Caitlin Gilligan

​Scottish folk multi-instrumentalist Caitlin Gilligan hails from the rolling hills of rural Galloway. Though now based in Liverpool, her songs still echo the wildness of her Scottish youth.

Her live performaces combine haunting vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo and harmonium to create soul-stirring drones and melodies, weaving age-old folk ballads into sets of bare-boned and poetically-crafted originals. She demonstrates refreshing insight whilst simultaneously summoning the voices of times gone by.

She draws much from the well of folk giants such as Anne Briggs, Jackson C Frank, Nick Drake and Lisa O'Neill as well as the traditional vocal music of Scotland, Ireland and America.

Caitlin has played alongside artists such as C.W. Stoneking, Fionn Regan, Nora Brown, The Unthanks, Jerron Paxton, Jim Ghedi, Sam Grassie, and Charlie Parr in beautiful venues across the UK; Komedia in Bath, The Ivy House in London, St. Mary’s in Chester and St. Michael’s Church in Liverpool, to name a few, as well as headlining well-established folk clubs in the northwest.

Caitlin is currently working on her debut album at Sloe Flower Studio in Chester, UK, which is due to be released in 2026. Her album so far features illustrious names such as Jude Brothers (backing vocals), dbh (fiddle, banjo, guitar) and Charli Wild (viola).