Caro Bridges / Rory Butler

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Caro Bridges / Rory Butler
An evening of music with new work from Caro Bridges’ recapitulated trio featuring Rowland Sillito (saxophone) and Thomas MacColl (double bass). Opening the evening is acclaimed songwriter and guitarist Rory Butler with vocalists Sally Jaquet, Will Jaquet and Ada Francis.

Special guests include friends from Machine Orchid and Sing Song Supper Club (Ewan Macintyre, Sally Jaquet)

About Caro Bridges
Known for her sweet, dark and earthy voice, astute lyrics and agile guitar skills, Caro Bridges has been percolating in Edinburgh for over a decade. A warm and versatile performer, she draws on a wide range of musical influences to craft anthropologically useful songs about the never-ending conversation between nature, technology, and humanity.

The daughter of two musicians, Caro grew up in Norwich building her skills as a guitarist in the city’s nationally renowned youth jazz orchestra and singing in a wide range of choirs. Finding her solo voice and songwriting capabilities in her early twenties, she developed her own band Caro Bridges & The River and released EPs 100 Years From Now (2011), From The River To The Sea (2013), and Be Terrible (2017), alongside playing and recording with art rockers Randan Discotheque and indie rock outfit The Last Battle. Since the pandemic shifted her focus towards community music work, she’s continued to collaborate with others including Ewan Macintyre, virtuoso handpan player Milly Hoddo’s Enharmonic Collective, and latterly in a peer collaboration with harpist Aurora Engine and violinist Emma Lloyd as acoustic-electronic woman band Machine Orchid.
About Rory Butler
Rory Butler grew up in Leith, a place he would return to after several years writing, recording, and touring across the UK and Europe.
His debut album, Window Shopping, was recorded live at Konk Studios with double bass and drums, capturing songs as they were meant to be heard — unguarded and immediate. Along the way, he found himself sharing stages with artists such as The Civil Wars, Anaïs Mitchell, Aoife O'donovan, Richard Thompson, and most recently Robert Plant.
His music sits quietly in the lineage of songwriters like John Martyn, Nick Drake, and Joni Mitchell — drawn to melody, mood, and the spaces in between. In recent years, he has returned home to Leith, where new songs have taken shape in a more intimate setting: just guitar, and close three-part harmonies sung with friends whose roots stretch back to childhood.

Venue Info

Pianodrome Bruntsfield is at The St.Oswald's Center at 41 Montpelier Park, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh EH10 4NB, at the corner of Montpelier and Montpelier Park and next to the Bruntsfield primary school.

The Pianodrome is based in a 130 year old ex church building, and currently the space is unheated, so please remember to wrap up warm.

Concessions
We do not check your right to a concession or name your price ticket. If you feel you can afford the full price please select this ticket. However, concessions prices are there to help anybody attend the show - if you need a lower cost ticket you are in the best position to determine that. No questions asked.

Accessibility
There is ramped access to the main hall of the Pianodrome on Montpelier (the entrance to the South-East of the building ///circle.item.tidy).

We have an accessible toilet and space for wheelchairs. Most of our performances are relaxed performances. If you have any access requirements please feel free to email us at boxoffice@pianodrome.org.

Babes in arms
You do not need a ticket for babies, but if your child is likely to take space in a seat then please book them a ticket.

Non-human visitors
Pets are welcome if they are well behaved.