited to attend Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop in Boston. Gregor recently toured France with Irish dance show, Celtic Legends, in the summer of 2024 as well as performing with BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician 2023, Amy Laurenson.
Eleanor and Gregor have presented workshops at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, and for students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In February 2024 they presented a workshop and concert at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland alongside Ukranian bandura player, Anastasiya Voytyuk, showcasing the fusion of their shared musical traditions and the relationship between the bandura and Scottish harp.
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