Her great-grandfather Peter Augustus Meechan was a popular fiddle player in Glasgow, her grandfather Alexander Watson played accordion and everyone in the family sang.

Lori Watson completed doctoral studies at the RCS in Glasgow and St Andrews University in 2013.

She investigated innovation and beyond-tune composition by traditional musicians in Scotland including a substantial folio of new and experimental musical works.

Watson wrote the music for this devised theatrical production at the Aberdeen International Arts Festival in 2016.

Blending Scottish and Norwegian musical influences following the journey of 'Hag' to the heart of the Corryvreckan maelstrom, a powerful place where the essences of Scotland and Norway meet.