Ross Ainslie & Tim Edey with Màiri Callan, Ruairidh Gray & Alice Macmillan
14
Sultain / September 2024
19:30
GMT
Sàr-cheòladairean Tim Edey agus Ross Ainslie – seann charaidean air am meas le mòran am measg an luchd-ciùil as fheàrr den ghinealach aca.
Choisinn Tim mòran dhuaisean agus tha e air clàradh agus air cluich còmhla ris a h-uile duine bho Na Chieftains, Christy Moore agus Altan gu Natalie Nic a' Mhaighstir.
Bha Ross air ainmeachadh trì tursan mar Neach-ciùil na Bliadhna aig Duaisean Ceòl Dùthchasach a' BhBC ann an 2013, 2016 agus 2018 agus thog e iomadh duais eile. Bidh e a’ cluich le grunn chòmhlain, nam measg Treacherous Orchestra, Salsa Celtica, Dougie MacIlleathain agus cuide ri Ali Hutton. Tha Ross air còig clàran fhoillseachadh gu ruige seo."
Tha ‘Slighe Fonn na Bàrdachd’ stèidhichte air a' bheachd gun deach bàrdachd Ghàidhlig a chruthachadh gu sònraichte airson seinn, a’ cur an cèill eachdraidh shòisealta agus phoilitigeach na Gàidhlig ann an Alba le barrachd dìchill agus dìoghras na sgriòbhadh air duilleig.
Bidh Màiri Callan, a bhuannaich Bonn Òr a’ Chomuinn Ghàidhealaich, còmhla ris na seinneadairean agus luchd-ciùil, Alice Nicmhaoilein agus Ruairidh Gray, agus iad a’ seinn deich òrain Ghàidhlig ris an do chuir i fuinn bhon a leithid Sìleas na Ceapaich, An Clàrsair Dall, Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh, Iain Lom, Donnchadh Bàn, Iain Mac Fhearchair agus Maighread nighean Lachlainn.
Award-winning musical geniuses Tim Edey and Ross Ainslie – two old friends who are also two of the best musicians of their generation.
Tim is a former BBC Musician of the Year (BBC Folk Awards 2012) , winning best duo with Brendan Powers in the same year. Rated by many to be one of the best guitarists and melodeon players in the Celtic folk scene, he has recorded and toured with everyone from The Chieftains, Christy Moore and Altan to Natalie MacMaster.
Ross is a 3 times nominated Musician of the Year at the BBC Folk Awards 2013, 2016 and 2018, and has also won best duo with Ali Hutton in 2017. He won Composer of the Year in 2015 at the Scots Trad Awards. He performs with numerous bands including Treacherous Orchestra, Salsa Celtica, Dougie MacLean and many more. Ross has released 5 solo albums to date: Wide Open (2013), Remembering (2015), Sanctuary (2017), Vana (2020) and Live in the Gorbals (2022).
‘Slighe Fonn na Bàrdachd’ is inspired by the premise that Gaelic verse was composed to be sung, communicating the social and political history of Gaelic Scotland with greater intensity and passion than the word silent on the page.
Mòd Gold Medallist, Màiri Callan, will be joined by fellow singers and instrumentalists Alice Macmillan and Ruairidh Gray, as they perform ten Gaelic songs for which she has composed melodies and instrumental arrangements. The concert will premiere Màiri’s work which celebrates the poetry of Sìleas na Ceapaich, An Clàrsair Dall, Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh, Iain Lom, Donnchadh Bàn, Iain Mac Fhearchair and Maighread nighean Lachlainn