traditional singer from the Scottish Highlands - passionate about Scotland's song traditions and sharing them
Marybank in lovely Ross-shire
Joined September 2009
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Avoch village has it's own distinctive dialect of Scots language, fast disappearing. Composer Grace Stewart-Skinner is celebrating it in a new music. Take a moment, watch this video for a flavour of the project. There's also a link to the Crowdfunder. youtube.com/watch?v=adc6hhCr…
The Crowdfunder is to help meet the cost of taking the 4-piece band into the recording studio so that the project can reach as many listeners as possible. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/auchies-…
Check out this Scots language and composition project! Grace Stewart-Skinner is delving into her Avoch heritage, recording native Avochies, composing music inspired by and intertwined with the voices. It's evocative, uplifting and poignant: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/auchies-…
🌟Bidh Cionar aig Cruinn Còmhla 22.11.23! 🌟
Click now to buy tickets for next Wed's evening @ the gorgeous Prov Smith Memorial Chapel in Eden Court - me on vocals, Grace on harp and poetry from Tobar and Dualchais
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The emotional story of "The Rose Window" which adorned our family's restaurant is up for and award in the Trad Awards for the original harp composition by Grace Stewart-Skinner! You can read about her process here - gracestewartskinner.co.uk/pr…
Epic 3-hour queue to get from Beauly square to @BelladrumFest, but we made it in time for our performance slot!
Abair oidhche a-raoir! Our single is now launched! cionar.bandcamp.com/track/th…
Please do check it out - have a listen, maybe a cheeky wee download!
🌟 New Cionar single release! 🌟
Launching Sunday 16th July.
Thig am Bàta - The Boat Will Come
Produced by Zak Younger Banks
Recorded by Keith Morrison Wee Studio
ALT Cover image of drowning woman by Grace Stewart-Skinner.
Warm thanks to the team at @QuarrymensVenue who invited us to bring 𝐴 𝐷𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠 - 𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑜 𝑛𝑎 𝐶𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 to their lovely new venue.
A friendly welcome, an appreciative audience, gorgeous acoustics - you fairly spoiled us!
Ooops! The link I posted for tickets for our show "A Daunder through Thistles - Turas tro na Cluarain" wasn't working - sorry folks!
Sat 1 July, 7:30pm
Story, song, poetry, music, Scots, English, Gaelic ...
Here is a working link: quarrymensartscentre.co.uk/w…
Celebrating the journey through life from a Scottish perspective in song, poetry, story and music incorporating Scots and Gaelic - coming to Newton Stewart at the beginning of July.
Tickets available now: ticketsource.co.uk/booking/v…
The fabulous music fairies @edencourt have just magicked together the line-up for this year’s #UnderCanvas festival. Summer vibes by the River Ness. Cionar, our harp and voice duo are on on Sunday 23rd July. Have a gander at the programme eden-court.co.uk/under-canva…
North Atlantic Song Convention 2023 - you were a joy! Song discussions, song workshops, song concerts and most of all lots and lots of singing. Just loved it.
Looking forward to this! Lots of chances to sing, chat about singing, debate issues around song, learn and share! I'm leading a discussion on Folksong in Education alongside Anna Wikenius on the Saturday. northatlanticsong.com/events…
Our commission "The Rose Window" is finally revealed among the other artistic gems on @Spiorad360 @SpiritHighlands discoverhighlandsandislands.…
Go and explore the myriad artistic evocations of the Spirit of the Highlands! They are gorgeous and mesmerising.
12th Night! I hope you have recovered from any hangovers you may have been suffering! Here is a wee Gaelic song from Cionar (my duo with clàrsair Grace Stewart-Skinner) about recovering from festive over-indulgence.
Photoshoot with an Inverness icon! Months of correspondence finally paid off and we gained access to a glimpse of the Rose Window. The images will accompany the piece Grace Stewart-Skinner and I were commissioned to write for #Spiorad360 #Spirit360
#neepsrule Don't believe the pumpkin-promoters' myth that neeps are hard to carve. Get yourself a soup spoon and a good, fresh neep and got for it! youtu.be/aWBq5TYTEac
Firelit songs and stories in Evanton Community Wood on Saturday night.
It would be lovely to see some familiar faces.
Free of charge, but please phone to book your space!
Enter the world of fabled Highland bogle-hunters and island heroes.
Join Bob Pegg, Bill Taylor and me on Sunday afternoon.
Advance booking essential... so they know how many scones to bake! eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-dark-…
Part of Go Local @scotstoryfest #KeepItLit