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Two new pipers on the Macmeanmna label
Two of Scotland's most revered pipers have recently completed new albums for Macmeanmna.
Dr Angus MacDonald has released Maidean Dubh’ an Donais (SKYECD50) while Iain Macinnes has released an album entitled Sealbh (SKYECD51).
Dr Angus MacDonald’s musical influences were formed growing up in Glenuig in Moidart and from visits to his mother’s people in South Uist where the piping tradition was especially strong. He has also been influenced by the music and Gaelic song he heard in Cape Breton in the years that he lived there. In the fiddle music, especially in the strathspey playing, Angus recognised the rhythms he was brought up listening to in the songs his father sang and in Gaelic music in general. The words of a song associated with a tune, provide a template which preserves the inherent rhythm and character of that tune over generations.
Iain MacInnes combines a sensitive appreciation of how to accompany his preferred instruments with others to produce beautiful music. He also has an intimate knowledge of the nation’s traditional music collections and a deep understanding of Scottish culture in general. As if that were not enough Iain has an uncommon talent when it comes to composing new music. In Sealbh, we have the happy result of Iain’s abundant talents being brought to bear. Sealbh is inspired, full of novelty, and simply beautiful.
Both albums are available from now to download track-by-track, or as whole albums, and will be in the shops from 1 December.
Two new pipers on the Macmeanmna label
Two of Scotland's most revered pipers have recently completed new albums for Macmeanmna.
Dr Angus MacDonald has released Maidean Dubh’ an Donais (SKYECD50) while Iain Macinnes has released an album entitled Sealbh (SKYECD51).
Dr Angus MacDonald’s musical influences were formed growing up in Glenuig in Moidart and from visits to his mother’s people in South Uist where the piping tradition was especially strong. He has also been influenced by the music and Gaelic song he heard in Cape Breton in the years that he lived there. In the fiddle music, especially in the strathspey playing, Angus recognised the rhythms he was brought up listening to in the songs his father sang and in Gaelic music in general. The words of a song associated with a tune, provide a template which preserves the inherent rhythm and character of that tune over generations.
Iain MacInnes combines a sensitive appreciation of how to accompany his preferred instruments with others to produce beautiful music. He also has an intimate knowledge of the nation’s traditional music collections and a deep understanding of Scottish culture in general. As if that were not enough Iain has an uncommon talent when it comes to composing new music. In Sealbh, we have the happy result of Iain’s abundant talents being brought to bear. Sealbh is inspired, full of novelty, and simply beautiful.
Both albums are available from now to download track-by-track, or as whole albums, and will be in the shops from 1 December.