"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 3/8/25)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are "Real Live Certified" if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critics Consensus
Lau is "Real Live Certified" and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 23 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Lau is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth watching. Lau concert reviews describe live shows and performances as glorious, predictable, emotional, genre-defying, avant-garde, exciting, and innovative.
How long are their concerts?
How long are Lau concerts? Lau concerts usually last from 45 minutes to up to two hours.
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On tour
恵比寿ザ・ガーデンホール, Tokyo, Japan (October 19)
Lau, formed in 2005, have been described as a formidable union of three of the finest and most innovative exponents of modern traditional music in Scotland today; Kris Drever (guitar and vocal), Martin Green (piano accordion) and Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle).
A warmly lit stage provided the perfect backdrop to an evening of avant-garde, genre-defying music performed by three musicians who seem to exist on a different plane altogether.
Combining towering technical skill with fluidity and an enviable emotional warmth the trio of accordionist Martin Green guitarist Kris Drever and violinist Aidan O'Rourke are perhaps the best band in the country.
But not tonight: a pleasant if unusual mixture of the latter and discerning older folk lovers many of whom voice their delight at the venue – it’s their first time here.
But what else to do? Their name means natural light in Orcadian which seems about right except their vaulting endlessly innovative take on contemporary chamber folk evokes every conceivable shade of darkness too and all the colours in between.
