Marta Sebestyen and Muzsikas: No Sleep 'til Ballachulish!
Phil Sutcliffe, Q, August 1990
Their flight cases crammed with goatskin bagpipes and three-stringed contras, Hungarian minstrels Marta Sebestyen and Muzsikas are midway through a whistle-stop international tour. And as their light aircraft heads for The Orkney Traditional Folk Festival, they've stopped to take on some extra freight: Phil Sutcliffe.
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