Elspeth Cowie has become one of Scotland’s best-known traditional singers. By the late 1960s, she had left her native musical roots behind in favor of…
Artist Profiles: Elspeth Cowie
Tag: Scottish music
Artist Profiles: Dougie Maclean
Dougie Maclean has toured all over the world performing in many countries. Between 1979 and 1980 Dougie played with the respected Scottish band Silly Wizard…
Artist Profiles: Donnie Munro
Artist Profiles: Donnie Munro Donnie Munro from Uig on the Isle of Skye was frontman for Runrig during the height of the Scottish band’s popularity…
Artist Profiles: Dochas
Dochas attracted a lot of attention in the Scottish traditional music scene in 2003. The band initially featured five talented young women from the Highlands…
Entrancing Modern Celtic Sounds of Scotland and Brittany
Alain Genty and Joanne McIver – Eternal Tides (Buda Records, 2017) Eternal Tides is a beautiful and mesmerizing album by two masters in the Celtic…
Artist Profiles: Bad Haggis
Virtuoso bagpipe player Eric Rigler and his Celtic-infused, world music fusion band Bad Haggis combine the traditional sounds of Scottish and Irish bagpipes and…
Artist Profiles: Corrina Hewat
Singer, harp player, composer and arranger Corrina Hewat was born in Edinburgh on December 21st, 1970. Over the past years Corrina has attracted attention…
Artist Profiles: Chris Stout
Shetland fiddler Chris Stout is one of the finest fiddlers of his generation in the UK. Stout was best known as a frontline member of…
Artist Profiles: Ceolbeg
Ceolbeg – Ceol beag is a Gaelic phrase meaning literally small music. It refers to the jigs, reels, and strathpeys of traditional Scottish pipe music…
Artist Profiles: Catriona MacDonald
Catriona MacDonald began playing as a child back in 1981. Less than two years later, she took both the title of Young Fiddler of the…