Fine Friday is a new collaboration between three young veterans of Edinburgh's session scene: Kris Drever (guitar/vocals), Nuala Kennedy (flute/whistles) and Anna-Wendy Stevenson (fiddle). Their debut album, comprising five songs and eight instrumental tracks, is as easy and cheery as their name suggests -- and the absence of any guest players means the focus is squarely on the trio's vibrant empathy. On the song front Drever displays a maturity well beyond his years in covers both of traditional standards (Cold Blow And The Rainy Night, The Selkie, Funeray) and contemporary compositions (Boo Hewerdine's Hummingbird, Steve Tilston's Slip Jigs And Reels). His warm, urgently soulful voice and strikingly individual phrasing make even familiar material emphatically his own. The tunes -- a mix of Scottish, Irish, Scandinavian and original material -- keep the pace nice and mellow, while Kennedy and Stevenson's melodic interplay supplies a sweet balance of grace and vitality, fruitfully backed up by Drever's distinctively shaded guitar work.
Sue Wilson - Sunday Herald

 Irish flautist Nuala Kennedy, Ediburgh fiddler Anna-Wendy Stevenson and Orkney’s Kris Drever handling guitar and vocals, demonstrate that big production numbers or flirting with technology are not essential to make an impression. Their light touch is reflected in the album notes and track-titles – one Norwegian –flavoured set is saddled with the punny “Rock ‘n’ Troll” – and if the titles cause groans the music will surely not. Voices and instruments blend well and each of the team has their own spot in the l8melight. Kris is a fine interpreter of song, drawing on his island rots to lay down fine versions of the familiar “Selkie” and “Funeray”, while the Billy-the-Kid inspired “Slip Jigs & Reels” could be the nicest song you will ever hear about a homicidal gunfighter.

In folk/trad circles, it is not very difficult to detect players who have cut their teeth on late night sessions versus those who have been at home nursing on their favourite tune books. You can tell by this band’s solid sense of rhythm that they have spent many long hours watching (or not) as pints lemming themselves off of tables to the pace of the feet beneath them. However, what really sets this album apart is the creativity that has gone into the arrangements. They thoroughly explore the possibilities in each tune and song, producing such a rich sound it is hard to believe that there are usually only 3 instruments playing at any given time. Here and there, they sound almost like a chamber orchestra—for instance at beginning of track 2 (‘The Humours of Westport’) when guitar and fiddle set a fast melodic line, to which the flute plays an interval, before the fiddle frees itself into the tune with the countermelody pulsing away beneath it. Lovely! There are also great compositions on the album from Kennedy and Stevenson, my favourite being Stevenson’s jig ‘A Tune For Nuala’. Drever is a very natural folk singer (who wouldn’t be with a father like Ivan?) and his crafty guitar playing and fine song renditions remind me of a young Dick Gaughin. This is an intelligent, well-rounded, joyful album. Very highly recommended.

Fine Friday’s first album Gone Dancing impresses mightily, effortlessly avoiding all the usual pitfalls. They have a distinctive sound, giving their own stamp to material from Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia. Moreover, the songs, although mainly well known, are given an original interpretation by singer/guitarist Kris Drever. My hat’s off to anyone who can turn in versions like this of Selkie and Cold Blow and the Rainy Night.
Anna-Wendy Stevenson’s fiddle playing has a lovely lilt and her duetting with flute player Nuala Kennedy is delightfully tight. Produced by Ian Carr, this is an extremely impressive debut. Once again Foot Stompin’ Records blaze a trail in drawing attention to young Scottish talent.

Fine Friday are a group of three young musicians who seem to be based in Edinburgh, though the trio are widespread; fiddler Anna-Wendy Stevenson (niece of harpist Savourna, by the way) is from Edinburgh; Nuala Kennedy from Dundalk is on flute, whistles and vocals; and Kris Drever (son of Ivan), who plays guitar, double bass and vocals, is of course from Orkney.
As might be expected with this ethnic stramash of Celtic and Norse, the music on their debut album, Gone Dancing, is dynamic and vital, and really makes you sit up and take notice.
Thirteen tracks, unlucky for none, illustrate how well the three complement each other for a thrilling tapestry of sound, not without its twists of humour: a hard-driving Hardanger fiddle set rejoices in the name of “Rock ’n’ Troll”, for example!

Yet another flute, fiddle and guitar trio from Scotland, But Fine Friday is anything but typical. From the opening track, a decidedly different version of the traditional “Cold Blow” sung by Kris Drever to the inventive and adventurous interplay between Anna-Wendy Stevenson’s fiddle and Nuala Kennedy’s flute and whistles, the group shows it has its own distinctive take on the tradition. As good as the two women are, it’s Drever’s guitar playing that holds things together, and he has a strong sense of rhythm that adds much to the instrumental pieces. He’s also a good singer, as shown  on his version of Boo  Hewerdine’s Humming Bird and Steve Tilson’s Slip Jigs and Reels. A strong debut recording and one that points to even better things in future.

Fine Friday are a young Scottish trio: Wendy Stevenson (fiddle), Nuala Kennedy (flute, whistles, backing vocals), and Kris Drever (guitar, vocals, double bass). In fact, Nuala is  from Ireland but they are very much part of the Scottish musical scene and their music is the tradition of that country. Their songs, jigs, reels and airs, many of them self penned, are played with a fine sensitivity and a touch of understatement that never feels like lack of spirit. They sound like a band with a future, though what they are doing at present is impressive.

The much loved subject of sneaking about girls bedrooms without her folks hearing. It's probably gone on for a very long time.

Julia Delaney's is a well known session tune.

We'd like to thank the piper Carolan Mackay for teaching Anna-Wendy this first tune.

This song was learned by Kris from his parents' singing.

The first tune is for Rosie Martin a friend who has always given us great support in our music as well as in life. Thanks Rosie!

Anna-Wendy found these catchy tunes on one of her grandad's old ethnographic recordings of hardanger fiddles.

A great Boo Hewerdine song.

These complimentary tunes are hornpipes in disguise.

This set is for 2 exceptional women.

A modern song about the old anti-hero Billy the Kid (not a goat) outlaw, gambler and murderer (but he did like the ladies).

A set of three great jigs.

Ceilidh in the cave!

A beautiful song of parting.