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Artist
iain mackay
12+ albums
celticScottishceltic folkscottish folk
about
Over the years the island of Lewis has been the cradle for many fine traditional singers who have gone on to gain recognition and renown in the wider world of folksong and entertainment generally. lain MacKay could easily have been one of their number, but luckily for the Highlands, he chose to remain on his home island, where he married and now has a happy family of four girls and a boy. lain is a popular singer throughout the Highlands & Islands and beyond, and is heard and seen regularly on radio and television. He won the Gold Medal for traditional singing at the National Mod in Inverness in 1972, and was the winner of the Seann Nos at the Pan-Celtic Festival in Killarney a few years later. Before that, he recorded for Gaelfonn and his LP on the Lismor label, although now deleted, is still carefully hoarded by folksong collectors. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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M'eudail Air Do Shùilean Donna / Làrach Do Thacaidean
4792Mor Nighean A' Ghibearlain
1573An Eala Bhan (The White Swan)
294M'Eudail Air Do Shùilean Donna/Làrach Do Thacaidean
295Feasgar a Steornabhagh (One Day In Stornoway)
266Far Am Bi Mi Fhein (Dancing On The Sands)
247Mòr Nighean A' Ghibearlain
218Gradh Geal Mo Chridh' (Fair Love of My Heart)/M'eudail Air Do Shuilean Donna/Larach Do Thacaidean
209Mhorag Lear Shiubhlainn (I Will Go With You Morag)
1410Gu Ma Slan Do Na Fearaibh (Emigrant's Farewell)
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