Tolbooth Café Concerts – Budgee

Budgee is the duo of Canadian-born, Glasgow-based, songwriter Celine Brooks and Scottish musician Gareth Dickson (guitarist in Vashti Bunyan’s touring setup for well over a decade, and a mainstay of Taylor Deupree’s ambient label 12k). Their collaboration merges ethereal guitar soundscapes with alt-folk arrangements in a blend that is both rhythmically driven and deeply atmospheric. Their debut EP Pell-Mell was released in October 2023.

“There’s a sincerity and Warmth found across the record, as alt-folk and America indebted instrumental parts twinkle and shuffle beneath Brooks’ gorgeous vocals, calling to mind the likes of Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval or Katy J Pearson” – The Skinny