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Runrig
Runrig were a Scottish Celtic rock band formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973. From its inception, the band's line-up included brothers and songwriters Rory MacDonald (musician), Rory MacDonald (bass, vocals) and Calum MacDonald (musician), Calum MacDonald (percussion). The line-up during most of the 1980s and 1990s, which was the band's most successful period commercially, also included Donnie Munro (vocals), Malcolm Jones (guitar), Iain Bayne (drums), and Pete Wishart (keyboards). At the height of their success during the 1980s and 1990s, Runrig were described by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' as one of the "most celebrated" Gaelic language bands in Scotland. Their 1995 single "An Ubhal as Àirde (The Highest Apple)" made history by becoming the first song to be sung in Scottish Gaelic to chart on the UK Singles Charts. In 2007, they re–released their 1983 debut single "Loch Lomond (Runrig song), Loch Lomond" with the Tartan Army, entitled "Loch Lomond (Runrig song), Loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Wishart
Peter Wishart (born 9 March 1962) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and musician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth and Kinross-shire since 2024. He previously served as the MP for Perth and North Perthshire from 2005 to 2024 and North Tayside from 2001 to 2005. Wishart is currently the SNP Shadow Leader of the House in the House of Commons and the chair of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee. He has previously served as the SNP's Westminster Spokesperson for the Constitution and for Culture and Sport and Chief Whip. He is also a former keyboard player of the Scottish Celtic rock bands Runrig and Big Country. He is the longest currently-serving Scottish National Party MP, and the second longest–serving of all time after Alex Salmond. Background Born in Dunfermline in 1962, Wishart was educated at Queen Anne High School Dunfermline and Moray House College, Edinburgh. Wishart lives in Perth and has one son and enjoys walking in the Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnie Munro
Donnie Munro (Scottish Gaelic: Donaidh Rothach /dɔnɪ rɔhəx/) (born 2 August 1953) is a Scottish musician and politician, best known as the former lead singer of the band Runrig. Munro served as the bands lead vocalist during their most commercially successful period, 1987–1995, particularly with the release of their album '' The Cutter and the Clan'' and the 1995 single " An Ubhal as Àirde (The Highest Apple)" which made chart history by becoming the first song to be performed in Scottish Gaelic to chart in the United Kingdom. ''Mara'' (1995) served as the last album released by Runrig to feature Munro on lead vocals, leaving the band in 1997 to pursue a career in politics. Following his departure from Runrig, he turned down the opportunity to stand as the parliamentary candidate for Scottish Labour for the Glasgow Shettleston constituency was considered the "safest Labour seat in Scotland", instead standing as the parliamentary candidate for the Ross, Skye and Inverness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story (Runrig Album)
''The Story'' is the fourteenth and final studio album by the Scottish rock band Runrig, released on 29 January 2016 on Ridge Records. The album spawned two singles – "The Story" and "The Years We Shared". Release and performance The album was released on 29 January 2016 via Ridge Records in the United Kingdom, and via Sony Music Entertainment in Germany and REO in Denmark. Its highest charting position was in Denmark, where it reached number two on the Danish Albums Charts. In Germany, it also reached the top ten, peaking at number six on the German Albums Charts and spending a total of four weeks on the German charts. In their native Scotland, it debuted at number four on the Scottish Albums Chart, and debuted at number twenty-six in the United Kingdom. In Switzerland, it spent one week on the Swiss Albums Charts, peaking at number fifty one. Promotion The lead single, also titled "The Story", was released in November 2015. To promote the release of the album, a sizeable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond
"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" (or "Loch Lomond") is a traditional Scottish folk song (Roud No. 9598).Loch Lomond , '. Edited by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. 2018. Its origins are thought to date to the . is the largest Scottish |
An Ubhal As Àirde (The Highest Apple)
