Alasdair MacIlleBhàin is a singer and songwriter from Mull, performing primarily in

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

, who has performed widely on an international basis.

Early life

MacIlleBhàin is from

Salen, Mull Salen () is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory, Mull, Tobermory at the narrowest part of the island. The full name of the ...

. He has been deeply interested in Gaelic heritage and culture from a young age.Àrd-Sgoil Thobar Mhoire
Letter from MacIlleBhàin to the school.

Musical career

Alasdair MacIlleBhàin won the Gold Medal at the

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in Dunoon, Argyll in 2006 at 19 years old. MacIlleBhàin is a singer and songwriter and released his first album, "Las," containing both songs of his own and traditional songs from Mull, in December 2012. Alongside musician Ross Whyte he is a member of the band WHYTE, which has released three albums to date: Fairich (2016), Tairm (2019) and Maim (2021). The latter contained music commissioned for the cancelled theatrical production from Theatre gu Leòr of the same name. In 2020 MacIlleBhàin and Whyte released songs with Irish musicians under the name Lui Lom. He has also judged regional Mòds and the Royal National Mòd since 2012. Besides his musical career, MacIlleBhàin is a researcher in the Celtic and Gaelic Department of the

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where he is doing PhD on place names of the Torsay region of Mull.

Discography

*''Las'' (2012)
''O Chruinneag E Chruinneag''
on the CD 'Guthan Eileanan na h-Alba' ("Hebridean Voices") from Tobar an Dualchais &

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(2012) *''WHYTE'' (2017)

References

External links

His biography
at Struileag * MacIlleBhàin singing "Tuathal" o
YouTube
at the

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* MacIlleBhàin on BBC Radio nan Gàidhea

* MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 201

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