Merlyn Driver (uk)
Record release concert
Merlyn Driver is a singer songwriter and nature-focused musician, whose sound draws on folk, as well as other global and contemporary influences.
Born in Orkney, an archipelago in the north of Scotland and raised on a smallholding without electricity, Merlyn spent much of his time outdoors. His critically acclaimed multi-artist album project, Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds (2022), released in partnership with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), received national UK radio play from BBC Radio 6, 3, and 2; and reviews from the likes of MOJO, Songlines Magazine (5 stars), and The Guardian.
Merlyn’s debut album, It Was Also Sometimes Daylight, will be released in October 2025. An intimate meditation on life, memory, nature, and childhood, it is shaped as much by acoustic folk and contemporary influences as by the rhythms and textures of the natural world.
Guests on the album include Owen Spafford (fiddle); Nathan Riki Thomson (double bass); Francesca Ter-Berg (cello); and various creatures including curlews, greenshank, blackbirds, wood sandpipers, barnacle geese, and multiple species of frogs and toads.
* Event: Elävien Ääniä | Etnosoi!
Space accessibility: Please note the venue is on the second floor and accessible only by stairs.
This event is free, but space is limited. Please arrive early to secure a seat.
Presented by Kulttuuriyhdistämö Interkult and Global Music Centre & Etnosoi!, in collaboration with Lapinlahden Mielenterveysseura ry and Lapinlahden Lähde Oy.
