Edinburgh folk singers take show to Prague festival

Two well known faces from the Edinburgh folk music scene are to  showcase their talents in Eastern Europe later this month. Leith based singer songwriters Kevin Gore and Bobby Nicholson have received an invitation to perform at the Prague Fringe, a festival of music, comedy and drama which is held annually in the Czech capital.

Kevin and Bobby are best known for their Gone Native show which they have  hosted for the past six years  as part of  the Edinburgh Fringe, performances taking place nightly in the basement of the legendary Royal Oak pub in Infirmary Street.

It was a Czech tourist visiting the city who, after witnessing the show, which, according to Kevin Gore, is a musical production featuring songs relating to Edinburgh culture based on social justice, politics and history, along with the occasional injection of humour,  suggested that the duo apply to perform at the Prague event and, after sending off samples of their work to the promoter, they were delighted to receive an invite.

“We’re really excited about taking the show to Prague,” said Kevin, who recently recorded a tribute song forEdinburgh boxing legend Ken Buchanan which forms part of the Gone Native setlist. 

“We are the only musical act appearing at the festivaI. We have been receiving five star reviews from our involvement at the Edinburgh Fringe and we see this as a great opportunity to get our material out in front of a wider audience.

“We’re changing the name of the show to Gone Edinburgh for the Prague event to reflect the fact that we’re taking the show abroad for the first time. The content will be largely the same but as the venue in which we’ll be performing is very close to the iconic John Lennon memorial wall in the city’s Old Town district, we’re going to throw in a Beatles song – Norwegian Wood –as a kind of tribute to a legendary musical figure.”

Kevin and Bobby fly to Prague later this month and will perform Gone Edinburgh on five successive nights at the Café Club Misenska in the city.

Further details can be found on www.praguefringe.com