Talk:Talisk

Logo displays badly

If anyone knows how to add a background to the logo to get it to display properly, please do so. Thanks! - Sdkb (talk) 02:40, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

To add to article

Basic information to add to this article: what "Talisk" means. And is it related to Talisker (the whisky)? 76.190.213.189 (talk) 01:54, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Drums?

Does this band have a drummer? If not, why do drums appear in videos of this group that appear on YouTube? 76.190.213.189 (talk) 01:54, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

No, they are and always have been a trio. Perhaps you have found a video of them with a guest drummer, but all the videos I get in a YouTube search show the three players: concertina, fiddle and guitar. Monxton (talk) 13:10, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Requested updates

Passing along a request I received off-wiki from Mohsen Amini (the band leader):

I wondered if you could help us update the wikipedia slightly?

We have a new member so would you be able to update that list to have Charlie Galloway on Guitar and Graeme Armstrong as a previous?

Also can you update the start date of the band to 2015. We never officially launched as a band till then and with our 10 year anniversary coming up we just want to make sure everything makes sense :)

Adding my 2¢, this seems like a straightforward, unobjectionable request. The 2014 start date was sourced, but on searching I also see e.g. [1] that says 2015, and with conflicting sources it's reasonable to defer to the subject's preference. The member change hasn't garnered media coverage yet (that I found), but as straightforward info can be sourced to the band's announcement [2] under WP:ABOUTSELF. Best, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 01:51, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Reply 12-DEC-2023

  Clarification requested  

• This all seems fine to me. To expedite your request, it would help if you could provide the following additional information:

1. Please state each specific desired change and accompanying reference in the form of verbatim statements which can then be added to the article (if approved) by the reviewer.
2. The exact location where the desired claims are to be placed should be given.

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• When ready to proceed with the requested information, kindly change the {{Edit COI}} template's answer parameter to read from |ans=y to |ans=n. Thank you! Regards,  Spintendo  03:39, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@Spintendo, see diff. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 04:06, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, but please place the information here on the talk page. Regards,  Spintendo  04:15, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@Spintendo: The linked diff contains an exact record of the requested changes in X to Y format, making the implementation a matter of copy-and-paste, and the discussion above contains a full rationale. Assuming you know how to read diffs, I'm not sure what additional information you need, but if anything remains unclear lmk. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:31, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Please keep in mind that depending on how an editor's diff page is set to display according to the settings made in whichever skin they use, not every display is conducive to copypasting the text from diffs. Additionally, copying text from a diff page viewed in the Wikipedia app is next to impossible, whereas copying text from a talk page entry on the app is like chewing gum—it's very simple. I just thought you'd like to have these changes made as quickly as possible, given the limitations of my technology. If you'd like these changes made now, you can supply the text here, or you can wait for another editor. Either way it's fine by me. Regards,  Spintendo  02:49, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

@Spintendo: The requested state of the article is below to make your copying and pasting easier:

{{Short description|Scottish folk band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians and Template:Infobox_musical_artist#Fields -->
{{Use British English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Talisk
| image           = Talisk logo.png
| image_size      =
| image_upright   =
| landscape       = yes<!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank -->
| alt             =
| caption         =
| alias           =
| origin          = [[Glasgow, Scotland]]<ref name="FRUK 2015">{{cite news |last1=Whalley |first1=Johnny |title=Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2015 (Live Review) |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2015/11/fairports-cropredy-convention-2015-live-review/ |accessdate=19 November 2018 |work=[[Folk Radio UK]] |date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
| genre           = [[Celtic music]], [[Folk music of Scotland|Scottish folk music]]
| years_active    = {{start date|2014}}–present<ref name="FRUK Beyond">{{cite news |last1=McFadyen |first1=Neil |title=Talisk: Beyond |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2018/10/talisk-beyond/ |accessdate=19 November 2018 |work=[[Folk Radio UK]] |date=19 October 2018}}</ref>
| label           = Talisk Records
| associated_acts =
| website         = {{URL|www.talisk.co.uk}}
| current_members = * [[Mohsen Amini]]
* [[Benedict Morris]]
* [[Charlie Galloway]]
| past_members    = * [[Craig Irving]]
* [[Hayley Keenan]]
* [[Graeme Armstrong (musician)|Graeme Armstrong]]
| module          =
| module2         =
| module3         = 
}}

[[File:Talisk at Club Passim.jpg|thumb|alt=Talisk three men sitting on an indoor stage performing with the fiddle, concertina, and guitar|Talisk performing in 2022]]
'''Talisk''' are a [[Folk music of Scotland|Scottish folk]] band composed of [[Mohsen Amini]], [[Benedict Morris]], and [[Charlie Galloway]]. The band rose to prominence after winning the 2015 [[BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award]] and the [[MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards]] "Folk Band of the Year" category in 2017.<ref name="Talisk Website">{{cite web |title=About |url=http://www.talisk.co.uk/about/ |website=Talisk |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="FRUK Beyond"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Largs fiddler Hayley Keenan recognised at music awards |url=https://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/15824982.top-honour-for-talisk/ |accessdate=19 November 2018 |work=Largs and Millport Weekly News |date=13 January 2018}}</ref>

