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| The Fochabers Fiddlers (Fochabers, Morayshire) |
| —A 40-member high
school fiddle orchestra from Fochabers in northern Scotland has been
invited to join us during their three-week tour of the eastern United
States. Led by James Alexander, this local youth group has several
recordings and international tours to its credit and will help us
draw attention to the importance placed on traditional arts instruction
in Scottish communities. www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk/fiddle/fochabersfiddlers.htm |
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| Scott Gardiner (Forfar) |
| —A young singer who grew up on
a farm near Forfar, Gardiner is an enthusiastic singer of bothy ballads,
many of which he learned from Tam and Anne Reid of Cullerlie. |
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| William "Billy" Jackson (Glasgow/North
Carolina) |
| —A preeminent Scottish harpist
and founding member of the legendary band Ossian, Jackson is well
known as a composer, arranger, teacher, and performer. His song "Land
of Light" won The Glasgow Herald's 1999 "Song for Scotland"
competition. www.harp.dial.pipex.com/ancientharp.htm |
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| Alison Kinnaird (Edinburgh/Temple) &
Christine Primrose (Lewis) |
| —One of Scotland's foremost exponents
of clarsach (harp) music as well as a scholar of harp history, an
excellent singer, and a renowned glass artist, Kinnaird was awarded
the M.B.E. for services to music and art in 1997. Christine Primrose,
with whom she often performs and records, is an outstanding Gaelic
singer from the Isle of Lewis, who teaches traditional song at the
Gaelic College in Skye. Both Kinnaird and Primrose have won top honors
at the National Mod and the Pan-Celtic Festival in Killarney. www.templerecords.co.uk |
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| Ishbel MacAskill (Inverness)
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| —A leading interpreter and teacher
of Gaelic song, story, and culture. MacAskill was recently featured
on the Scottish Women's Tour and 2003 Celtic Connections. http://freespace.virgin.net/ishbel.macaskill/ |
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| Iain MacDonald (Glenuig/Benbecula) |
| —A superb piper from a family
of amazing pipers, MacDonald is also an excellent composer. A former
member of Ossian and Battlefield Band, he is currently on the staff
of the Gaelic College Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Skye. |
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| Dougie MacLean (Dunkeld) |
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—Beginning his remarkable career as a fiddler
with the Tannahill Weavers in the 1970s, MacLean's great impact
on Scottish music has come from his work as a singer-songwriter,
and as solo performer. Kathy Mattea, Mary Black, Dolores Keane,
and many other artists have covered his songs, and his music has
been used for soundtracks on the large and small screen. Whether
singing about politics, the land, the environment, history, or relationships,
Dougie's work is infused with a powerful sense of place. His 1977
song "Caledonia" is an anthem for Scots throughout the
world.
www.dougiemaclean.com
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| Adam McNaughtan (Glasgow) |
| —Songwriter, editor of Vol. 5
of the Greig-Duncan Collection of Folk-Songs of the North-East, bookseller,
singer, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow in Scottish
studies, former teacher, and authority on the City of Glasgow. His
songs are frequently "covered" by other performers, and
some, e.g., "Football Crazy," and "The Jeely Piece"
song, have become Glasgow classics. |
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| Brian McNeill (Falkirk/Glasgow) |
—Eminent songwriter, singer, fiddler,
and multi-instrumentalist. Recently appointed Head of Scottish Music
at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, he is also a mainstay
of Celtic Connections. Co-founder of Battlefield Band and Clan Alba,
he has been a leading figure in the Scottish folk music scene for
more than three decades. McNeill has numerous recordings to his credit,
and his songs and tunes are widely played and recorded by other artists.
www.brianmcneill.co.uk |
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