Linties hatched from a Scots Music Group singing class in Edinburgh and since 2003 have performed at music festivals and folk clubs throughout Scotland including Keith, Kirriemuir, Linlithgow and Innerleithen festivals and at Stirling, Dunfermline, Nitten, Melrose and Edinburgh Folk Clubs. In 2006, Linties won the Best Overall Performance at the Orkney Festival’s Open Stage and in 2007 made the “Highly Recommended” list at Celtic Connections’ Danny Kyle Open Stage.
Being great affectionados of the indomitable Glasgow songwriter Matt McGinn, Linties take part in the Linlithgow Folk Festival Association’s annual Matt McGinn Tribute Evening. There Morag, Helen and Iyaah met Stuart Miller, a fine singer/songwriter from Falkirk, who regularly sings with Linties.
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