LATEST REVIEW OF MAGGIE'S NEW CD, A Fagail Mhiughalaigh(Leaving Mingulay);-
Published in Properganda Magazine,July2009;-
"Singer and clarsach player Maggie(from the Outer Hebridean island of Barra)won Best Gaelic Singer title at 2004's BBC Scottish Traditional Music Awards;in 2007 Maggie was asked to provide music for a documentary film telling the story of the island of Mingulay( a few miles south of Barra),with which she has strong family connections.

The music on this elegant and lovingly-produced CD includes much of that used in the documentary plus re-arrangements and extra material.It presents a programme of Gaelic songs known to have been sung on the island(including an ancient lament,songs to accompany daily tasks,a hymn and a tender,charming Fairy Song),along with three evocative tunes composed by Maggie herself.

Maggie's accompanied by several guest musicians(e.g.Michael McGoldrick,Brian McAlpine,Anna Massie,Finlay MacDonald,Marie Fielding,Frank McGuire and Christine Hanson),making this a quite magical disc."
D.Kidman

Maggie MacInnes Trio's performance at An Lanntair,Stornoway on 21st May,2009,for Hi-Arts.Read whole review at
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"Performances by Maggie MacInnes have for this writer always had something of a qualitative difference from those of other singers performing songs from the Scottish Gaelic tradtion.The difference stems entirely from Maggie's direct family relationship to a tradition of song which evolved in the islands of Barra,Vatersay,Mingulay Eriskay and South Uist and which stretches back for more than three centuries...........this brings to her performance an uncontrived naturalness and at times a raw heartfeltness that is nothing short of captivating."(Peter Urpeth,May2009)