The Brewery Arts Centre will host the best in Scottish traditional music this Autumn, as one of the genre’s most well-toured acts is set to take to the stage.

Scottish Traditional Music Live Act of the Year 2016, ‘Skerryvore,’ will be returning to England for the Autumn 2017 leg of their biannual tours of England and Wales.

The band tour worldwide, with European dates and two separate tours in the US in 2017. They are eager to bring their unique sound to new audiences, as well as making welcome returns to familiar venues.

The band started as a four piece with their roots on the tiny Hebridean island of Tiree. Fraser and Alec Dalglish, who are both from Livingston in West Lothian, met Tiree brothers Daniel & Martin Gillespie while on holiday there.

They take their name from ‘Skerryvore,’ the tallest lighthouse in UK which lies 12 miles south-west of the island of Tiree.

All 8 members bring their own musical style to the Skerryvore mix. The more they have experimented with this mix, the more the band and their signature sound has evolved.

Their earlier work was ‘West Coast Ceilidh’ inspired, with Celtic influences which have remained present in all their work.

As the band have developed, rock, pop, jazz, cajun and country influences have all emerged, but the traditional Celtic roots and instrumentation have remained.

Lead singer Alec Dalgliesh said: “People can expect to hear a mix of material from all of our previous albums as well as some of the new unheard material which will appear on our upcoming album.

“As always we strive to create a party atmosphere and love to get the audience involved as much as possible”

The band -are made up of Tiree brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (whistles & accordion), Fraser West (drums & vocals), Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar), Craig Espie (fiddles), Alan Scobie (keyboards) and Jodie Bremaneson (bass) and recent addition Scott Wood (bagpipes).

Skerryvore will play in Kendal on September 21. Tickets are available from the box office and online.