The Band from Rockall is a

Gaelic music Gaelic music ( ga, Ceol Gaelach, gd, Ceòl Gàidhealach) is an umbrella term for any music written in the Gaelic languages of Irish and Scottish Gaelic. To differentiate between the two, the Irish language is typically just referred to as "Irish" ...

band from the

Scottish Hebrides The Hebrides (; gd, Innse Gall, ; non, Suðreyjar, "southern isles") are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland. The islands fall into two main groups, based on their proximity to the mainland: the Inner and Outer Hebride ...

, consisting of songwriters Calum and Rory Macdonald.

History

The duo's name comes from

Rockall Rockall () is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by Ireland. ...

, a remote rocky uninhabited islet in the North

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

, lying 300 miles west of the Scottish mainland. This was chosen by the Macdonald brothers as a point halfway between their native

North Uist North Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Tuath; sco, North Uise) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Etymology In Donald Munro's ''A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides'' of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and ...

and the United States, representing both the Gaelic tradition and the

rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from Africa ...

influence on their music. The Band from Rockall served as a side project during break in the schedule of brothers' full time band

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 songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald. The line-up during most of the 1980s and 1990s (the band's most succe ...

. They released the album ''The Band from Rockall: The Solo Project from Calum and Rory Macdonald'' in 2012, which reached no. 13 on the Danish album chart.danishcharts.dk The Band from Rockall page
/ref> The album contains both English and Gaelic lyrics.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Band from Rockall Sibling musical duos Musical groups established in 2012 2012 establishments in Scotland