"An Ubhal as Àirde (The Highest Apple)" is a 1995 single released by Scottish celtic rock band Runrig, which first appeared on their album '' The Cutter and the Clan'' (1987). The song was released as a single in 1995, eight years following the release of its accompanying album, following its popularity after being used in television advertisement for Carlsberg. The song gave Runrig their highest placing to date on the UK Singles Charts, becoming their first UK Top 20, debuting at number eighteen in May 1995. The song made history when it came the first song to be sung in Scottish Gaelic to chart on the UK Singles Chart. Release and performance The song was released in 1995, and marked the second stand alone single to be released by the band. Upon its release, ''Billboard'' claimed that the song was aiming for "major chart success" in the United Kingdom, primarily as a result of its use in a television advert for Carlsberg lagger. During the period of promotion for the song, Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye, is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the country.#Slesser70, Slesser (1981) p. 19. Although has been suggested to describe a winged shape, no definitive agreement exists as to the name's origin."Gaelic Culture" . VisitScotland. Retrieved 5 January 2013. The island has been occupied since the Mesolithic period, and over its history has been occupied at various times by Celtic tribes including the Picts and the Gaels, Scandinavian Vikings, and most notably the powerful integrated Norse-Gaels clans of Clan MacLeod, MacLeod and Clan Donald, MacDonald. The island was considered to be under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye, is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the country. Slesser (1981) p. 19. Although has been suggested to describe a winged shape, no definitive agreement exists as to the name's origin."Gaelic Culture" . VisitScotland. Retrieved 5 January 2013. The island has been occupied since the period, and over its history has been occupied at various times by Celtic tribes includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calum MacDonald (musician)
Calum MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: Calum Dòmhnallach /kalˠəm dɔ̃ːnəlˠəx/; born 12 November 1953) is a musician who was a founder member of, and percussionist in, the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, as well as their primary songwriter with his older brother, Rory MacDonald from 1973 to 2018. Generally, Rory wrote the melodies, and Calum the lyrics. Early life MacDonald was born in Lochmaddy, North Uist before moving to Portree, on the Isle of Skye, for secondary school. It was in Skye that MacDonald and his brother Rory formed Runrig along with Blair Douglas and subsequently Donnie Munro. He attended Jordanhill College and worked as a P.E. teacher at Lasswade High School and other schools in Lothian until 1983 when he became a professional musician. Later life During the 1980s, MacDonald's Christian faith deepened and this influence began to be felt in his lyrical content, in both Gaelic and English. He was based in Edinburgh for the 1980s and early 1990s before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recovery (1981 Album)
''Recovery'' is the third album by Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, released in 1981. The album deals with the social history of the Scottish Gàidhealtachd, mirroring a renewed sense of cultural and political identity within the Scottish Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ... community. Two of the tracks originally recorded for this album (An Toll Dubh and The Old Boys) were re-recorded and released on '' Proterra''. Track listing # " An Toll Dubh" (The Dungeon) – 1:35 # "Rubh nan Cudaigean" (Cuddy Point) – 2:55 # " 'Ic Iain 'Ic Sheumais" (Son of John, Son of James) – 6:07 # "Recovery" – 5:52 # "Instrumental" – 4:02 # "'S tu Mo Leannan" (You Are My Love) / Nightfall on Marsco – 2:54 # "Breaking the Chains" – 1:54 # "Fuaim a' Bhlàir" (The Noise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Highland Connection
''The Highland Connection'' is the second album by Celtic rock band Runrig. It was released in 1979. Track listing # "Gamhna Gealla" (White Stirks) – 3:38 # "Màiri" – 2:56 # "What Time" – 2:30 # "Fichead Bliadhna" / "Na Luing air Seòladh" (Twenty Years) – 7:50 # "Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (; ) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault (HBF), often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central Scotland and the Highlands.Tom Weir. ''The Scottish Lochs''. pp. 33-43. Published by ..." – 5:02 # "Na h-Uain a's t-Earrach" (The Lambs in the Springtime) – 3:38 # "Foghar nan Eilean '78" (Island Autumn '78) – 3:15 # "The Twenty-Five Pounder" – 2:22 # "Going Home" – 3:49 # "Morning Tide" – 4:41 # "Cearcal a' Chuain" (The Ocean Cycle) – 2:47 External links Runrig's official website 1979 albums Scottish Gaelic music Runrig albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play Gaelic
''Play Gaelic'' is the first album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig. It was released in 1978 on LP and tape by Neptune Records. In 1990 it was re-released on CD by Lismor Recordings with different cover art. Style The band's sound on the album is halfway between traditional ceilidh music and pastoral folk as opposed to the harder rock edge which would characterise the next album ''The Highland Connection''. Several of the songs are now part of the Gaelic songbook, "Tillidh Mi" is a fixture at Feisean, "Cum 'ur n'Aire" is a favourite at the Royal National Mòd and "Chì Mi'n Geamhradh" has acted as a Cathy Anne MacPhee album title as well as being re-interpreted by Niteworks, an electronica band from Skye in 2011. The album, and the song "Dùisg Mo Rùn", were featured in the second episode of ''Can Seo'', a programme for Gaelic learners that started on BBC One Scotland in 1979. Track listing # "Dùisg Mo Rùn" (Wake Up My Love) – 3:50 # "Sguaban Arbhair" (The Shea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
