Siren Songs - Jenny Biddle, Miwa Nagato-Apthorp and Maya McNeil

Overview

si· ren : one who sings with enchanting sweetness 

si· ren : a warning sound, a signal, a disruption  

Three powerhouse performers join forces for an unforgettable evening of rich collaboration. ‘Siren Songs’ is a haunting call to the heart, for kindling the fire as we turn towards winter, and the future ahead.

Join Jenny Biddle, Miwa Nagato-Apthorp and Maya McNeil in a sonic braiding of guitar, piano, percussion, drone and voice, awakening songs and tales of old and new, each resonating for the times we find ourselves in.

“Jenny Biddle, wraps herself around her guitar, and like a marriage between body and instrument, she commands the guitar to talk “with uncommon skill and absolute self-assurance”. Her audience is compelled to join her on a voyage of passion and story in song.”

“Miwa’s is a voice of visceral power: simultaneously, with quieting and disquieting ease, it imposes itself onto an arena while pulling listeners along into its electrified vortex”

“A lot of people have something to say. Not everyone says it as beautifully and powerfully as Maya McNeil. She has the sound of the sea in her voice.”

Performer bios: 

Jenny Biddle is an Aussie songwriter, seasoned guitarist and recovering chocoholic. She shares her eclectic mix of feisty blues & roots grooves, ingenious cover versions, with a dusting of country roots for the wandering soul. Pulling from her 8-album career, she will be joined on stage by Miwa Nagato-Apthorp and Maya McNeil for a deliciously rich and 3 dimensional performance.

www.jennybiddle.com @jennybiddle

Miwa Nagato-Apthorp is a Hawick based Singer-Songwriter who has been described as a ‘visceral new voice in Scottish Folk”. Her songs draw on folk traditions to explore multicultural understandings of history, climate, gender and home. Miwa was recently Musician in Residence at Alchemy Film & Arts, where she developed new songs about Hawick’s lesser-known histories and heritages. She has performed at John McCusker’s Southside of The Tracks, Celtic Connections and opened for Rachel Sermanni and Eddi Reader. Her debut EP, Noren, was released in March 2025.

@miwanagato

Maya McNeil is a California born queer Scottish-American songwriter, vocalist, healing artist, and award winning filmmaker.  In folk-song craft & healing work, their artistry endeavours for the collective recovery and revival from systemic corruption, creatively, with an ear to the Earth. Lauded as ahead of their time, McNeil does not draw within the lines of short songs and singular genre. Their debut album, ‘Waiting For The Light To Change’ speaks for itself. Find it on Bandcamp, and select singles on all streaming platforms.

“It’s a folk singer’s job to comfort disturbed people and disturb comfortable people.” -Woodie Guthrie

www.mayamcneil.com @maya_mcneil_music