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Ewen Henderson (musician)
Ewen Henderson (born 1987) gd, Eòghann Mac Eunraig is a multi-instrumentalist folk musician from Fort William in Scotland. Musical career Henderson comes from a musical family, with his sisters Megan (of Breabach) and Ingrid and brother Allan (formerly of Blazin' Fiddles) in particular being musicians of renown. He started learning the fiddle at the age of five under the tutelage of Aonghas Grant Snr. Besides fiddle, Ewen regularly performs on bagpipe, penny whistle and piano. He is also fluent in Scottish Gaelic and sings in the language. He has been a member of Battlefield Band (2010–2014), the Pneumatic Drills and Skipinnish but is currently most often found performing with Mànran, the band he helped found in 2010. His Scottish Gaelic singing has been aired on BBC Alba broadcasts. Since 2015, Ewen has also performed regularly with World music pioneers the Afro Celt Sound System. Henderson is in high demand as a composer and created the soundtrack to the 2016 BBC Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort William, Scotland
Fort William ( gd, An Gearasdan ; "The Garrison") formerly ( gd, Baile Mairi) and ( gd, Gearasdan dubh Inbhir-Lochaidh) (Lit. "The Black Garrison of Inverlochy"), ( sco, The Fort), formerly ( sco, Maryburgh) is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe. At the 2011 census, Fort William had a population of 10,459, making it the second largest settlement in both the Highland council area, and the whole of the Scottish Highlands; only the city of Inverness has a larger population. Fort William is a major tourist centre on the Road to the Isles, with Glen Coe just to the south, to the east, and Glenfinnan to the west. It is a centre for hillwalking and climbing due to its proximity to Ben Nevis and many other Munro mountains. It is also known for its nearby downhill mountain bike track. It is the start/end of both the West Highland Way (Milngavie – Fort William) and the Great Glen Way (a walk/cycle way Fort William–Inverness). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Folk Musicians
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish identity and common culture *Scottish people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland *Scots language, a West Germanic language spoken in lowland Scotland *Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn), a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn known as ''the Scottish'' See also *Scotch (other) *Scotland (other) *Scots (other) *Scottian (other) *Schottische The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorian era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina ("chotis"Span ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ca:Escocès ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Fiddlers
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Shinty Players
Shinty ( gd, camanachd, iomain) is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, and was even played in northern England into the second half of the 20th century and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated. While comparisons are often made with field hockey the two games have several important differences. In shinty a player is allowed to play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of the stick, called a ''caman'', which is wooden and slanted on both sides. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not come down on an opponent's stick, a practice called hacking. Players may also tackle using the body as long as it is shoulder-to-shoulder. The game was derived from the same root as the Irish game of hurling and the Welsh game of bando, but has developed un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1987 Births
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Room Enough For All (Battlefield Band Album)
''Room Enough For All'' is the thirty-first album by Battlefield Band and their twenty-third studio album, released on the Temple Records label by mid-March 2013 in the USA & Canada in CD (to coincide with the band's tour) and in early April 2013 worldwide in CD & Digital Download formats. Overview ''Room Enough For All'' is Battlefield Band's second studio album to be recorded by the band's new line-up since the last remaining founding member Alan Reid's definitive departure at the end of 2010. Critical reception ''Room Enough For All'' was awarded "Album of the Year" at the 2013 MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards. Track listing #"Bagpipe Music" 3:33 #"Major George Morrison DSO..." 4:31 #"Farewell To Indiana" 3:53 #"The Garron Trotting..." 4:53 #"Nic Coiseam" 4:08 #"The Hairy Angler Fish..." 3:49 #"Ceann Loch an Duin..." 4:22 #"Duanag an t-Seòladair" 4:05 #"The Eight Men of Moidart..." 3:06 #"In Contempt" 3:37 #"Tynes In Overtime!" 3:24 Personnel Battlefield Band * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line-up (Battlefield Band Album)
Battlefield Band were a Scottish traditional music group. Founded in Glasgow in 1969, they have released over 30 albums and undergone many changes of lineup. As of 2010, none of the original founders remain in the band. The band is noted for their combination of bagpipes with other non-traditional instruments, such as electronic keyboards, and for its mix of traditional songs and new material. Battlefield Band toured internationally, playing to audiences in Europe, Australia, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. They have collaborated with other musicians including the Scottish harp player and glass sculptor Alison Kinnaird. History Career Battlefield Band was formed in 1969 by five student friends from Strathclyde University (Brian McNeill, Jim Thomson, Alan Reid, Eddie Morgan and Sandra Lang, who became crime fiction author Alex Gray) and took its name from the Glasgow suburb where McNeill was living at the time. After several line-up changes and an album recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mànran (album)
''Mànran'' is a 2011 album, the debut LP by Scottish Celtic rock band Mànran. It includes their download single "Latha Math". It won the award for "Album of the Year" at the 2011 Scots Trad Music Awards. Track listing # Fingal's Cave - 3:00 # Reels - 3:33 # Glaodh an Iar - 3:51 # Oran na Cloiche - 3:05 # Speybay Switch - 5:56 # Maraiche nan Aigh - 4:45 # The Open Door - 3:47 # Latha Math - 3:31 # Scottische - 5:04 # An Eala Bhàn - 4:49 # Chasing Daylight - 3:11 # Puirt - 3:34 Personnel *Scott MacKay: drums, percussion * Norrie MacIver: lead vocals *Gary Innes: accordion keyboard *Calum Stewart: flute, small pipes * Ewen Henderson: bagpipes, fiddle * Ross Saunders: bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ... Additiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latha Math
"Latha Math" (English: ''Good day'' or ''Greetings'') is a single from the Scottish Gaelic group Mànran. The song was written by Norrie MacIver, who was the band's singer until he left in December 2015. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2011 as a digital download. The band were aiming to be the first Gaelic song in the Top 40 for the 21st Century. While the song achieved Number 29 by mid-week, they slipped out of the Top 40 to Number 61 for the official chart on Sunday 23 January 2011. However, they did secure Number 6 in both the UK Indie Chart and the Scottish Singles Chart. Music video A music video to accompany the release of "Latha Math" was first released onto YouTube on 19 January 2011; at a total length of three minutes and thirty-four seconds, it was directed by Rachel Hendry. |
Glasgow University Shinty Club
Glasgow University Shinty Club is a shinty club from Glasgow, Scotland. Although formally a University Shinty team, representing the University of Glasgow, it has a long history of competition in national competition. History Founded in 1901, by Angus MacVicar, Murdo Mackenzie and Murdo MacRae, with MacVicar as the first team captain. It entered League competition between 1906 and 1908 and played on the pitch of the Glasgow Skye Shinty Club until 1909, after which it played at the Glasgow Cowal Club pitch at Possilpark, Glasgow. The Club became affiliated to the Glasgow University Sports Association in 1911. Throughout the years the club has also been very strong in University competition, its glory years being in the late 1950s and 1960s, when they won the southern league and the Littlejohn three years in a row. Throughout the latter half of the club's existence from the late 1940s until his death in 2015 Jack Asher, who latterly was honorary president, attended games and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
