The Dead Man's Waltz are four musicians from the Isle of Skye who are re-imagining their traditions into a style they call 'folk-noir'. Their music traces a path through the dance halls of Weimar Republic Germany, Kurt Weill and Hans Eisler, through Tom Waits and the Pogues to more recent acts such as Yann Tiersen and Beirut.

Using song, storytelling and film, their work describes a weird arc of destruction and menace through the history of the last century. Theirs is a litany of small-town crimes and dark romances that is fascinating and irresistable.

Following a spectacularly unusual rise to prominence, taking in a horror-musical, an 8-hour residency in an absynthe yurt and a theatre performance in an abandoned ice-cream factory, their self-titled debut album was released on their own label in October 2011. They are now looking forward to appearances at Celtic Connections 2012, and 'Death: A Festival for the Living' at The Southbank Centre, and are taking bookings for 2012.

"Macabre and charming." ****
The Skinny, Sept 2011

"One of the most interesting and experimental bands around."
Is This Music? June 2011

"Marvellous."
Tom Morton, BBC Radio Scotland, Nov 2011

The Dead Man's Waltz have a Facebook Page

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