Old Road Sessions was a monthly event that brought together music from our artist in residence Lizabett Russo, along with her partner Graeme Stephen, and chat live from Huntly's artist cottage on Old Road. The Sessions were used as a place to explore current themes that lied at the forefront of our world then. The event begun with music from Lizabett and Graeme that reflected on the evening's theme, which then lent to a discussion and sharing of ideas around the topic of choice.

Sorry you missed it: Sunday 21st February - Old Road x Tin Hut Sessions  For February's event we joined forces with Tin Hut Sessions, a music venue based in the Tin Hut in Gartly. We had Chas Ford and Bob Sharp - who also works with Folk at the Salmon Bothy - coming along to discuss how the musical world had been coping during this time of physical distancing, including digital concerts, temporary venue closure and working remotely with other musicians.  Sunday 17th January"To be alive is the biggest fear humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the riskto be alive — the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Just being ourselves is the biggest fear ofhumans." - Miguel Ruiz On Sudnay 17th January, Lizabett and Graeme were asking asking what we are afraid of through music and conversation.

Sunday 20th December

"If the world puts you on a road you do not like, if you look ahead and do not want that destination which is being offered and you look behind and you do not want to return to your place of departure, step off the road. Build yourself a new path." - Maya AngelouInspired by the quote above, the topic for Sunday, 20th December, was transhumance and transition, particularly in relation to Europe.