Irish & Scottish Folk
"Tain" means "raid" in Gaelic. And their concerts do feel a bit like an ambush.
In a positive sense.
Without wasting many words, they immerse themselves in the world of Irish and Scottish tunes with great energy and virtuosity, immediately captivating the audience. These melodies, which have often been handed down for many generations, have something magical about them. Hardly any other style of music attracts such a wide audience. The melodies sound like joie de vivre and lightness. Occasionally spiced with a pleasant pinch of longing and melancholy. They carry the vastness that we enjoy standing on cliffs. And let us feel the power of stormy sea winds and the wild nature of the Highlands.
Táin is made up of 4 musicians from the Bern region who have been passionate about folk music for many years and have already made it sound in a wide variety of formations.
Thom Freiburghaus and Larsen Genovese play these enchanting melodies with passion and concentration on various bagpipes, flutes and violin, Mirjam Gosteli spices them up with fiery percussion and Silas Bitterli frames them with powerful guitar and occasionally sings a song with his unique voice. Songs about sailors, broken hearts and wild thyme...
It is a musical assault of a very special kind. One that makes you blissfully happy and tempts you to dance. And makes you want to buy a train ticket to the north immediately. Or to attend the next concert that catapults you there.