==History==
Talisk were formed in 2015<!-- some sources say 2014, but band has clarified that their start date was 2015 --> with [[Mohsen Amini]], Hayley Keenan, and [[Craig Irving]].<ref name="ITM">{{cite news |last1=Arends |first1=Joanna |title=Talisk |url=https://www.isthismusic.com/talisk |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=[[Is this music?]] |date=17 January 2023}}</ref> Irving left to join [[Mànran]], and was replaced on the guitar by Graeme Armstrong.<ref name="FRUK Beyond"/> That year the band won the [[BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award]]. Following this Amini became the 2016 [[BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician]]. The success of the band continued to grow into 2017 where they were awarded "Folk Band of the Year" at the [[MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards]]. Amini then followed to be named the 2018 "Musician of the Year" at the [[BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards]]. Their debut album, ''Abyss'', was released in 2016, and their second album, ''Beyond'', was released in 2018. That same year, they received the [[Belhaven Bursary for Innovation in Scottish Music]], the largest music prize in Scotland.<ref name="2018 bursary">{{cite news |last1=Jobson |first1=Jonny |title=Scots folk music stars win big in Perth at Trad Awards |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/17270109.scots-folk-music-stars-win-big-in-perth-at-trad-awards/ |accessdate=19 June 2020 |work=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |date=2 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

In September 2021, Hayley Keenan announced her departure from Talisk to return to classroom music education. She was replaced two days later by Benedict Morris.<ref>{{cite web |title=Talisk |url=https://www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/talisk/ |publisher=Opera North |access-date=17 December 2021 |quote=Personnel change: Having returned to classroom music teaching full time during lockdown, Talisk’s previous fiddle player Hayley Keenan decided that education was the path for her. After seven amazing years with the group, she performed her last show with them in September.}}</ref> In November 2023, Armstrong left and was replaced by Charlie Galloway.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Talisk |title=we are absolutely delighted to bring Charlie Galloway in to TALISK |url=https://www.facebook.com/TaliskMusic/posts/pfbid0QzAqweJYjQUphAidVvAMkrL3tRBGGNi75Yj7YvmxSYGmk7LZoudXaVvCKCrUA99Hl |access-date=13 December 2023 |publisher=[[Facebook]] |date=November 16, 2023}}</ref>

==Musical style==
[[File:PFF19 Talisk (2) (48579672321).jpg|thumb|alt=Talisk performing in an outdoor bandshell|Talisk at the 2019 [[Philadelphia Folk Festival]]]]

Neil McFadyen of [[Folk Radio UK]] described their music in a review as having a "driving, fiery" sound. "It's hard to think of [another] band that has achieved so much and made such an impact on the trad music scene in their first three years," he wrote. "They just keep piling the energy into the music, and it's energy that sweeps their audience right along with them."<ref name="FRUK Beyond"/>

A 2015 article on the same site by Johnny Whalley noted that "their music draws on the Irish as well as the Scottish tradition and generally cracks along at a lively pace with concertina and fiddle vying for the lead, driven by Craig's guitar. The musicianship is phenomenal, the enthusiasm infectious and guaranteed to put a smile on your face."<ref name="FRUK 2015"/>

Talisk are a purely instrumental band. Rob Adams of the ''[[Herald Scotland]]'' noted in a review that "in the absence of songs to vary the mood and tempo, they employ passages of reflection and trance-like motifs or offer a quiet melodic introduction."<ref name="Herald">{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Rob |title=Music review: Talisk at Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Edinburgh |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14479600.Music_review__Talisk_at_Pleasance_Cabaret_Bar__Edinburgh/ |accessdate=19 November 2018 |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=9 May 2016}}</ref>

==Band members==
[[File:Talisk, Underneath the Stars festival 2016 (27921528063).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Concertinist Amini at the Underneath the Stars festival in 2016|alt=Mohsen Amini plays the concertina, sitting on a stage lit in purple]]

===Present===
* [[Mohsen Amini]]&nbsp;– [[Concertina]]
* [[Benedict Morris]]&nbsp;– [[Fiddle]]
* [[Charlie Galloway]]&nbsp;– [[Guitar]]

===Past===
* [[Hayley Keenan]]&nbsp;– [[Fiddle]]
* [[Craig Irving]]&nbsp;– [[Guitar]]
* [[Graeme Armstrong (musician)|Graeme Armstrong]]&nbsp;– [[Guitar]]

==Discography==

=== Albums ===
* ''Abyss'' (2016)
* ''Beyond'' (2018)
* ''Dawn'' (2022)

=== Singles ===
* ''Aura'' (2021)
* ''Echo 22'' (2022)
* ''Dystopia, Pt. 2'' (2022)

===Compilations===

*''BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015'' (2015)
*''The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions'' (2015)
*''BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017'' (2017)
*''Celtic Colours Live, Vol.5'' (2017)
*''The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk'' (2018)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.talisk.co.uk}}
* {{Facebook|TaliskMusic}}

{{Scottish folk music}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Musical groups established in 2014]]
[[Category:Scottish folk music groups]]
[[Category:Scottish musical trios]]
[[Category:2014 establishments in Scotland]]

If you have any other technical difficulties, feel free to let me know. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:02, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done Thank you for providing the specifics, it's much appreciated! Regards,  Spintendo  01:45, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

@Spintendo: Oops, I missed one small bit. In the infobox, can you change "2014–present" to "2015–present" to match the change in the body? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. Regards,  Spintendo  02:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)