Holiday Club was formed by Scottish Celtic music artists Luisa Brown and Freya Rae in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2018 with one clear goal, to be on sunny holidays as often as possible. This project
worked well for the two musicians, as they immediately landed gigs as a four-piece band in Amsterdam,
Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, France and Germany to name a few.
Each band member is an internationally touring musician in their own right, featuring members of
award-winning and critically acclaimed Dallahan, Blue Giant Orkestar, Birlinn Jiarg and Brua.
Holiday Club’s music reflects the roots of their own Scottish, Irish and Galician traditions as well as many of original compositions.
Having all grown up in thriving session scenes, they perform lively contemporary and traditional Celtic music at its freshest, getting audiences dancing on their feet from the very start.
Their album ‘Holiday Club Live’ was recorded at the Rubrifolkum festival in Barcelona.
Band members in 2022 included Luisa Brown (Scotland) on fiddle and vocals; Freya Rae (Scotland) on flute and whistles; Jack Badcock (Ireland) on guitar and vocals; and Miguel Carballido (Galicia, Spain) on
bodhran.
Holiday Club was one of the winners of the Runas 2022 traditional music contest.
Discography:
We’re Going on Holiday (2018)
Live at Rubrifolkum Barcelona 2020 (2020)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.