Isla Callister

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Isla Callister
GenresFolk
OccupationMusician
InstrumentFiddle
Member ofHeisk
Trip
Websiteislacallister.com

Isla Callister [1] is a folk musician and fiddle player from the Isle of Man.[2][3] She is a member of the all-women folk group Heisk,[2] and the band Trip.[3][4] She performed with both ensembles at Celtic Connections in 2024.[3] Trip were nominated for the BBC Folk Awards Young Folk Award in 2018.[1]

In 2023, to celebrate International Women's Day, Culture Vannin released a composition by Callister which celebrated the roles of women in Manx history.[5]

Callister is from Peel,[4] and is a Gaelic speaker.[6] From 2016 she studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for a degree in traditional music.[2][6]

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