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Maggie MacInnes Maggie MacInnes is one of Scotland's foremost
Gaelic singers and clarsach players. She comes from a long line of singers from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. |
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The Seedboat (Bàta an t-Sìl)
“The Seedboat sails from Barra shore, young Donald’s gone to Newry These lines are from a beautiful bitter-sweet love song that has inspired two musicians from either end of The Seedboat’s voyage to embark on an exciting new journey of music and song. The song is one of the great treasures of the Scottish Gaelic tradition and now, some two centuries after it first saw light of day, it sails again as Maggie MacInnes and Colum Sands invite you to find a seat amidst the cargo of clàrsach, guitar and a bi-lingual blend of songs old and new celebrating the musical bridges between Ireland and Scotland.
A new CD of the music from the show will be released in August on Colum's record label, Spring Records. Maggie's most recent CD
In 2007 I was asked to provide music for a documentary being made by MNE Media and commissioned by BBC Scotland, all about the island of Mingulay. The island lies about twelve miles south of Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and was last inhabited in 1912. I was delighted to get involved in this project as I have close family connections with the island and have always had a fascination for the place. My great-grandparents on my mother’s side, Michael Gillies and Cairistiona Gillies née MacNeil, were from Mingulay and some of my granny’s siblings were born there before the family moved to Barra in 1883.
The Mingulay side of my family has always been rich in music, song, stories and folklore and so it was with particular interest that I looked more closely into the lives of the people on the island. Their struggle to survive in such a remote, windswept, beautiful but harsh place in a fast changing world supported only by their strong sense of community and their faith, is a powerful and moving story. The music on this CD includes some of the music from the documentary (called “A Fàgail Mhiughalaigh”) which has, with the kind permission of MNE Media and MGAlba, been added to, re-arranged and re-mixed. I have also added some entirely new tracks.
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CONTACT DETAILS Visit Maggie on Myspace MARRAM MUSIC Marram Music is Maggie's own record CONCERT DATES 2010 January 2010 March 2010 Friday 19 • Universal Hall, Findhorn April 2010 Friday 30, 7.30pm • Fiddlers' Fling May 2010 June 2010 The Seedboat with Colum Sands July 2010 Maggie MacInnes — solo August 2010 The Seedboat with Colum Sands September 2010 The Seedboat with Colum Sands The Seedboat with Colum Sands
Maggie's CDs can be bought on BOOKING AGENT OSCAR MUSIC AGENCY CD DISTRIBUTORS HIGHLANDER MUSIC GORDON DUNCAN DISTRIBUTION Tel: 01236 827550 PROPER MUSIC Tel: 020 8676 5100 |
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