Background
Drever was born in Kirkwall,Orkney, where he learned to play guitar and participated in the island"s folk festival.
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Kris Drever
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Drever is the vocalist and guitarist of the award-winning folk trio Lau alongside Martin Green and Aidan O"Rourke, and has worked with numerous other British folk contemporaries including Kate Rusby, John McCusker, Ian Carr, Eddi Reader and Julie Fowlis. Kris plays an Atkin J45 acoustic guitar. In 1995 at age 17 he moved to Edinburgh, where he played at the Tron Ceilidh House several nights a week.
He played the double bass for a time but returned to the guitar where his style – "a highly individual blend of rhythm and harmony, folk, jazz, rock and country inflections" – made him a sought after session musician.
In late 2000 he began playing alongside Nuala Kennedy and Anna-Wendy Stevenson in a weekly session at Sandy Bell"s public in Edinburgh. The trio became known as Fine Friday and toured in the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia, releasing two albums before disbanding.
Drever went on to collaborate with a number of prominent folk musicians including Cathy Ryan of Irish-American supergroup Cherish the Ladies. Scottish fiddlers John McCusker and Bruce MacGregor.
Irish accordionist Leo McCann.
Gaelic band Tannas. And the Irish dance show Celtic Fusion. In 2005 Drever formed the trio Lau with Scottish fiddler Aidan O"Rourke and English accordionist Martin Green.
The band has released four studio albums to date and conducted numerous tours throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide.
He also collaborated with Roddy Woomble, lead singer of Scottish indie band Idlewild, and John McCusker. The trio worked, along with other notable folk musicians, on an album entitled Before the Ruin, which was released in September 2008. Before the release of Black Water, Drever had not considered a solo career.
In an interview with Mojo, Drever stated:
A live Digital Video Disc was released 28 July 2008, featuring Drever"s "Classic Album" set at 2008"s Celtic Connections.
In January 2010, Drever released his second solo album, Mark the Hard Earth, during Celtic Connections. Drever launched the album with a concert at the Old Fruitmarket on 29 January, alongside his former band, Session A9.
Drever"s upcoming solo album, If Wishes Were Horses, is scheduled for release in March 2016.
Achievements
Membership
Drever is also a founding member of the folk collective Session A9, has been a member of Kate Rusby"s band and has worked with contemporary folk artists Eddi Reader and Julie Fowlis.
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