{"id":601028,"date":"2025-11-29T09:43:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/601028\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T09:43:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:43:54","slug":"astro-bloc-ignite-glasgow-folk-scene-with-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/601028\/","title":{"rendered":"Astro Bloc Ignite Glasgow Folk Scene With Debut Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Astro-Bloc-PR-Landscape-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Astro Bloc band photo. Two women and two men.\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Glasgow-based folk band Astro Bloc has released its debut album, introducing a new four-piece to the Scottish scene. The group features \u00c9adaoin N\u00ed Mhaic\u00edn and Eryn Rae on <a href=\"https:\/\/worldmusiccentral.org\/the-violin-a-cherished-instrument-across-time-and-genres\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiddle<\/a>, Paul Jennings on drums and percussion, and Gillie O\u2019 Flaherty on guitar and keys.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the band described the record as a defining starting point: \u201cFor us, this debut album is more than just a collection of tracks. It is the beginning of Astro Bloc, a statement of who we are and what we want to bring to the folk scene. It has taken everything we have to bring it this far, and creating it has been one of the most meaningful journeys we have ever taken together. We hope that when you listen, you feel the joy, the drive, and the spirit that has carried us through this past year of creating together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAuthor: World Music Central News RoomWorld music news from the editors at World Music Central&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/share_save_171_16.png\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glasgow-based folk band Astro Bloc has released its debut album, introducing a new four-piece to the Scottish scene.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[188529,748,188530,918,4884,712,188531,16,15,75943],"class_list":{"0":"post-601028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-astro-bloc","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-celtic-music","11":"tag-glasgow","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-scottish-music","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-world-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115632348779225458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}