LEADING Celtic folk band Skerryvore will return to Cumbria on their latest UK tour this autumn.

The Scottish Traditional Music Live Act of the Year 2016 appear at the Brewery Arts Centre, in Kendal, on Thursday September 21.

The band tour worldwide, with European dates and two separate tours in the US in 2017 alone.

They are eager to bring their unique sound to new audiences, as well as making welcome returns to familiar venues.

Having started as a four-piece with their roots on the tiny Hebridean island of Tiree, Fraser and Alec Dalglish - who are both from Livingston in West Lothian - met Tiree brothers Daniel and Martin Gillespie while on holiday there.

They take their name from Skerryvore, the tallest lighthouse in UK which lies 12 miles south-west of the island of Tiree. All eight members bring their own musical style to the Skerryvore mix.

The more they have experimented with this mix, the more the band and their signature sound has evolved. Their earlier work was West Coast Ceilidh-inspired, with Celtic influences which have remained present in all their work.

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As the band have developed, rock, pop, jazz, Cajun and country influences have all emerged, but the traditional Celtic roots and instrumentation have remained.

Skerryvore celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2015 with the release of their most recent album, Decade -a collection of many live versions of their best-known songs, some recorded at festivals including Tonder Festival in Denmark, with others recorded as live studio sessions.

Tickets for the show are available from the Brewery Arts Centre box office.